“Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest health care proposal” -Vox SIGN YOUR NAME: Condemn Republicans for attacking our health care — while protecting their own. The Republicans disgust us. Their proposed new health care bill will… Allow insurance companies to charge sick people and seniors more Roll back maternity care and other coverageContinue reading “Republicans exempt their own insurance from their latest health care proposal”
Category Archives: healthcare
Help!Need your voice in creating a site for older adults in areas of health and aging
At 40 yrs of age, we have lived half of our life and the next 40+ years is savoring each moment of our life with good health and prosperity. Many of us will create innovative ideas and share them with others. I am calling for all to define what would be the most useful siteContinue reading “Help!Need your voice in creating a site for older adults in areas of health and aging”
Health Care News
Trump opioid commission leaves out key stakeholder Experts keeping their eyes on ways to curb the number of overdoses in the U.S. say there’s one very important person missing in President Donald Trump’s commission—the nominee for top federal regulator of prescription drugs. READ MORE GOP ‘dead zone’ bill may worsen insurers’ marketplace exodus A U.S.Continue reading “Health Care News”
Health Data and patient-provider engagement using technology
Recent surveys from the Pew Research Center indicate that a majority of U.S. adults use technology to engage in their health care: 63% of adult cell phone owners now use their phones to go online, a figure that has doubled since 2009. In addition, 34% of these cell internet users say that most of theirContinue reading “Health Data and patient-provider engagement using technology”
Health Care News Today
Friday, March 3, 2017 THIS MORNING’S TOP HEALTHCARE NEWS Employers gear up for next fight after Cadillac tax Now that the Cadillac tax is being swept out with the ACA, employer and business groups are gearing up for their next big battle. READ MORE The search for an ACA repeal bill with details Republican andContinue reading “Health Care News Today”
Health Care News
From RockHealth.org Congress said I do to Tom Price who inherits an increasingly vocal constituency as head of HHS. A match made in heaven: Our own Iodine merged with GoodRx to help consumers find the right drugs. It wasn’t meant to be. A federal judge blocked the Anthem-Cigna deal, the second failed health insurer merger in recent history,Continue reading “Health Care News”
The real culprit of increased health care spending? Technology
By Austin Frakt American life spans are rising, and as they are, health care spending is, too. But longevity is not contributing to the spending increase as much as you might think. The median age in the United States will rise to about 40 by 2040, up from 37.7 today. That’s partly because the averageContinue reading “The real culprit of increased health care spending? Technology”
Better health care in Canada than in America
I’m a Canadian, in Canada. Jack, my cousin in NC, asked me about health care in Canada and if a universal plan was do-able in the States. I said, “No”. I told him, 8 years ago, that the insurance companies would do EVERYTHING to stop it and they have. I told Jack that our systemContinue reading “Better health care in Canada than in America”
Use antimicrobials wisely
STR/AFP/Getty Antibiotic use in livestock has contributed to drug resistance around the world. The effectiveness of antibiotics has been waning since they were introduced into modern medicine more than 70 years ago. Today, our inability to treat infections ranks alongside climate change as a global threat1, 2. New classes of antimicrobial drugs are unlikely toContinue reading “Use antimicrobials wisely”
Hospital checklist saves lives
Before making the first incision, confirm the patient’s identity. Mark the surgical site. Ask about allergies. Discuss any anticipated blood loss. Introduce yourself by name. These are some of the 19 tasks on the World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist, a simple list of actions to be completed before an operation in order toContinue reading “Hospital checklist saves lives”
Americans who are ashamed that we have elected as our president a man bursting with prejudices and lies are right
By Leon Wieseltier This is a country of wildly different destinies, and the belief in equality does not make people equal: The unprecedented pace of change, the daze of historical acceleration in which we live, produces a sensation of insecurity, a terrible volatility, that often results in fear. Trump battened off working-class panic and whiteContinue reading “Americans who are ashamed that we have elected as our president a man bursting with prejudices and lies are right”
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Nurses identify 10 needs health startup should focus on
The following list was compiled from interviews with Sheila Antrum (president and senior vice-president, health adult services, UCSF Medical Center), Daphne Stannard (director and chief nurse researcher, Institute for Nursing Excellence, UCSF Medical Center), and Alberto Garcia (patient care director, health adult services,UCSF Medical Center). Why are we sharing this? UCSF’s Center for Digital HealthContinue reading “Nurses identify 10 needs health startup should focus on”
Digital Footprint and my domain names
I use godaddy.com to create new domain names to prepare a global site for senior care. Motherhealth.net and seniorconciergepro.com are now directed to http://www.clubalthea.com Seniorconciergepro.com and Motherhealth.net Seniorconciergepro.com shall match seniors and caregivers online and in mobile phones while motherhealth.net is an information hub for health resources for seniors and more. Creating a digital footprintContinue reading “Digital Footprint and my domain names”