WASHINGTON — Nationwide, states are racing to win their share of a new $50 billion rural health fund. But helping rural hospitals, as originally envisioned, is quickly becoming a quaint idea. Rather, states should submit applications that “rebuild and reshape” how health care is delivered in rural communities, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official…
By JACOB REIDER I haven’t blogged this yet, which kinda surprises me, since I find myself describing it often. Let’s start with an overview. We can look at health information through the lens of a lifecycle. The promise of Health Information Technology has been to help us – ideally to achieve optimal health in the people…
Lisbeth Votruba, the Chief Clinical Officer and Dana Peco, the AVP of Clinical Informatics from Avasure came on THCB to explain how their AI enabled surveillance system improves the care team experience in hospitals and health care facilities. Their technology enables remote nurses and clinical staff to monitor patients, and manage their care in a…
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While plowing a wheat field in rural Washington state in the 1990s, William Wallace spotted a gray plane overhead that he believed was releasing chemicals to make him sick. The rancher began to suspect that all white vapor trails from aircraft might be dangerous. He shared his concern with reporters, acknowledging it sounded a little…
Este verano, durante una cena con su mejor amiga, Jacki Barden habló de un tema incómodo: la posibilidad de morir sola. “No tengo hijos, ni esposo, ni hermanos”, recordó haber dicho Barden. “¿Quién va a sostener mi mano cuando muera?”. Barden, de 75 años, nunca tuvo hijos. Vive sola en el oeste de Massachusetts desde…
This summer, at dinner with her best friend, Jacki Barden raised an uncomfortable topic: the possibility that she might die alone. “I have no children, no husband, no siblings,” Barden remembered saying. “Who’s going to hold my hand while I die?” Barden, 75, never had children. She’s lived on her own in western Massachusetts since…
…is large. At least according to a recent paper by Graham and Mujcic (2025). The focus of the paper is on the on the long term health, emotional and economic impacts of having a hopeful attitude. Hope has agentic properties which are relevant to people’s future outcomes. Following 25,000 randomly sampled Australian adults over a…
By JEAN LUC NEPTUNE I recently got the good news that I passed the board recertification exam for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). As a bit of background, ABIM is a national physician evaluation organization that certifies physicians practicing internal medicine and its subspecialties (every other specialty has its own board certification body…
COLUMBUS, Miss. — April Hines has battled with her weight since she was a teenager. But in the past couple of years, she’s fallen from 600 pounds to 385, and her blood pressure and blood sugar levels are down, too. “I’m not as fatigued as I used to be, and I’ve been able to go…