Poor working conditions are a top reason nurses leave healthcare, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 10, 2024
Unpleasant working conditions are a top reason nurses walk away from their jobs at long-term care facilities and hospitals, and bid adieu to healthcare, according to a new report.
High-need Medicare users opt for traditional plans
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 10, 2024
People with higher medical needs were more likely to be in traditional Medicare non-accountable care organizations (ACOs) than in Medicare Advantage in 2019. The number of people enrolling in Medicare...
Semaglutide helps in obesity-related heart failure, type 2 diabetes
Apr 09, 2024
Semaglutide leads to larger reductions in heart failure-related symptoms and physical limitations among patients with obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and type 2 diabetes,...
New patient safety measures imminent as risk of harm evolves: CMS
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services remains acutely focused on patient harm and will introduce new measures addressing patient safety later this year, agency leaders said at an event in Baltimore...
Also in the News for Wednesday, April 10, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 10, 2024
Burnout, staffing were top reasons for nurses leaving healthcare before retirement … Federal court stops Phillips from making, distributing sleep and respiratory devices from plants linked to recall...
Global group urges stronger response to antimicrobial resistance
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 09, 2024
World leaders need to do more to prevent the negative effects of drug-resistant infections, according to the Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance in their report published last week.
Study: Parkinson’s disease raises risk for in-hospital delirium — and related need for long-term...
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 09, 2024
People with Parkinson’s disease are almost twice as likely to have delirium during hospital stays compared to others who are hospitalized but don’t have the disease, according to a study published...
Session on food insecurity in older adults a win for medical students, report finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 09, 2024
A learning session improved medical students’ attitudes about caring for older adults with food insecurity. The project was detailed in a report published last week in the Journal of the American Geriatrics...
Eschewing a ‘sweet spot’ for boutique-like service at any size: Creative Solutions’ Gary Blake
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 09, 2024
Gary Blake’s nameplate might say CEO, but in some ways, he envisions himself more as chief quality officer of Creative Solutions for Healthcare, the sprawling 159-facility skilled nursing company he...
Also in the News for Tuesday, April 9, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 09, 2024
CMS rates didn’t adequately cover COVID lab costs: OIG … Change hackers claim they also took CVS, Medicare data in cyberattack … Kansas City nursing home closed following attorney general complaint...