HealthLeaders Media: How a new hospital-at-home program helps patients and Parkland Hospital
DALLAS There is new information on Parkland Memorial Hospital's action plan to ensure patient safety. The plan was released on Friday in response to a 600-page government report that found the Dallas ...
A new partnership in North Texas is helping people get critical medical care— without having to leave their pets behind. Parkland Memorial Hospital and the SPCA of Texas have launched a program aimed ...
Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas has released a corrective action plan in response to a CMS investigation that found the hospital had numerous patient safety deficiencies that endangered the ...
For this installment, three AMA members took time to discuss what doctors wish patients knew about the potentially harmful effects of social media. They are: Nusheen Ameenuddin, MD, MPH, a pediatrician in Rochester, Minnesota, and chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Communications and Media.
Stay on top of the latest developments related to patient education. Browse the AMA’s patient education resources, full of information and tools that physicians can share with their patients, including educational handouts for patients and other patient education materials.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines and how to take charge of their health through preventive care.
Getting patients to make healthy lifestyle choices ranks high on every physician’s professional wish list. But realistically accomplishing this goal requires care teams to zero in on what really patients really want.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines. Three physicians took time to discuss what doctors wish patients knew about vitamins and nutritional supplements. They are: Pieter Cohen, MD, an internist in Somerville ...
Patients with Meniere’s disease “will have episodes of vertigo, usually lasting half an hour to a couple of hours that can be very intense and incapacitating and unpredictable, but they almost always have a symptom of hearing loss or ringing in their ear either immediately before or during the onset of vertigo,” he said.
The discussion was moderated by William B. Jordan, MD, MPH, who is senior director of equity policy and transformation at the AMA Center for Health Equity. Panelists examined the quality of care older-adult physicians provide, how age-related biases affect older-adult physicians, and how ageism affects patients’ care experience.
Public Health Prevention & Wellness What doctors wish patients knew about iron deficiency One in three women under 50 is iron deficient, affecting about 10 million people in the U.S. Two physicians discuss iron deficiency and how to address it.
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines and how to take charge of their health through preventive care. For this installment, two AMA members shared what doctors wish patients knew about sodium consumption. They are:
Yahoo: Southern Dallas grapples with health disparities in new Dallas County report with Parkland
Southern Dallas grapples with health disparities in new Dallas County report with Parkland
Services of the Hospital at Home program: In-person nurses come to the house a minimum of twice daily. A physician or an APP sees the person in person, or they can do a telehealth visit via video ...
KERA News: ‘We’re a desert’: New Parkland Health clinic to address lack of care in southeast Dallas County
Parkland Health said it plans to build a new clinic in the Inland Port area – one of the fastest-growing parts of the county. The clinic will offer primary care, pediatric care and pharmacy services ...
‘We’re a desert’: New Parkland Health clinic to address lack of care in southeast Dallas County
According to CaroMont Health, a significant rise in flu and RSV cases across the region is prompting increased restrictions on hospital visitation in the region. The restrictions will be implemented ...
GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — A significant rise in flu and RSV cases across the region is prompting increased restrictions on hospital visitations. Restrictions will be implemented at CaroMont Regional ...
Becker's ASC: Dallas’ Parkland Memorial Issues Corrective Plan in Response to CMS Investigation
Hospital functions and organization vary according to health-care delivery organizations and each hospital’s unique position in the system. Good management structures ensure coordination among staff, services, infrastructure and supply chains to deliver high-quality care.
Israel’s intensified military operations continue to threaten an already weakened health system, amidst worsening mass population displacement and acute shortages of food, water, medical supplies, fuel and shelter. Four major hospitals in Gaza (Kamal Adwan Hospital, Indonesia Hospital, Hamad Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics, and European Gaza Hospital) have had to suspend medical ...
Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) is a publicly funded hospital in the capital of Malé, Maldives and is the largest healthcare facility in country. Its primary function is to provide high quality tertiary level healthcare services to around 150,000 people living in the capital city and specialist referral services.
Timely care and rapid transport save lives, reduce disability and improve long term outcomes. Prehospital emergency care is a key component of the health care system. Strengthening prehospital care can help address a wide range of conditions across the life course, including injury, complications of pregnancy, exacerbations of non-communicable diseases, acute infections and sepsis. The prompt ...
An average university hospital generates 1,634 tons of health care waste each year and this number is increasing 2-3% per year (especially since COVID-19); wealthier countries generate more waste.
Written by Indah Deviyanti, National Professional Officer (Environment) and Irma Syahriar, Communication Officer.Protecting and restoring human health, saving lives, and strengthening health services – albeit for a good cause – may come at a price if we are not careful.Imagine public health institutions, such as hospitals, operating 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, offering a range of ...
Viet Nam's hospital system consists of a public-private mix, in which the public hospitals play substantial roles in providing health care services to the people. Overall, public hospitals are key drivers of efficiency and healthcare cost escalation.