"It is never easy or desirable to be the first patient in the world for anything..."
#tldr;
I wonderful story with a good ending.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/08/australian-woman-has-3-inch-snake-parasite-pulled-from-her-brain/

We should be asking; how the #corporatized #healthCareSystem in the US would have handled this for a common work-a-day person?

The Moral Crisis of America’s Doctors https://www.ethicalpsychology.com/2023/08/the-moral-crisis-of-americas-doctors.html #ProfessionalObligations #FinancialDecisions #HealthcareSystem #MoralDistress #MoralInjury #QualityCare #Burnout #Ethics

Navigating the healthcare system: a personal journey

#HealthcareSystem #PersonalJourney #Advocacy #CaringForLovedOnes #CommunicationGaps #NavigatingChallenges #FamilySupport #HealthcareInsights

Nicole Rochester is a pediatrician.

https://youtube.com/shorts/vz3Cvm6ini0?feature=share

Listen here: https://kevinmd.com/podcast

#NHS receives $26.68M budget to rollout #AI and #automationtechnologies in British #healthcaresystem

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-07-10-nhs-receives-budget-ai-in-healthcare-system.html

#Ireland is officially the worst country in the #EU for #TransHealthcare. #PrideMonth seems like the right time to fix that.

We can't fix #Brexit, but #Spain seems to be doing #trans healthcare decently, so if we can't treat trans people here, maybe send them to Spain and let them get treatment in the sun. Meanwhile, fix the #HealthcareSystem so we don't have massive backlogs. Surely this won't be difficult.

https://www.euronews.com/2023/06/16/young-and-trans-how-does-access-to-gender-affirming-care-for-minors-differ-across-the-eu

@Chigaze @Russtofferson
Also, while that may be her personal preference, it's entirely plausible that she will honour her promise not to bring in user fees during this term. She has other changes -- still controversial, but less so, ones that are not contrary to the #CanadaHealthAct -- that she wants to make to the #HealthCareSystem .

Politicians generally try to avoid creating maximum opposition by making all their changes at once.

/fin

#abpol #abpoli

@Chigaze @Russtofferson I read the article. It would be false to say that #DanielleSmith wants to adopt an American-style #HealthCareSystem , but she does think the publically-funded system should include the equivalent of co-payments/deductibles. It's also fair to say that she thinks Albertans should be able to use subsidised health savings accounts to pay for services that are currently not funded by the government, like massage.

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#abpol

People with long COVID continue to experience medical gaslighting more than 3 years into the pandemic
#Health #COVID19 #Pandemic #HealthCare #Patients #HealthCareSystem #Gaslighting #LongCOVID
https://the-14.com/people-with-long-covid-continue-to-experience-medical-gaslighting-more-than-3-years-into-the-pandemic/

https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/covid19-ageism-canada-pandemic/ “Most #COVID deaths are in #older people. That’s not just a problem for them. It’s a problem for everyone. When older adults are healthy they are an incredible asset to our communities — they are #caregivers, #volunteers and repositories of #knowledge and culture. When they are unwell it is a tremendous strain on them, their caregivers and our #HealthCareSystem.”

Standing up for healthcare workers and patients alike

#healthcareworkers #COVID19 #healthcaresystem #change #mentalhealth

Michael Fine is a family physician and author of On Medicine as Colonialism.

https://youtube.com/shorts/KNH-2cmOhdQ

Listen here: https://kevinmd.com/podcast

Putting patients first: Prioritizing patient-centered care in the healthcare system

I believe that having a system-wide approach is crucial for making healthcare more effective and efficient. To achieve this, there are several changes I would recommend making to the surrounding system.

#HealthcareSystem #Standardization #Technology #Collaboration #PatientCenteredCare

Maha Al-Ghafry is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist.

https://youtube.com/shorts/YJCCgVo_HZ4?feature=share

Listen here: https://kevinmd.com/podcast

My new article with Caribbean Life News, about the Data Matching webinar, hosted by City and State NY, is out!

Read here: https://www.caribbeanlife.com/data-matching-helps-older-low-income-new-yorkers/

So many more stories on the way from me!

#elders #eldercareawareness #medicarerights #elderlycare #datamatching #governmentassistance #healthcare #healthcaresystem #disability #disabled #disabilityadvocate #accessibility #disabledjournalists #disabilityawareness #disabilitycommunity

Simplifying our healthcare system: How we can make a difference

Aniyizhai Annamalai is an internal medicine-psychiatry physician.

https://youtube.com/shorts/gXMFCfvLi60

Listen here: https://kevinmd.com/podcast

#Healthcare #HealthcareSystem #HealthcareReform #Advocacy #PatientCare

https://invidious.namazso.eu/watch?v=_dDgcwUXRR8

#ProtectPublicHealthcare

#España #protest #manif

#FarRight in #Spain 🇪🇸 fucking up the #healthcaresystem

If Labor is serious about fixing Medicare, talk to patients — not providers https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/02/08/medicare-reform-talk-to-patients-not-providers/ #AustralianMedicalAssociation #healthcaresystem #words_1000 #Politics #Medicare #Opinion #housing #Health #auspol

It's absolutely silly that, in 2023, my doctor's office doesn't have a system set up to let their patients know when they're running late. Like #FFS send me a text message.

I just waited for over 2 hrs past my appointment time before the #anxiety and #ChronicPain became too much and had to leave.

#doctor #medicine #technology #accountability #medical #Healthcare #HealthcareSystem #Frustrated #Notification

@gemlog

I agree with @donald that the real win for the #HealthCareSystem would be easier and faster recognition of the credentials of people trained abroad.

There is some thinking that #OccupationalLicensing is mostly unnecessary, that protection of the public could be provided by consumer choice and the threat of civil liability; that the chief function of such regimes is to restrict competition and thereby drive up prices.

Is it possible to retain staff when you can't even provide hot meals for them?
Please be advised that the cafe will be closed on weekends effective 12/16 until further notice and staff will need to prepare accordingly.
They will provide the teams working Christmas Eve and New Years Eve with party platters.
#healthcaresystem #collapse #profitbeforecare #hotmeals

Is it possible to retain staff when you can't even provide hot meals for them?
Please be advised that the cafe will be closed on weekends effective 12/16 until further notice and staff will need to prepare accordingly.
They will provide the teams working Christmas Eve and New Years Eve with party platters.
#healthcaresystem #collapse #profitbeforecare #hotmeals

These are the #books that I read in the last eight weeks 🤓 #healthcaresystem