Health care

Communication protocols exist for a reason

An excerpt from The Mumbo Jumbo Fix: A Survival Guide to Effective Doctor-Patient-Nurse Communication. Team building is a popular health trend. It promotes cooperation, trust and respect, improves communication and improves patient outcomes. Most of the time. But the camaraderie and familiarity of working with the same group of people can lead to an unappreciated …

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USCIS updates policy to automatically extend green cards to naturalization applicants

USCIS updates policy to automatically extend green cards to naturalization applicants

Related practices and jurisdictions Sunday, December 11, 2022 Effective December 12, 2022, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to allow USCIS to automatically extend the validity of permanent resident cards ( commonly referred to as green cards) for lawful permanent residents who have applied for naturalization. This update …

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Face the Facts: Confronting Rising Health Care Costs in Conn.

Face the Facts: Confronting Rising Health Care Costs in Conn.

Insurance Committee Co-Chair Rep. Kerry Wood (D-Rocky Hill) joins NBC Connecticut’s Mike Hydeck with his plans to deal with rising health care costs when the new session begins in January. Mike Hydeck: Here in Connecticut right now we’re dealing with runaway inflation, the threat of a possible recession, and chances are, if your health insurance …

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The Supremes Hear Moore v.  Harper, Hurricane Survivors Demand ReBuild NC Accountable, More Anxiety and a North Carolina Health Care Worker Shortage: Top Stories of the Week on Policy Watch |  The pulse

The Supremes Hear Moore v. Harper, Hurricane Survivors Demand ReBuild NC Accountable, More Anxiety and a North Carolina Health Care Worker Shortage: Top Stories of the Week on Policy Watch | The pulse

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32% of Americans with health insurance skimp on the drugs they need because of the cost

Image source: Getty Images It’s a really scary thing. Key points Drug costs can be high even with insurance. Skipping medication doses to save costs could have serious consequences. The cost of medications can vary greatly depending on different factors. These include whether or not you have insurance and whether you are taking a generic …

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Dr. Richard Zelman, showed him on October 3, 2017, and the cardiac team at Cape Cod Hospital saved a woman's life using an interventional procedure he started doing a few years ago, called TAVR, transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

Cape Cod Healthcare accused of ‘unethical practices’ in lawsuit against doctor

HYANNIS — A former cardiologist and medical director at Cape Cod Hospital has filed a lawsuit against Cape Cod Healthcare, alleging he was fired after speaking out about the hospital’s allegedly unethical practices that favored benefit to patient care. Dr. Richard Zelman, 64, has been an affiliated cardiologist and interventional surgeon with Cape Cod Hospital …

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China's healthcare system put to the test as COVID brakes fade

China’s healthcare system put to the test as COVID brakes fade

BAODING, China, Dec 11 (Reuters) – When Li tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday in Baoding, northern China, he prepared for a five-day quarantine at a local makeshift hospital in the under the country’s strict pandemic controls. Instead, China the next day abruptly relaxed the policy that made the world’s most populous country an outlier …

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Judge sends Aurora man accused of killing father to mental health facility

REFILE-China’s healthcare system put to the test as COVID restrictions ease

(Refiles to fix ‘disrupting’ typographical error, paragraph 8) By Ella Cao and Ryan Woo BAODING, China, Dec 11 (Reuters) – When Li tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday in Baoding, northern China, he prepared for a five-day quarantine at a local makeshift hospital in the under the country’s strict pandemic controls. Instead, China the next …

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Universal health coverage: India needs big push

Universal health coverage: India needs a boost

One of the important goals of universal health coverage is to ensure reach and coverage of the most marginalized population. However, the NFHS-5 results paint a different picture for India, where insurance coverage is lowest among households with the lowest wealth quintile. Also, coverage among minorities such as Muslims and Sikhs is lower than Hindus …

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