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Santa Clara County unveils plan for new primary health care clinic in Palo Alto-Mountain View area | News
Santa Clara County’s health care system plans to bring much-needed services to the Palo Alto-Mountain View area with a new Valley Health Center, which is set to open in the fall of 2024. The 24,500-square-foot planned facility, located at 4151 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto, will offer a full range of primary care services that …
Memorial Health System achieves primary stroke certification | News, Sports, Jobs
MARIETTA — Memorial Health System has announces it has achieved Primary Stroke through the Accreditation Commission for Health Care for the services of stroke care. Certification is a process through which healthcare organizations demonstrate compliance with national standards. Certification by the commission reflects an organization’s dedication and commitment to meeting standards that facilitate …
CT AHEC at UConn Health Awarded $2 Million Grant for Primary Care Workforce Development
CT Area Health Education Center (CT AHEC) program based at UConn Health will receive $2 million over the next five years from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, for the Area Health Education Centers Program. Entering its 26th year of operation, CT AHEC is one of 46 AHEC programs funded nationally. “CT …
What’s needed to speed integration of mental health, primary care
Integrating mental health care into primary care practices is key to connecting patients to the care they may otherwise have difficulty accessing due to provider shortages or the stigma that so often discourages patients from seeking help for their behavioral health conditions. Appropriately using virtual care and other digital tools that have become commonplace during …
New pan-European strategy set to transform primary health care across the Region
WHO/Europe has released its region-wide strategy on primary health care (PHC), setting out a vision to transform PHC over the next years based on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past 2 years, countries have taken bold actions to adapt and respond to the pandemic; many of these actions have transformed the …
Clover Health Announces In-Home Primary Care Expansion, Becomes New Target for Reddit Traders
Clover Health (Nasdaq: CLOV) announced Wednesday that it plans to scale its in-home primary care program, “Clover Home Care,” through the new direct-contracting model from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The announcement came as Reddit’s investor community also targeted the health care company as its most recent cause. Headquartered in Nashville, …
Breaking Down the New York City Comptroller Primary
(l-r) top: Brian Benjamin, Brad Lander, Kevin Parker, David Weprin, Corey Johnson; bottom: Reshma Patel, Zach Iscol, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, Terri Liftin June 2, 2021 – Max Politics Podcast: Breaking Down the New York City Comptroller Primary The Democratic primary for New York City Comptroller is an incredibly important race for a key citywide position, but …
UnityPoint breaking ground on primary care clinic in Marion
MARION, Iowa (KWWL) — UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids is breaking ground Tuesday on a new clinic in Marion. UnityPoint Clinic – Tower Terrace will be located at 3731 Irish Drive, across from the new YMCA. The clinic is scheduled to open in the summer of 2022. The groundbreaking will be held at 4:00 Tuesday …
Cheney primary challenger says he impregnated 14-year-old when he was 18
A state senator in Wyoming who’s running against U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney and four others in a Republican primary acknowledged he impregnated a 14-year-old girl when he was 18, vowing not to end his campaign for Congress. It was a disclosure he said he was forced to make because of “the establishment swamp,” but he …