Investigation finds policies at Catholic-run hospitals restrict reproductive health care

Rachana Pradhan, Reporter, KFF Health News: Absolutely, John. And I will say that, in particular, talking to clinicians, like physicians and nurse practitioners and other medical clinicians who treat patients in these hospitals, really were the ones that shared incredible stories with us. One in particular involved a nurse midwife who spoke with me who used to work, doing deliveries at a Catholic hospital in Maryland, she encountered a woman who showed up at this hospital because her water had broken before her fetus was viable, so the baby would not survive outside of the womb. And what she told…

Frontline Honors: Grace Haehl, Help at Home

Grace Haehl, Caregiver for Help at Home, has been named a 2023 Frontline Honors honoree by Home Health Care News. To become a Frontline Honoree, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be a dedicated, high-performing frontline worker who delivers exceptional experiences and outcomes; a passionate worker who knows how to put their vision into action for the good of older adults and aging industry professionals; and an advocate for older adults, their industry, and their peers. Home Health Care News caught up with Haehl to discuss their time in the home health care industry. HHCN: What…

DeSantis signs Live Healthy bills meant to train, retain health-care workers – Orlando Sentinel

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a package of bills Thursday that supporters say will help improve access to health care, increase the number of doctors in Florida and address issues such as mental-health treatment. “What they (state leaders) are tackling right now are some of the biggest challenges that we face in the Sunshine State, and that’s access to health care in a reliable, reproducible, sustainable kind of way,” said Tampa General Hospital President and CEO John Couris, who took part in a bill-signing event in Bonita Springs. “There are critical shortages in the health care workforce. We’ve seen…

Sask. health officials hopeful budget boost will help with hospital overcrowding

Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) officials say they’re making progress on hospital crowding and waiting times, and that new money announced in Wednesday’s provincial budget will help even more. “Yesterday was a very exciting day for us,” said SHA CEO Andrew Will. Will and other SHA officials hosted a news conference Thursday morning at Saskatoon’s City Hospital.to discuss the $7.6 billion announced for health care in 2024-25. They say that money will help a lot. The budget includes half a billion dollars for hospital and care home construction in Prince Albert, Weyburn and other smaller centers. Will said it’s not just…

WHO and OHCHR launch guidance to reform legislation to end coercive practices in mental health care

Ahead of World Mental Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) are jointly launching new guidance, entitled “Mental health, human rights and legislation: guidance and practice”, to support countries to reform legislation in order to end human rights abuses and increase access to quality mental health care. Human rights abuses and coercive practices in mental health care, supported by existing legislation and policies, are still far too common. Involuntary hospitalization and treatment, unsanitary living conditions and physical, psychological, and emotional abuse characterize many mental health services across the world.…

WHO calls on governments for urgent action to invest in Universal Health Coverage

The World Health Organization (WHO) has published the 2023 global health expenditure report, which sheds new light on the evolution of global health spending at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Released ahead of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day, the report revealed that in 2021 global spending on health reached a new high of US$ 9.8 trillion or 10.3% of global gross domestic product (GDP). Nevertheless, the distribution of spending remains grossly unequal. Public spending on health has increased across the world, except in low-income countries where government health spending decreased and external health aid played an essential supporting role.…

Ottawa, NL announce $256 million for health-care funding

Federal Health Minister Mark Holland was in Corner Brook Monday to announce funding to improve health-care services across Newfoundland and Labrador over the next three years. (Colleen Connors/CBC) Newfoundland and Labrador is the latest province to ink a bilateral agreement on health-care funding with the federal government, announcing a three-year, $256 million agreement on Monday. The provincial government says it plans to use the money across the health-care systems to expand access to family health services by creating more family care teams, addressing surgical backlogs, recruiting more staff and expanding virtual care among other items. “I think really good things…

New Riverside class lets students shadow TriPoint staff, explore healthcare jobs

A group of Riverside High School seniors has been exploring hospital jobs as part of a new Intro to Healthcare class, and a couple are considering jobs in that field as a result of their experiences. The class was launched this year as a partnership between Riverside Schools and University Hospitals TriPoint Medical Center in Concord Township. Representatives from both institutions said that a goal of theirs is to help students find potential careers in healthcare. “When we surveyed the kids about career interests several years ago, health care came up in probably the top three or four fields that…