In a national study of 10 common abdominal surgeries, operations on patients who were overweight or obese tended to take longer as the patient's weight increased, as did the chances that they would develop serious complications.
Technology can help healthcare facilities streamline processes, allocate resources and improve coordination, supporting an integrated, patient-centered approach to care.
The healthcare industry's rapid expansion has created a staffing challenge: healthcare facilities and organizations nationwide are struggling to find and hire skilled administrators. These leaders must manage large teams and complex operations and stay ahead of emerging technologies and shifting healthcare policies. The demand for qualified healthcare executives who can handle these multifaceted responsibilities continues to grow. In response to this leadership gap, Willamette University is launching a new Healthcare Leadership Certificate Program designed to transform skilled healthcare professionals into effective leaders.
A prominent community health center with a long legacy of treating asylum-seekers is now requesting patients' proof of citizenship, in an apparent response to the Trump administration's broad threats to federal funding and anti-immigrant rhetoric. The Floating Hospital in Queens is asking patients to show their Social Security cards or other proof of citizenship, citing an unspecified executive order by the Trump administration, according to an audio recording reviewed by POLITICO and two city lawmakers.
More measles cases are being confirmed across the United States as health officials work to treat patients in an ongoing outbreak in Texas. The Kentucky Department for Public Health and the Franklin County Health Department announced on Wednesday a confirmed case of measles in an adult resident, the first in the state in two years. The departments said the resident recently traveled internationally to an area where measles is spreading.
When HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy answered questions during the first cabinet meeting of the new Trump administration, he incorrectly described the number of people who died in a West Texas measles outbreak and the reason people were hospitalized. Measles outbreaks are "not unusual," Kennedy said. Doctors say that was wrong, too.