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To boost health care teams’ effectiveness, integrate organizational sciences research with tech development

Violin31/05/2023 117 Views

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Health care organizations today are caring for patients with increasingly complex needs and leveraging larger teams that include clinicians with diverse and specialized expertise. At the same time, high turnover and labor shortages mean that facilities often employ a more temporary and mobile workforce.

In a new commentary, researchers point out that, as a result, “the structure of health care teams often defies decades of wisdom from team-design research about the conditions that support the best possible performance.”

The article was written by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Johns Hopkins University, Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s

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Peterborough Regional Health Center receives $3.4M for after-hours doctors work – Peterborough

Violin27/05/2023 133 Views

The Ontario government is providing more than $3.4 million to the hospital in Peterborough to support on-call funding for doctors working after hours.

On Friday, Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith announced the province is providing $3,471,232 to the Peterborough Regional Health Center (PRHC) for on-call support for physicians.

Smith says the funding follows through on past agreements between the Ontario Ministry of Health and the Ontario Medical Association to increase dedicated funding for physicians on-call at nearly 100 acute-care hospitals.

“This funding increase will help PRHC by increasing the number of physicians available

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Over a quarter of DACA recipients are uninsured, a report finds

Violin27/05/2023 56 Views

More than a quarter of young immigrants protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program lack health insurance and face burdens preventing them from accessing care, according to new data first shared with NBC News.

A report published Friday by the immigrant rights nonprofit group National Immigration Law Center, documenting the findings of a recent survey, found that 27% of DACA recipients reported not being covered by any kind of health insurance or other health care plan.

The results suggest that of the more than 580,000 young adults without legal status who are allowed to work and study without

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PEI new health care workers need could be more than 250 a year, says the government report

Violin25/05/2023 89 Views

A report on human resource needs for PEI’s health-care system outlines a need for thousands of new workers over the next 10 years.

Provincial Clinical and Preventive Services Planning for Prince Edward Islandknown as the Peachey report, commissioned by the provincial government, is the first comprehensive look at human resource needs since 2010, Health Minister Mark McLane told the legislature Tuesday.

HealthPEICEODr. Michael Gardam recommended the government to produce the report.

“We haven’t had data like that since I’ve been here, and what it does is it really maps out in quite elaborate detail … what exactly we need

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Illinois health care program for noncitizens, including illegal immigrants, balloons to $1.1B

Violin21/05/2023 107 Views

An Illinois program to provide health care coverage to noncitizens, including illegal immigrants, will cost the state $1.1 billion for the upcoming fiscal year, officials said this week, an enormous increase from the $220 million initially earmarked for the benefit.

The health care program provides state-funded health care to immigrants age 42 and older who would otherwise qualify for Medicaid if they weren’t for their citizenship status. That includes those who are here legally on a green card for fewer than five years, and illegal immigrants. The state began providing Medicaid-like benefits to those 65 and over in 2020 and

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Keto Reece’s Blizzard – Maria Mind Body Health

Violin14/05/2023 49 Views

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Use code MARIA20.

The code will work for 20% off 3 or more bags of Prime Protein (any flavors) between May 14th through May 18th (5 days).

Summer is coming which mean’s ice cream time!

Skip going to Dairy Queen for a blizzard and cut out the over 900 calories and 47 grams of carbs by making my keto Reece’s Blizzard!

HOW TO MAKE A KETO REECE’S BLIZZARD

To make my keto Reece’s Blizzard, I used peanut butter Equip Prime Protein powder and the

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Readers are Leaders – PHE America

Violin06/05/2023 130 Views

I am not sure where I first heard the phrase “readers are leaders” but it is something that has stuck with me throughout my entire life. I am now in my second year of retirement from teaching and coaching after 37 years of doing both. As I have thought about what to do in my retirement, one thing that keeps coming back into my mind is the need to read some great books. I have always believed that reading can help you become the best version of yourself for others. When you are busy with coaching and teaching, like I

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Lemon Poppy Seed Protein Sparing Angel Food Cake

Violin02/05/2023 55 Views

Many of you know I worked at a coffee shop since I was 15 years old. At this cute coffee shop, I would make the best lemon poppy seed muffins with delicious lemon curd dolloped on top! Before school, I would go to the coffee shop to make the scones and the muffins and then after school, I would go back to work. At the end of the day, I got to bring home the cinnamon rolls, scones and lemon poppy seed muffins that didn’t sell! So guess what??? I would make lemon poppy seed muffins to make sure I

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