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Regional Health changing name, joining Mayo network | Local
Regional Health, the largest health-care system in the Black Hills area, announced today that it will rename itself Monument Health and join the Mayo Clinic Care Network. Both changes will occur in January. The collaboration with Mayo is not a merger. Regional Health, under its new Monument Health name, will continue as its own health …
Bernard Tyson Is Gone Way Too Soon
About fifteen years ago, we were discussing as Kaiser Permanente’s (KP’s) senior leadership team whether or not we should spend four billion dollars to create an automated medical record that would be connected electronically to every aspect of care—including the imaging data, pharmacy operations, and patient scheduling systems. While some of the members of the …
Are you ready to share health data off the iPhone?
Are you willing to share information about your menstrual cycles or hearing loss on your iPhone and Apple Watchto contribute to medical research? Starting Thursday, you can download the Research app in the App Store and see if you are eligible to participate in the first three long-term medical studies. Apple announced the app in September. There’s a women’s health study conducted …
Britain’s health service recorded worst ever emergency performance in October
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s National Health Service recorded its worst ever performance in treating patients in emergency wards in October, a blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson who has claimed that only the Conservatives can safeguard the cherished institution. FILE PHOTO: A woman wears a hat covered in badges during a demonstration to demand more …
GSC reflects on mental health, Chanel Miller plaque
GSC met on Wednesday night to discuss the design of their mental health survey, Chanel Miller’s contemplative garden, and their annual Thanksgiving dinner event. (Photo: CAMRYN PAK/The Stanford Daily) In their weekly meeting, the Graduate Student Council (GSC) focused on improving the mental health of students and faculty. Furthermore, they discussed upcoming events and their …
The Coeur d’Alene Press – Local News, Health Corridor passes next hurdle, sent to Cd’A Council
COEUR dALENE The mountainous journey to develop the Health Corridor planted its next step forward Tuesday night as the Coeur dAlene Planning Commission voted to recommend the urban development project conforms with the Citys comprehensive plan. Kootenai Health is truly a regional facility, Planning commission member Jon Ingalls said. It serves folks from north …
Employer health insurance prices expected to go up about 5 percent in 2020
Employees should see moderate premium increases in 2020, and they should expect increased pressure to choose lower-cost options, especially where chronic diseases such as diabetes are concerned. This is according to a handful of health insurance forecasts published this summer by the nation’s leading medical prognosticators. In June, PricewaterhouseCoopers got the guessing game started, publishing …
Metro Atlanta Wendy’s hit with 20+ health code violations
0 Metro Atlanta Wendy’s hit with 20+ health code violations GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. – More than 20 violations led to a Gwinnett County Wendy’s restaurant getting a very low inspection score. It’s located on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Suwanee. Channel 2’s Carol Sbarge learned some of the violations included a worker making sandwiches with their bare …
Medicaid tweak might offer means to improve U.S. maternal health
When Madavia Johnson gave birth to Donald Ray Dowless III last year, she was hit by a case of severe postpartum anxiety. She was scared to carry her son downstairs or drive him in a car. She couldn’t manage to continue law school―and could hardly leave the house―because she didn’t trust anyone to watch him. …
3 Myths About Machine Learning in Health Care
Executive Summary Machine learning will dramatically improve health care. There are already myriad impactful ML health care applications from imaging to predicting readmissions to the back office. But there are also high-profile, expensive efforts that have not achieved their goals. In the authors’ collective roles as the CEO of a care delivery analytics business, tech-driven …
