Sun.Jun 25, 2023

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Nurses know the ‘Your Health Act’ is anything but good for your health

Healthy Debate

Bill 60 will allow private companies to profit from people’s health-care needs. It will not solve the staffing crisis, it will make it worse.

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Emergency Department capacity in California (2011-2021)

Healthcare ECONOMIST

A paper by Hsia et al. (2023) shows that California emergency department capacity is not keeping up with demand and is increasingly concentrated in fewer facilities. Using data from the California Department of Health Care Access and Information and US Census, the authors find that: In the prepandemic period (2011-2019), the total population of California increased from 37 638 369 to 39 512 223 (5.0%), then decreased to 39 237 836 in 2021 (0.7%; ).

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FDA Issues First Guidance on Clinical Trials for Psychedelic Drugs

HKLaw

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) on June 23, 2023, released its first draft guidance concerning design and desired features of clinical trials for psychedelic drugs LSD and MDMA.

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Patient Stories and Patient Voice in Media

Healthcare Leadership

Patient stories are important, but there are not many places where those stories to be seen, read or heard. There are a few patient-led sessions at conferences. Patients are sometimes guests on healthcare-related podcasts. Healthcare organizations post patient stories on their websites. I believe, however, that more can be done…I’m just not sure HOW this could be achieved.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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Supreme Court Narrows Scope of Aggravated Identity Theft Law in Healthcare Fraud Case

HKLaw

In Dubin v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed prosecutors' ability to use the federal aggravated identity theft statute in garden-variety overbilling and fraud cases generally.

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Morning Headlines 6/26/23

HIStalk

Babylon Announces Update on Take Private Proposal UK-based digital health.

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