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8 Major Problems with the U.S. Healthcare System Today

(4 days ago) WEBA higher rating suggests fewer deaths due to a higher standard of care and access. 3. Lack of Transparency. Fraud and cover-ups are rampant in the U.S. healthcare system. A significant problem is upcoding which …

https://www.medifind.com/news/post/problems-us-healthcare-system

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Is our healthcare system broken? - Harvard Health

(Just Now) WEBThe current US healthcare system has a cruel tendency to delay or deny high-quality care to those who are most in need of it but can least afford its high cost. This contributes to avoidable healthcare disparities for people of color and other disadvantaged groups. Health insurers may discourage care to hold down costs.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/is-our-healthcare-system-broken-202107132542

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5 Critical Priorities for the U.S. Health Care System

(6 days ago) WEBThey include: focus on prevention, not just treating sickness; tackle racial disparities; expand telehealth and in-home services; build integrated systems; and adopt value-based care. Since early

https://hbr.org/2021/12/5-critical-priorities-for-the-u-s-health-care-system

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The 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: We …

(9 days ago) WEBRates of emergency visits with principal diagnoses related to mental health increased by 24.6 percent for children up to 17 years old between 2016 and 2018. The report also finds that suicidal behaviors among high school students increased more than 40 percent in the decade up to 2019. Despite these troubling trends, the NHQDR shows limited

https://www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/2022-national-healthcare-disparities-report.html

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Confronting Challenges in the US Health Care System - JAMA …

(7 days ago) WEBThese include major challenges related to health insurance coverage, the solvency of publicly funded programs, the stability of the health care safety net, market power and consolidation, inequities in health care access and outcomes, public health infrastructure, and the failure to effectively use technology to help counteract these …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2778509

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Americans’ Challenges with Health Care Costs KFF

(9 days ago) WEBAdults in households with annual incomes under $40,000 are more than three times as likely as adults in households with incomes over $90,000 to say it is difficult to afford their health care

https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/americans-challenges-with-health-care-costs/

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10 global health issues to track in 2021 - World Health …

(Just Now) WEB10 global health issues to track in 2021. 2020 was a devastating year for global health. A previously unknown virus raced around the world, rapidly emerging as one of its top killers, laying bare …

https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/10-global-health-issues-to-track-in-2021

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How Will Health Care In The U.S. Change After The Pandemic

(3 days ago) WEBWith more than one-third of U.S. adults now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, there's growing optimism on many fronts. A majority of states have either lifted health-related restrictions or have

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/05/13/996233365/how-health-care-in-the-u-s-may-change-after-covid-an-optimists-outlook

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What has the pandemic revealed about the US health …

(6 days ago) WEBGermany, which has all along had a robust public health care system, was accepting sick patients from Italy, Spain, and France. Meanwhile, U.S. hospitals were in financial shock and fee-for-service …

https://news.mit.edu/2021/what-has-pandemic-revealed-about-us-health-care-what-needs-change-0405

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Covid-19 — Implications for the Health Care System NEJM

(1 days ago) WEBA Crisis in Public Health. The United States has 4% of the world’s population but, as of July 16, approximately 26% of its Covid-19 cases and 24% of its Covid-19 deaths. 17 These startling

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb2021088

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11 global health issues to watch in 2023, according to …

(2 days ago) WEB— Angela Micah, assistant professor and co-lead of the development assistance for health resource tracking team “Given the immense strain of COVID-19 on primary care and hospital systems the …

https://www.healthdata.org/news-events/insights-blog/acting-data/11-global-health-issues-watch-2023-according-ihme-experts

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Why Public Health Faces a Crisis Across the U.S. - The New York …

(8 days ago) WEBIn Gallatin County, Ron Marshall, a state representative who owns a vape store, said he had been battling the local health board’s ban on indoor vaping. But after passage of a new law

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/us/coronavirus-public-health.html

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DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE - 2021 National Healthcare Quality …

