UNHEALTHY SYSTEM Re: Articles in the Edmonton Sun and on CTV news, Aug. 5. The health system is broken. A lot stems from wait times in hospital emergency departments. When an ambulance or fire department brings a patient to them, who does not have life-threatening issues, the EMS personnel are required to wait with their […]
The three local Baystate Medical Community Health Centers hosted a free health fair Wednesday in Springfield.
UNC Health recently partnered with Gozio Health and WELL Health to add new features to its app. Patients can now download the app via a link sent in appointment reminder texts, view a map of immediate care options near them and access appointment wayfinding via their mobile phone calendar.
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health is partnering with digital health companies Gozio Health and Well Health to release new features for its mobile application.
Office of Children’s Mental Health Director Linda Hall today announces the publication of a new fact sheet, Strengthening Student Mental Health, and what our students, parents, schools, and policymakers can do to make a difference. Fostering positive mental health in students can improve their overall health and improve student learning, attendance, and engagement. Positive mental health […]
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) – The Institute of Rural Health hosted by Idaho State University’s Kasiska Division of Health Sciences has received $860,000 from AmeriCorps for its Idaho HealthCorps AmeriCorps program. The grant will expand the Institute's presence throughout Idaho, where it has provided services to improve the health of communities through research, education, and service []
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) – The Institute of Rural Health hosted by Idaho State University’s Kasiska Division of Health Sciences has received $860,000 from AmeriCorps for its Idaho HealthCorps AmeriCorps program. The grant will expand the Institute's presence throughout Idaho, where it has provided services to improve the health of communities through research, education, and service []
Are you concerned about the mental health of your community? What if we created mental health interventions through the lens of public health?
(marketscreener.com) CVS Health Corp is planning to buy Signify Health Inc as it looks to expand in home-health services, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing sources.https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/CVS-Health-plans-to-buy-Signify-Health-WSJ--41234151/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20220807
Rush Health Systems officially merged with Ochsner Health. (Bill Graham/The Meridian Star via AP)MERIDIAN, Miss. (Associated Press) — A hospital system with properties in Mississippi and Alabama has merged with a health system based in Louisiana. On Monday, Rush Health Systems became Ochsner Rush Health, the Meridian Star reported. Rush had said in June 2021 that it intended to merge with Ochsner
Good food starts with soil. Soil is the blank canvas where all food starts. It's what food consumes, but it's rarely considered in discussions about what we should eat. In the book, “What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land,” David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé sift through the science of soil and how it affects human health. KCRW: Talk about the beneficial compounds in food, and whether or not they've changed over the past 100 years. David R. Montgomery: There's a number of health-beneficial...
Three nonprofit hospitals have partnered to purchase Philadelphia-based Chestnut Hill Hospital, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Aug. 8. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Meadowbrook, Pa.-based Redeemer Health and Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System agreed to acquire the hospital owned by West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health. Temple would own 60 percent of the hospital, while the other two partners would each own 20 percent."Together, our organizations bring the...