TheGuardian: Sent home: how Kenyan’s dream of life as a UK care worker turned sour https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/03/sent-home-how-kenyans-dream-of-life-as-a-uk-care-worker-turned-sour #Immigrationandasylum #Healthpolicy #Socialcare #Worldnews #Politics #Society #UKnews #Africa #Kenya
#immigrationandasylum #healthpolicy #socialcare #worldnews #politics #society #uknews #africa #kenya
BREAKING: The Inflation Reduction Act included provisions for #Medicare
to negotiate drug prices.
Hot off the press, here's the list of the first 10 drugs up for negotiation:
https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/29/10-drugs-medicare-price-negotiation/
#IRA #pharma #drugs #BigPharma #insulin #healthcare #healthpolicy #cms #medicine #health
#medicare #ira #pharma #drugs #bigpharma #insulin #healthcare #healthpolicy #cms #medicine #health
NIH "pauses" program meant to help combat health misinformation. Research would study effectiveness of approaches. Questions persist. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2808159?guestAccessKey=a411b474-5183-4209-97c0-82eea4083682&adv=000004948373 #healthpolicy #publichealth #scienceandsociety
#healthpolicy #publichealth #scienceandsociety
Professional news! 🚨
Today's my first day @statnews in my new role as a full-time reporter covering everywhere $ meets healthcare.
Dumb $ reason people aren't getting innovations or the best care? Screaming up the wall about ridiculous rules? Labor issues? 🤯⁉️ fees?
hmu: brittany.trang@statnews.com or 231-818-8189 on Signal
#MedMastodon #medicine #healthcare #health #doctors #healthpolicy #insurance
#MedMastodon #medicine #healthcare #health #doctors #healthpolicy #insurance
"It is unlikely the [Medicaid] reductions will occur this year, if history is any indication. Since 2013, Congress has voted 13 times to delay them, siding with hospitals over their claims that losing the money would hinder the delivery of care."
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/hospitals-congress-delay-aca-medicaid-funding-cuts-dsh/
#medicaid #healthpolicy #uspol
The Onion: Worst Ways People Misuse Therapy Speak https://www.theonion.com/worst-ways-people-misuse-therapy-speak-1850637967 #obsessivecompulsivedisorder #medicinalchemistry #anxietydisorders #waltercronkite #drugdiscovery #jeffreydahmer #healthpolicy #therapy #mason #shit
#obsessivecompulsivedisorder #medicinalchemistry #anxietydisorders #waltercronkite #drugdiscovery #jeffreydahmer #healthpolicy #therapy #mason #shit
#introduction Hi! 👋🏻 I'm Ilham, a PhD student in communication science (journalism) at LMU München 🇩🇪 My research integrates the nexus of health policy, journalism, and science communication in Indonesia. My core expertise is in health policy with grounding knowledge of health politics, science communication, and journalism. Keep up with you in #ScienceJournalism #ScienceCommunication #HealthPolicy #HealthPolitics
#introduction #sciencejournalism #sciencecommunication #healthpolicy #healthpolitics
Great piece by Dr. Magarita Alegria & colleagues in American Journal of Psychiatry: "More efforts have been made in recent years to intervene on the #SDOH through interventions at the individual, community, and policy levels, which have shown promise in improving #mentalhealth outcomes in marginalized populations." https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.20230371 #healthequity #healthpolicy
#SdOH #mentalhealth #HealthEquity #healthpolicy
Broken #Britain, where a pupil who had been excluded was recently reported to the #police by his #school for climbing over a barbed-wire fence to take home “the slops” from the waste food bins.
