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The minister of health received her mandate letter from the premier this week, instructing her to “reform the management and structure of Alberta Health Services (AHS) to better decentralize decision-making.” This directive is wrong-headed and represents an ongoing distraction to the changes actually needed in our health-care system.
To be fair, the government should be recommended for its focus on health-system priority areas over the past eight months, including emergency care and surgery. Building on pre-existing AHS work, evidence-based actions were implemented by AHS, leading to measurable improvements that were only possible because of Alberta’s provincially integrated health…
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, aiming to shed light on the unique health care challenges faced by racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States.
News 8 spokes with a local expert to lay out the healthcare challenges that minorities are facing in Indiana. Experts emphasize the importance of addressing specific needs and how to overcome barriers to mental health treatment in certain communities.
The percentage of people with mental illness who receive treatment remains low. A report from the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health shows only…
It’s funny how there are many recipes that my family enjoys weekly but I have never written recipes for them. These protein sparing chai ice pops are one of them. My son Kai begs for these ice pops all the time!
They are so easy to make, we always have them in the freezer. I love that I have an easy protein-packed treat for my kids (and myself!) when hunger strikes!
HOW TO MAKE PROTEIN SPARING CHAI ICE POPS
To make Kai’s protein sparing chai ice pops, I used Equip vanilla Prime Protein powder!
It works great for making recipes…
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (NASDAQ:SBRA – Free Report) has been assigned a consensus rating of “Reduce” from the seven ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, reports MarketBeat. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, four have issued a hold recommendation and one has issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12 month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $12.56.
A number of brokerages recently commented on SBRA. Citigroup dropped their price target on Sabra Health Care REIT from $13.00 to…
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden touted his economic agenda in a speech in South Carolina on Thursday afternoon, praising his administration’s investments in the country through what he has termed “Bidenomics,” and emphasizing the importance of infrastructure.
“How can you have the best economy in the world and not have the best infrastructure in the world?” Biden said.
He added that under his predecessor, infrastructure week became a “punchline.”
“On my watch, we’re making infrastructure a decade of headlines,” Biden said.
In South Carolina, Biden discussed jobs created by a partnership between Enphase Energy, a supplier of solar energy equipment,…
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People with physical disabilities hold limited positions as scholars, teachers, or leaders in physical education, recreation, and sports. Perhaps the reason is that the field is flooded with able-bodied people who think they know best. But do they? Michael Oliver, imminent writer, and scholar argued that people with physical disabilities should be the only ones in the field of disability studies because they have a bodily experience with disabilities. The following five-part article series shares the perspective of a scholar in the field of sports disability who has his own physical limitations. In each article, he…
SCHENECTADY- MVP Health Care is proud to announce the launch of its DualAccess Complete Plan, a customer-centric Dual-Eligible Special Needs Plan (D-SNP) that is specifically tailored to improve the health care experience of dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid customers (IB-Dual) in New York. Most of the US Medicare and Medicaid population suffers from three or more chronic conditions, such as diabetes, arthritis and depression, while also facing a higher burden from social determinants of health (SDOH), including access to safe housing, transportation and more. This innovative D-SNP plan is designed to break down traditional silos of care by empowering care managers…
A recruitment mission to bring Filipino nurses and health care aids to Manitoba is being touted as an ‘overwhelming success’ by the provincial government, though some say it’s too early to celebrate.
The province says it’s received more than 300 letters from health care workers in the Philippines, accepting job offers in Manitoba’s health-care system. This is the result of a push earlier this year that saw a delegation of Manitoba health care leaders go on a recruitment mission to the Philippines.
“Their goal was to attract registered nurses, licensed practical nurse equivalents and health care aids to come and…