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Calling for Holistic Maternal Care to Address Racial Disparities: The Role of Midwives and Doulas

Bill of Health

By Jordan Brooks and Tamar Ezer Expanding access to midwives and doulas in the United States is a vital and often overlooked way to increase access to culturally-congruent birthing options during pregnancy and improve health outcomes for birthing individuals and their children. The Maternal and Infant Health Crisis The U.S.

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Netflix for Healthcare: Direct Primary Care & Shared Decision-Making

HIT Consultant

Studies indicate that actively involving patients in decision-making leads to improved adherence to medication, lower hospitalization rates, and overall better health outcomes. It’s also about equipping patients with the knowledge and necessary resources for proactive health management.

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Day 3 HIMSS Roundup: Glooko Acquires DIABNEXT, GE Healthcare/AliveCor Integration

HIT Consultant

DIABNEXT’s mobile app complements Glooko’s product portfolio and tracks diabetes data so that physicians can collaborate with their patients to monitor individual patient data and provide remote care. Healthy.io & Medica Partner to Support Kidney Health. Avive Raises $22M for Connected AED Platform. Avive Solutions, Inc.

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Health Provider News – November 4, 2022

Hall Render

Rural hospitals plan to reject Congress’ program. Staff shortages make patient surges harder for children’s hospitals — and the situation won’t get better soon. Rural Alabamians getting improvements in health care with federal grant. Alabama hospital officials weigh in on ‘tripledemic’ concerns.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

Wade; expected to remain big issue in 2024 races Most nursing home residents in Arizona still haven’t gotten their COVID-19 booster COVID-19 hospitalizations are up in Arizona and around the U.S.

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Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

Beginning with foundational projects like streamlining patient-provider interactions and addressing administrative challenges, this approach will enhance operational efficiency while also satisfying new regulations. No longer can a hospital survive doing 2-3 total knee arthroplasties in one operating room.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

Can Hospitals Change in Time to Keep Them? Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M NATIONAL Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design Amazon completes $3.9B