#CostOfLiving #Health
#HealthPolicy
#Schools
#UK #UKPolitics
#Poverty
#Nursing
#nursing #poverty #ukpolitics #uk #schools #healthpolicy #health #costofliving #school #police #britain
#CostOfLiving worsening #health of #children in #UK, say #SchoolNurses | Children’s health | The Guardian
#costofliving #health #children #uk #schoolnurses #poverty #healthpolicy #education
#Potential of #Exercise as a #COVID19 #Prevention Strategy https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(23)00111-3/fulltext?rss=yes #publichealth #healthpolicy
#potential #exercise #COVID19 #prevention #publichealth #healthpolicy
RECOMMENDATION: If Health Policy News is an interest, the KFF "What the Health?" Podcast is fantastic for staying informed. They just celebrated their 300th Episode. Check it out. #HealthCare #HealthInsurance #HealthPolicy
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/tag/what-the-health/
#healthcare #healthinsurance #healthpolicy
Minimum unit pricing policy for alcohol saved lives in Scotland according to new research https://www.nationalelfservice.net/?p=169954
Ian Hamilton reviews a new controlled interrupted time series study published in The Lancet evaluating the impact of alcohol minimum unit pricing on deaths and hospitalisations in Scotland.
#Alcohol #MinimumUnitPricing #Scotland #Addiction #HealthPolicy #PublicHealth
#alcohol #minimumunitpricing #scotland #addiction #healthpolicy #publichealth
"Starting this summer, the state’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board will choose up to 18 high-cost drugs for review over the next three years to determine if the medications are unaffordable and whether to cap what health plans and consumers pay for them.
But with hundreds of expensive drugs to choose from, the board members face tough decisions about who will get help now and who will have to wait."
#healthpolicy #drugs #drugprices
Cost effectiveness analysis is a helpful tool to use when evaluating interventions or health policies. This type of analysis can be helpful to policy makers when deciding how to address a public health issue. To learn more, be sure to check out these video resources on the CHERISH website!
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#syndemicslab #bostonmedicalcenter #economics #research #healtheconomics #costeffective #economicanalysis #healthpolicy
#syndemicslab #bostonmedicalcenter #economics #research #healtheconomics #costeffective #economicanalysis #healthpolicy
Ken #Opalo: "The solution to high-skill #emigration ought to be to expand and raise the standards of training medical professionals, not blanket bans on emigration": https://kenopalo.substack.com/p/policymakers-in-several-african-countries #Africa #doctors #migration #immigration #healthPolicy #education
#Education #healthpolicy #immigration #migration #doctors #Africa #Emigration #opalo
RKI-Präsident (komm.) Lars Schaade und Vizepräsidentin (komm.) Johanna Hanefeld begrüßten die renommierten US-Wissenschaftler Prof. Harvey V. Fineberg und Dr. Mary Wilson zu einem Gespräch über #GlobalHealth und #HealthPolicy. Die Gäste informierten sich auch im #RKIMuseum.
#globalhealth #healthpolicy #rkimuseum
@melissasweetdr
More — Prof. Gomez (Lehigh U.) and Pauline Mapfumo, from Zimbabwe, speak with Lancet's Jessamy Bagenal about childhood obesity, food deserts, and policy reform. https://thelancetvoice.buzzsprout.com/861868/12437668 #ChildhoodObesity #nutrition #FoodDeserts #HealthPolicy #GlobalHealth
#childhoodobesity #nutrition #fooddeserts #healthpolicy #globalhealth
We urge the DEA to withdraw the Proposed Rule and instead pursue more expansive parameters for telemedicine prescribing that will protect and build upon recent gains in access to care and #HealthEquity. 5/5 #HealthPolicy #Telehealth
#telehealth #healthpolicy #HealthEquity
The Syndemics Lab uses the RESPOND model to conduct a variety of analyses. To learn more about how the RESPOND model works, scroll through this post
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#substanceusedisorder #addictionmedicine #substanceuse #harmreduction #bostonmedicalcenter #overdose #opioidusedisorder #simulationmodel #publichealth #healthpolicy
#substanceUseDisorder #AddictionMedicine #substanceuse #harmreduction #bostonmedicalcenter #overdose #opioidusedisorder #simulationmodel #publichealth #healthpolicy