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Improving Maternal and Infant Services in Rural Iowa
Millions of women across the United States have no access to maternal health care, particularly in rural areas that lack obstetric services.
AHA Statement on Proposed Rule on Minimum Staffing in Nursing Homes
The AHA strongly believes that a skilled, caring workforce is integral to delivery of high quality, safe care. At the same time, safe staffing is about much more than a number. We are concerned that in proposing a one-size-fits-all numerical staffing threshold, CMS would remove the role of clinical judgment in staffing facilities, and inadvertently create patient access challenges across the health care system.
CMS Issues Proposed Rule on Minimum Staffing in Nursing Homes
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Sept. 1 issued a proposed rule regarding staffing requirements for nursing homes that participate in Medicare and Medicaid. CMS estimates that about 75% of nursing homes would have to increase staffing in their facilities under the proposed standards, which exceed those existing in nearly all states.
SHSMD Online Meet Up – MarCom DEI Survey Findings
Join SHSMD MarCom colleagues on Sept 26, 1pm CT for interactive DEIB discussion. Learn from survey findings, share experiences, and explore upcoming initiatives. Tailored for health care communicators, marketers. Guided by SHSMD DEIB Committee.
ASHE Recognizes Health Care Facilities Advancing Sustainability Measures
Ten health care facilities have earned the 2023 Sustainability Champion Award for demonstrating strong leadership in becoming more sustainable facilities and using saved resources to support patient care.
Fast Facts: Behavioral Health Infographic
Defining Behavioral Health: Behavioral health disorders include both mental illness and substance-use disorders. Persons with behavioral health care needs may suffer from either or both types of conditions as well as physical comorbidities.
Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities - Academic Links
Links to the National Center for Cultural Competence and South Carolina Rural Health Research Center.
CMS updates guidance on ligature risk
The surveyor guidance affects two Conditions of Participation on patients’ rights and the physical environment
COVID-19 reinfections are occurring in nursing homes, study finds
Residents in long-term care facilities who were infected with the BA.1 or BA.2 Omicron variant in 2022 were more likely to get COVID-19 again, compared with people in the facilities who never tested positive for the virus, according to research.