Apepperan health care is broken. And American health care systems must transform radically to lead the repair.
Let’s first look at the data: The US now spends more than $4 trillion a year on health care. That’s nearly 20% of gross domestic product. Yet US life expectancy lags literally dozens of other nations—including Portugal, Slovenia, and Turkey—by as much as seven years. If trends continue, we will drop to 64th in the world in life expectancy by 2040, though we will continue to spend significantly more per capita than nearly any other nation.
Diagnosing this failure is not difficult. Nearly…
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PEI will need about 1,200 more healthy workers by 2032: forecast
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A report on Prince Edward Island’s ailing health-care system says the province needs about 1,200 additional workers over the next 10 years.
The report by Halifax-based health-care consulting firm Health Intelligence says the province will need 1,194 more workers across all health disciplines by 2032.
Health Intelligence says its forecast is based on the province’s plan to reform the health-system by adding more nurses, doctors and pharmacists to the network.
It says the province would only need 245 more health workers over the same period should the government implement a less…
Health care vaccine mandate stays in NY as federal emergency ends | News
ALBANY (TNS) — The national COVID-19 public health emergency lapsed Thursday, marking a symbolic end to the health crisis that upended society and killed more than one million in the United States — but the shift will bring few changes to daily life in New York, where many COVID restrictions have already been phased out.
While the federal action lifts the vaccine mandate for government-funded hospitals and nursing homes, health care workers are not off the hook in New York due to state-level COVID-19 regulations still in place.
New York’s own pandemic emergency declaration officially ended Sept. 12. Health care…
Gov. Reynolds signs bill intended to increase medical access in rural Iowa
Gov. Kim Reynolds signs House File 424 on Wednesday as state representative and hospital staff watch at the Washington County Hospital and Clinics in Washington, Iowa. The law will allow physician assistants to more easily address the health care needs of Iowa’s underserved communities. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Gov. Kim Reynolds smiles and claps with state legislators and hospital staff Wednesday after signing House File 424 at the Washington County Hospital and Clinics in Washington, Iowa. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
WASHINGTON, Iowa — Physician assistants in Iowa will no longer be required to be supervised and have a written agreement with a…
Ontario passes bill allowing private clinics to conduct more surgeries
The Ontario government has passed a bill allowing private clinics to conduct more OHIP-covered surgeries as advocates warn of potential legal action.
Bill 60, also known as the Your Health Actwas passed by the Doug Ford government Monday at Queen’s Park and will go into effect once it receives Royal Assent.
The legislation was first tabled in February by Health Minister Sylvia Jones, who argued it was necessary to reduce the province’s large surgical backlog.
“People should not have to wait for months for diagnosis, and if necessary, surgeries,” Jones said on Feb. 21.
Under the bill, both for-profit and…