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Why patient burnout is a ‘silent public health crisis’
CHICAGO – Provider burnout and overwork is a very hot matter in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But people frequently wrestle to navigate their own treatment in the advanced and fragmented U.S. healthcare method. At HIMSS233, Grace Cordovano, affected individual advocate and CEO of Enlightening Success, known as client burnout a “silent general public health and fitness crisis.” “I can guarantee you that the manual out-of-date workflows, the paper on clipboards, the fax machines, the scanners, the CDs, the cell phone phone calls, and hoping to navigate the menus that have 10 diverse variations only to land in a voicemail box that is never returned, to be set on maintain…
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Patient advocates push for aggressive crackdown on medical debt : Shots
Marcus and Allyson Ward have been spending off a credit card debt dating again to the birth of their twins, Theo and Milo. They are amongst 100 million People with health-related credit card debt, in accordance to a KHN/NPR investigation. Taylor Glascock for KHN and NPR hide caption toggle caption Taylor Glascock for KHN and NPR Marcus and Allyson Ward had been shelling out off a personal debt dating back again to the start of their twins, Theo and Milo. They are between 100 million Individuals with health care personal debt, according to a KHN/NPR investigation. Taylor Glascock for KHN and NPR Dozens of advocates for clients and individuals, citing…
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Doctors at HCA hospital in Florida say patient care has suffered from cost cutting
On Dec. 7, 2021, more than a dozen surgeons convened a meeting at their hospital, HCA Florida Bayonet Point in Hudson, Florida. Their concerns about patient safety at the 290-bed acute care facility owned by HCA Healthcare Inc. had been intensifying for months and the doctors had requested the meeting to push management to address their complaints. Unsanitary surgical instruments, inadequate monitoring of ICU patients, an overflowing emergency department, anesthesiology errors that resulted in patients waking up while in surgery — all were allegations ripe for discussion. The meeting soon took an extraordinary turn, four doctors who attended told NBC News. With a hospital administration official on hand to hear the answers, the group was asked two questions.…