Mr.Trunk · @mrtrunk
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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified: · @bicmay
663 followers · 2911 posts · Server med-mastodon.com

"America's nurses are stressed out to the point where they are leaving the industry. By 2027, nearly a fifth of registered nurses will hang up their scrubs for good, according to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing....For the ones that are working, Moffatt said some are now looking for nursing jobs outside a hospital setting."

foxnews.com/health/burnt-out-g

#healthcare #medicine #hospitals #nurses #labor

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jackhutton · @jackhutton
1167 followers · 8636 posts · Server mstdn.social

“If there’s a profit in it, then they’ll do it. They’re not going to do a single thing that doesn’t benefit them, first and foremost.”

Excerpt From
These Are the Plunderers p. 268
Gretchen Morgenson & Joshua Rosner

#nashobavalley #stewarthealth #stewarthealthcare #Healthcare #medicare #hospitals #predatorycapitalism #nonfiction #bookstodon #privateequity

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Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified: · @bicmay
657 followers · 2896 posts · Server med-mastodon.com

“There’s a large body of research showing that health care consolidation leads to increases in prices without clear evidence it improves quality,” said Zachary Levinson...“There’s some concern that, for example, when a larger health system buys up a smaller independent hospital in a different region, that hospital will become less attentive to the specific needs of the community it serves...”

stateline.org/2023/09/07/some-

#healthcare #hospitals #mergers #businessofmedicine #healtheconomics

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Carolyn Barber, MD · @cbarbermd
528 followers · 730 posts · Server med-mastodon.com

And we wonder why some people, esp our more vulnerable, are nervous about seeking medical care in healthcare settings...

Per Dr Unger, 18 patients tested COVID positive (many>75yo) at a BC hospital . "The majority were hospitalized for other reasons & then developed symptoms"
tinyurl.com/yc46d7x7

#healthcare #medicine #hospitals #COVID19

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Leonardo Grando · @lgrando1
38 followers · 114 posts · Server sciencemastodon.com

[Video] : A Step Towards the Future - Science View

youtu.be/gfEspHh6xdw?si=fSdhOh

#ai #hospitals

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jackhutton · @jackhutton
1167 followers · 8615 posts · Server mstdn.social

“Private equity–backed health care has been a disaster for patients and for doctors,” said Mark Reiter, residency program director of emergency medicine at the University of Tennessee. “Many decisions are made for what’s going to maximize profits for the private equity company, rather than what is best for the patient, what is best for the community.”

These Are the Plunderers
Morgenson & Rosner

#Healthcare #medicare #hospitals #predatorycapitalism #kkr #nonfiction #bookstodon #privateequity

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Auscandoc · @auscandoc
1107 followers · 10696 posts · Server med-mastodon.com

“There are two reasons, however, why this framing has limited application to health care facilities. First, hospitalized patients are different from nonhospitalized populations. , by definition, aggregate some of the most vulnerable people in society when they are at heightened vulnerability (i.e., when they have an acute illness).” masto.pt/@BLMG/110577346746332

#hospitals

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Auscandoc · @auscandoc
1109 followers · 10668 posts · Server med-mastodon.com

“A return to has a clear logic in . Sick patients come into close contact; medical procedures produce aerosols. “It’s a perfect storm for potential transmission of microbes,” Costi David Sifri, the director of hospital at UVA Health, told me. Hospitals are on the front lines of disease response: They, more than nearly any other place, must prioritize protecting society’s .” med-mastodon.com/@luckytran/11

#masking #hospitals #epidemiology #vulnerable

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SubtleBlade ⚔️ · @SubtleBlade
225 followers · 4556 posts · Server mastodon.scot
Jennifer 📚 · @Jennifer
74 followers · 273 posts · Server bookstodon.com

I just saw this on YouTube. Hospitals in Kentucky are dumping patients out in the street and a reporter decided to investigate. The American healthcare system is completely horrifying and broken.
youtu.be/rFJsFdgMkYE?si=dZMHHR

#healthcare #hospitals

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Nando161 · @nando161
902 followers · 38894 posts · Server kolektiva.social

The concrete had an expiration date, ignored it for 13 years because is for friends’ pockets only, now and are starting to close off sections that are clearly falling apart. It was entirely preventable and will now a fortune to survey and fix and probably be outsourced to another disaster creating ... which is every in a nutshell.

#tories #money #rich #hospitals #schools #cost #corporation #tory #policy #ukpol #ukgov #FuckTheTories #unitedkingdom #classwar #AusGov #auspol #tasgov #taspol #politas #jerkmillionaires #jerkbillionaires #jerktrillionaires

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Gabriele Pollara · @gpollara
1078 followers · 3755 posts · Server med-mastodon.com
Auscandoc · @auscandoc
1098 followers · 10409 posts · Server med-mastodon.com

“The analysis, published this month in the and , considered the results of 15 studies which used swab samples from mobile phones to test for .

Conducted between 2020–23 across 10 different countries, the studies checked 511 , of which 231 (45%) were found contaminated with SARS-CoV-2.

All the studies took place in , with two also conducting tests in rooms as well as a patient’s house.” aus.social/@DenisCOVIDinfoguy/

#journalofinfection #publichealth #SarsCoV2 #mobilephones #hospitals #isolation

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SubtleBlade ⚔️ · @SubtleBlade
223 followers · 4484 posts · Server mastodon.scot
oftencalledcathy · @oftencalledcathy
199 followers · 1419 posts · Server mastodon.ie

So we had to wait some more until a doctor who could check her eyes was free.

The good news is that the staff were friendly, and B enjoyed the experience and the attention, and best of all, she’s been discharged WOOHOO

#covid #hospitals #disability

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NNY Liberty · @NNYLiberty
347 followers · 15102 posts · Server liberdon.com
Daniel MacPhee 🥼🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦 · @dmacphee
791 followers · 2128 posts · Server mas.to
Charlie McHenry · @CharlieMcHenry
393 followers · 1080 posts · Server connectop.us

Keeping talent a top risk for health care, execs say - and then these same executives attack healthcare providers when they stand up for patient safety and rights and demand fair compensation for their labor. Irony or stupidity? You decide… axios.com/2023/08/28/labor-hea

#healthcare #hospitals #clinics #medicine #labor

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