More doctors across Alberta are speaking out, saying their emergency rooms are under intense strain, despite political messaging to the contrary.
On Wednesday, nearly 200 Calgary physicians published an open letter describing “collapsing” ERs and calling for Albertans to think about health care when they vote in Monday’s provincial election.
And others are raising the alarm, too.
Similar letters have been penned by physicians in other cities, including Edmonton, Red Deer and Lethbridge.
Dr. Warren Thirsk, an Edmonton ER physician, posted an open letter and petition this week, echoing concerns described by Calgary physicians.
“Each and every day, despite political…
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Hospitals Need to Focus on Social Drivers of American Health
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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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…
Crisis in health care stems from work conditions, not a shortage of workers
It’s all about working conditions. At least that’s what Massachusetts nurses are saying about their colleagues’ decisions to leave bedside care positions in the state’s hospitals to find other work environments.
Massachusetts Nurses Association President Katie Murphy voices her concerns about the growing crisis in health care; she was a moderator at a virtual hearing on several legislative measures that would increase compensation, limit patient loads and address workplace violence held virtually on Monday, May 8, 2023.
“The nursing shortage is not real,” said Katie Murphy, who is assigned to the intensive care unit at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in…
Sauna Blanket GIVEAWAY – Maria Mind Body Health
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In a time of need, health care workers come through
Who saved me? It was the brilliant team of workers at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria.
A commentary by a Victorian resident.
You think you’ve been living and eating right. You get humbled by a life-threatening health crisis but then you’re saved.
Who saved me? It was the brilliant team of workers at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria.
Last week I was parking my school bus and I felt awful. My chest hurt and I was dizzy and nauseous.
“What’s this,” I thought? I almost called my wife to come and pick me up. I changed my mind.…