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Emergency department nurses at Kansas hospital respond to combat human trafficking
Also in this weekly roundup of nursing news: A cancer survivor follows in the footsteps of the nurses who took care of her, and a small study suggests that nurses can boost their empathy through a simulated exercise.
Hospitals and health systems improve EHRs and use data-informed strategies to fight burnout
In this AHA Stat blog post, Elisa Arespacochaga, vice president of AHA's Physician Alliance, highlights how three organizations – HCA Healthcare, Erlanger Health System and the Minnesota Hospital Association – have implemented strategies to help tackle physician burnout.
Report: Deaths due to fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine on rise
The number of drug overdose deaths involving heroin or methamphetamine more than tripled between 2011 and 2016 to 4,571 and 6,762 per year, respectively, while deaths involving cocaine nearly doubled between 2014 and 2016 to 11,316 per year.
CMS: 2019 HealthCare.gov enrollment tops 4.1 million
More than 4.1 million people selected a 2019 health plan through HealthCare.gov between Nov. 1 and Dec. 8, including more than 934,000 last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported today.
Rural health care, burden reduction bills introduced
Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee yesterday introduced legislation to repeal the 96-hour physician certification requirement as a condition of payment for critical access hospitals.
House passes ACE Kids Act, Medicaid drug rebate provision
The House of Representatives yesterday voted 400-11 to pass a health care bill (H.R. 7127) that includes the ACE Kids Act.
Technology is Reinventing Health and Medicine
When many of the brightest people in the health care field gather for some epic brainstorming to predict what the future of health care will look like, the results deserve our attention.
Younger people most likely to defer health care because of costs
Also in this weekly roundup of health care news: hospital beds will soon monitor patients’ vital signs, a Suboxone-licensed physician makes an impact in rural Wisconsin, and hospital gives homeless women a “safe space” to treat emotional, physical health.
N.C. hospital leader to receive AHA Rural Hospital Leadership Award
The AHA will present its 2018 Rural Hospital Leadership Award to Ronnie Sloan, president of The Outer Banks Hospital in Nags Head, N.C., at its Rural Health Care Leadership Conference in February.
HIPAA settlement highlights need to protect PHI access when staff leave
A settlement agreement with Pagosa Springs (Colo.) Medical Center that the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights announced this week highlights important, but perhaps sometimes overlooked, privacy and security risk issues associated with access to electronic protected health information.