(5 days ago) WEBA healthcare disparity is a difference between population groups in the way they access, experience, and receive healthcare. Factors that influence healthcare disparities include social, economic, environmental, and other disadvantages, 1, 2 some of which are explored in this report. Unfortunately, Americans too often do not receive care they

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK578532/

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Why Racial Inequities Still Persist in Health Care - The New York …

(7 days ago) WEBThe ensuing criticism led to the resignation of the top editor and culminated with a pledge to increase staff diversity and publish a more inclusive array of papers. “The topics of racial and

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/health/racial-disparities-health-care.html

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WHO's 10 most urgent health challenges for the 2020s - World …

(8 days ago) WEBAt the same time, more – and more intense – extreme weather events like drought and floods increase malnutrition rates and help spread infectious diseases like malaria. 2. Delivering health in conflict and crisis. WHO records show attacks on medical staff led to 193 deaths in 2019.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/02/who-healthcare-challenges-2020s-climate-conflict-epidemics/

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The 6 challenges facing health care in 2023—and how to

(6 days ago) WEB1. Financial difficulties. In 2023, health systems will likely continue to face financial difficulties due to ongoing staffing problems, reduced patient volumes, and rising inflation. According to Tina Wheeler, U.S. health care leader at Deloitte, hospitals can expect wage growth to continue to increase even as they try to contain labor costs.

https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2023/01/04/healthcare-2023

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Health Care 2030: The Coming Transformation NEJM Catalyst

(4 days ago) WEBHealth care today is often characterized by mediocre quality, poor safety, and high costs. 1 Though change usually comes slowly, the Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated that it is possible to rapidly retool our systems if there is a strong enough stimulus. 2 In this article, we examine the future of health care — how it should change …

https://catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/CAT.20.0569

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Health Costs And Financing: Challenges And Strategies For A New

(Just Now) WEBPrices on existing, branded drugs have increased substantially during the past decade, limiting affordability and access. 37,41,42 And even in circumstances where the benefits are unclear or

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01560

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Health - The New York Times

(8 days ago) WEBThe latest news on health and medicine, covid, vaccines, global health, mental health, Obamacare, health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, opioids, cancer, heart disease

https://www.nytimes.com/section/health

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Challenges Facing the Health System and Implications for …

(5 days ago) WEBMajor challenges face today’s health care system for which health professionals have to be prepared. This chapter describes these challenges—incorporating related evidence and the views expressed by participants in the Health Professions Education Summit—and examines the resulting implications for the education of health professionals and its reform.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK221522/

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Health News: Disease, Nutrition, Healthcare & More NBC News

(Just Now) WEBFind the latest news on food & diet, healthcare and healthy living on NBCNews.com. Read headlines and watch videos on medicine, mental illness, and more.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health

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Current Challenges in Health Information Technology-related …

(3 days ago) WEBOverview of the identified challenges in health information technology (IT)-related patient safety categorized according to the stage of the health IT lifecycle where they appear. A. Design and Development Challenges. 1. Developing models, methods, and tools to enable risk assessment. 2.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7510167/

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HHS Finalizes Rule Strengthening Protections Against Disability

(5 days ago) WEBOCR disability discrimination protections. Final Rule advances equity and bolsters protections for people with disabilities under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), finalized a rule that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability.

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/05/01/hhs-finalizes-rule-strengthening-protections-against-disability-discrimination.html

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Cyberattack disrupts operations at major US health care network

(6 days ago) WEBA cyberattack has disrupted “clinical operations” at major health care nonprofit Ascension, forcing it to take steps to minimize any impact to patient care, an Ascension spokesperson told CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/tech/cyberattack-disrupts-healthcare-network/index.html

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Office of Public Affairs Assistant Attorney General Jonathan …

(1 days ago) WEBThe HCMC will consider widespread competition concerns shared by patients, health care professionals, businesses and entrepreneurs, including issues regarding payer-provider consolidation, serial acquisitions, labor and quality of care, medical billing, health care IT services, access to and misuse of health care data and more.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/assistant-attorney-general-jonathan-kanter-announces-task-force-health-care-monopolies-and

