Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Indian government is upgrading its COVID-19 vaccination platform, CoWIN, to digitally track people's vaccination status against common preventable diseases, including measles, rubella and COVID-19. The programme targets around 26 million newborns each year, offering vaccination for 12 vaccine-preventable diseases.

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Bill Of Health

OCTOBER 4, 2023

So, Beatriz filed a constitutional action ( amparo ) urgently demanding an abortion in the public hospital where she received care. Beatriz’s health never recovered, and she died four years later after being hospitalized due to a traffic accident. Beatriz’s death could have been prevented.

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Patient Safety Movement

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

DOCTOR DELIVERS LETHAL EPIDURAL AT BROOKLYN HOSPITAL An article last week in The New York Times told the story of an anesthesiologist at a Brooklyn public hospital, with a history of making life-threatening errors in administering epidurals, who made a fatal mistake in July 2020. In New York City, Black women like Ms.

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KHN

JULY 9, 2021

Karen Jo Young wrote a letter to her local newspaper criticizing executives at the hospital where she worked as an activities coordinator, arguing that their actions led to staffing shortages and other patient safety problems. But a federal appellate court recently said Young’s firing violated the law and ordered that she be reinstated.

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Patient Safety Movement

DECEMBER 1, 2022

And it’s largely preventable—if not the disease itself (in the case of Type 2 diabetes) then at least the most severe outcomes. The patient is the most important member of their own healthcare team, as diabetes treatment involves a lot of self-care and preventative lifestyle choices.

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NASHP

APRIL 15, 2022

Use crisis services, emergency rooms, urgent care, or inpatient stays as the sole source of care; Experienced two or more emergency room visits or two or more hospitalizations due to SMI or SUD in the past 12 months. Short-term post-hospitalization housing. Public hospital systems. Eviction prevention.

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KHN

JULY 9, 2021

Karen Jo Young wrote a letter to her local newspaper criticizing executives at the hospital where she worked as an activities coordinator, arguing that their actions led to staffing shortages and other patient safety problems. But a federal appellate court recently said Young’s firing violated the law and ordered that she be reinstated.

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