HEALTH

Novant Health is rolling out its new Hospital at Home program in the coastal region. Patients in the program get a virtual visit from a physician for assessment. Their care team monitors vital signs like blood pressure, temperature and oxygen level.
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2 years ago Read more at WECT

Andrea Comstock-Tague is a local yoga instructor in West Hartford and Rocky Hill. Betty, also a patient of Dr. Patrick Coll in the UConn Center on Aging, passed away just in February after battling dementia for more than 12 years.
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2 years ago Read more at University of Connecticut

Sibel Health was spun out of Northwestern University and founded from an initial grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation given our commitment to maternal neonatal health. We're proud to come full circle to take that initial investment and expand our potential for impact. Losing a single mother while giving birth is one too many. Vital signs are vital—and every pregnant person deserves to have their vitals checked.
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2 years ago Read more at PR Newswire

Children’s Hospital in Colorado Springs is trying to address mental health concerns before kids reach the point of needing hospital-level care. Doctors say kids mental health often gets worse during the end of the school year in April and May, as well. In 2023, Children's Colorado saw almost 10,000 mental health patients in its System of Care.
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2 years ago Read more at KKTV

The Biden administration has been cautious about using the law to penalize hospitals that fail to provide abortions in emergency situations or if the White House is wrongly applying a nearly 40-year-old emergency-care law to justify access to abortions. In a separate case in Texas, the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled against the Biden Administration, saying Texas hospitals and doctors are not obligated to perform abortions under EMTALA. The Supreme Court on Wednesday is scheduled to
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2 years ago Read more at The Washington Post

The discrepancy in life expectancy between men and women persists in places all over the world, and is even growing in other places. In most contexts in the United States and Europe, men tend to experience physical health changes when they get married and start having a family. But just like every man is different, health concerns across global communities differ as well.
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2 years ago Read more at ND Newswire

Persistent Depressive Disorder, or PDD, is not as severe as depression, but adults can struggle with the symptoms of it for years. According to the Cleveland Clinic, three percent of Americans experience it at some point in their lives. Symptoms include a sad mood, fatigue, lack of concentration, low self-esteem, trouble sleeping, and lack of appetite or overeating.
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2 years ago Read more at KPLC

To celebrate National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. Welcome to our third episode and our conversation with (Dr) Camille Clarke-Smith, EdD, MS, CHES, CPT, program director of quality improvement/Medicare/SNP STARs. Check out our second episodes in this series, “Overcoming Employment Barriers for Lasting Social Impact”.
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2 years ago Read more at AJMC.com Managed Markets Network

The Physicians Foundation is steadfast in its dedication to comprehensively address patients' DOH. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) inclusion of two Foundation-led measures in the Physician Fee Schedule to help physicians address patients' DOH. This recent update is in alignment with recommendations proposed by The Physician Foundation for Medicare to pay for navigation to community resources. This year, The Physician's Foundation selected two new grantees, the Medical Society of Northern Virginia Foundation and Healthy Rural California.
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2 years ago Read more at PR Newswire

CAHNR is leading efforts in One Health approaches at UConn Copy Link. The One Health concept seeks to improve health outcomes using interdisciplinary approaches that recognize how people, plants, and animals share the environment. Climate change and deforestation are another environmental area where we see negative health impacts because loss of habitat and the beneficial services that trees and plants provide can again increase disease spread.
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2 years ago Read more at University of Connecticut