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Americans wouldn't want to live long if it meant having health issues

(5 days ago) WEBIn a poll of 2,200 American adults, Medtronic and Morning Consult asked participants if they would prefer to live a shorter, healthier life or a longer life with health issues. The majority (66%

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/03/americans-wouldnt-want-to-live-long-if-it-meant-having-health-issues.html

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FDA issues recall statement after insulin pump-related IOS app …

(4 days ago) WEBHealth news. FDA issues recall statement after insulin pump-related IOS app causes injuries. The "Class I" recall, which is the most severe, comes after 224 injuries were reported

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-issues-recall-statement-insulin-pump-related-ios-app-causes-injuri-rcna151467

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Final Rule to Establish First-Ever Regulations for Adult Protective

(6 days ago) WEBRule will improve quality and consistency of APS services across states. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Community Living (ACL), announced a final rule to establish the first federal regulations for Adult Protective Services (APS). The new regulations promote …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/05/07/final-rule-establish-first-ever-regulations-adult-protective-services.html

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Understanding caregiver burden and quality of life in Kerala’s …

(5 days ago) WEBFamily caregivers are vital for long-term care for persons with serious health-related suffering in Kerala. Long-term caregiving and ageing may become burdensome and detrimental to patients and caregivers. We compared the caregiver burden and quality-of-life of ageing caregivers with younger caregivers. We also explored the palliative care …

https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-024-02155-x

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WHO issues landmark guidelines for preventing catheter …

(4 days ago) WEBWHO estimated that between 2000–2018, average mortality among patients affected by health care-associated sepsis was 24.4%, increasing to 52.3% among patients treated in intensive care units.

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20240510/WHO-issues-landmark-guidelines-for-preventing-catheter-associated-infections.aspx

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Challenges in turning a great idea into great health policy: the case

(3 days ago) WEBIn the organization of health care and health care systems, there is an increasing trend towards integrated care. which annually involves around 80 health-related services and interactions with seven or eight different health professionals strength, speed, and focus on clinical issues. Brit Med J. 2002; 324:63. doi: …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7035709/

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FDA issues recall: Insulin pump-related iOS app crash led to injuries

(5 days ago) WEBFDA issues recall statement on insulin pump app after crash causes more than 200 injuries The FDA said there were 224 injuries related to the app crash as of April 15. No deaths have been reported.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/health/2024/05/10/fda-recall-insulin-pump-app/73638560007/

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Yellow Feet: Callused Bottoms or Liver Problems? - Verywell Health

(Just Now) WEBMany different medical conditions can cause your feet to turn a yellowish hue. Some, like calluses, are easily treated, while others, like liver issues, are much more serious.The location of the color changes on your foot and any accompanying symptoms can help determine the significance of yellow feet.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/yellow-feet-8628023

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The 'healthiest' way to spend 24 hours depends on what you value …

(3 days ago) WEBKnowing how many hours a day you should sit, stand, move and sleep to be at your healthiest sounds like the wellness holy grail. A new study suggests the best way to spend your 24 hours (if you can).

https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2024-05-09/heart-health-day-sleep-sitting-standing-physical-activity/103780152

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Whistleblower who raised concerns about Boeing jets dies at 45 : …

(7 days ago) WEBDean raised quality issues in manufacturing 737 Max. Dean is the second Boeing-related whistleblower to die in the past three months. a "health nut" who rarely drank and attended church

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/02/1248693512/boeing-whistleblower-josh-dean-dead

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Health Care Sector Update for 05/08/2024: GMED, PFE, TEVA

(9 days ago) WEBHealth care stocks were declining Wednesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index down 0.4% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) decreasing 0.3%.

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/health-care-sector-update-for-05-08-2024%3A-gmed-pfe-teva

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Social Media Bans Alone Won’t Improve Mental Health, Say …

(4 days ago) WEBEducators are quick to blame platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat—or at least argue that they have exacerbated students’ mental health problems. But for students, the list of causes

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/social-media-bans-alone-wont-improve-mental-health-say-student-advocates/2024/05

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