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Strategy
Addressing Community Well-Being: Adventist Health's Transformational StrategyBen Leedle, president of Adventist Health's Well-Being Division, shares how the health system strives to improve health and well-being in...
Nursing
'Those of Us Who Don't Die Are Going to Quit': A Crush of Patients, Dwindling Supplies and the Nurse Who Lost HopeAlmost a year into the pandemic, supply shortages remain so severe that nurse Kristen Cline reuses her N95 for several...
Nursing
3 Strategies for Combating Nurse Burnout During and After the PandemicAs frontline nurses continue to care for the growing number of COVID-19 patients, enact strategies to reduce their risk of...
Clinical Care
Coping with Added Stress During the COVID-19 PandemicDuring these times, it's important for case managers to prioritize attention available staff support, morale and behavior health, the use...
Clinical Care
Push Is On in US to Figure Out South Asians' High Heart RisksSouth Asians account for 60% of all heart disease cases, even though ? at 2 billion people ? they make...
Covid-19
Prayers and Grief Counseling After COVID: Trying to Aid Healing in Long-Term CareNursing homes and assisted living centers are holding memorials for people who've died, having chaplains and social workers help residents...
Nursing
Survey: Nurses Have Taken on Leadership Roles But Feel Less Respected Than PhysiciansA recent survey of nurses finds that while nurses are taking on more leadership responsibilities during the pandemic, they still...
Covid-19
Despite COVID Concerns, Teams Venture Into Nursing Homes to Get Out the VoteSeniors in such facilities across the country have struggled to find safe ways to vote amid the pandemic.
Nursing
Nurse Leaders Feel Prepared for a Future COVID-19 Surge Despite Ongoing ChallengesSurveyed nurse leaders who feel supported by their teams and organizations consider themselves more prepared for a future COVID-19 surge.
Finance
Modifiable Health Risks Add $730B to U.S. Healthcare SpendingA new study found that 27% of U.S. personal healthcare expenses were attributable to risk factors such as obesity and...
Covid-19
A Pandemic Upshot: Seniors Are Having Second Thoughts About Where to LiveMore than 70,000 residents and staff members in nursing homes and assisted living facilities had died of COVID-19 by mid-August,...
Strategy
MedStar, CareFirst Launch Value-based Care PartnershipThe partnership aims to save $400 million over the next seven years using proactive care and improving access to care...