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Reporters highlight the budget bill’s impact on older adults
Photo: V.T. Polywoda via Flickr President Trump last week signed a budget bill that is likely to affect the health of older adults in a variety of ways. Here’s an overview to help guide coverage in...
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Women, people of color experiencing stubborn pay gap in health IT field
Photo: Dan Simpson via Flickr Women and people of color are experiencing stubborn pay gaps in one of the more lucrative and in-demand fields of health care – health IT. While the movement towards equal...
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Changes in health care landscape could mean big stories in oral health
Photo: Pia Christensen/AHCJPanelist Mary Foley focused on the potential changes in financing of oral health programs that serve the public during a discussion at Health Journalism 2017. It is hard to...
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Minnesota’s dental therapist experiment receiving good reviews
Photo: Mark via Flickr Minnesota’s first dental therapists went to work six years ago. Now approximately 70 of the licensed midlevel providers are offering preventive and restorative care in clinics...
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Are we facing a crisis in the direct care workforce?
Photo: Anne Worner via Flickr Over the past few months, we’ve seen a rash of headlines about workforce shortages in home health care and nursing homes. As we all know by now, the population is aging...
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Michigan joins ranks of states allowing use of dental therapists
Photo: ktpupp via Flickr Michigan has become the latest state to approve the use of mid-level dental providers — dental therapists — as part of an effort to expand oral health care to communities that...
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Tip sheet looks at challenges of older practicing physicians
How old is too old to practice medicine? That’s a question without a definitive answer, but one of concern to health systems, patients and clinicians. Normal age-related physical or cognitive issues...
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Report highlights need to boost LTSS direct care workforce
Image by Enrique Bosquet via flickr. Some states are considering social insurance programs to help offset the cost of long-term services and supports (LTSS) care for consumers. In May, Washington state...
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Is U.S. health system ready for increase in COVID-19 cases?
Photo: Defence Images via Flickr As expectations grow that many more cases of COVID-19 coronavirus may be identified in the U.S. in the coming weeks, public health officials have headlined media and...
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Home-care workers facing numerous challenges during pandemic
Photo: Deborah Crowe Is home health care the next COVID-19 hot spot? It may very well be, according to home care workers and leaders of a union that represents many of them. In a video press conference...
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