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New Footscray Hospital to deploy Hills' nurse call platform

Healthcare It News

The new Footscray Hospital in Melbourne's west is adopting a nurse call solution from Hills Health Solutions, the digital health arm of ASX-listed company Hills Limited. million) contract to supply and install its Nurse Call platform in more than 500 beds in the upcoming hospital.

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Health care in Spain

Healthcare ECONOMIST

(This marks a change from 2012-2017 when eligibility was linked to the legal and employment status of individuals) Can patients opt out of the public health care system (SNS) : No, however individuals can purchase voluntary health insurance (VHI) if they desire What share of patients purchase supplemental health insurance : 20.8%

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The Feminist Political Economy of Health Justice

Bill Of Health

The points above hold for women broadly, but the case of health care workers, the suppliers of care ( 70% of whom are women ) and of nurses and midwives in particular ( 85% of whom are women ), merits particular attention. Auxiliary nurse (R1I29), 34, single mother of three. . Auxiliary nurse (R1I29), 34, single mother of three.

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mPharma & TytoCare Integrate to Offer Telehealth to Pharmacies in Africa

HIT Consultant

By using TytoCare, mPharma’s mutti pharmacy network has been able to reduce costs, improve community members’ access to doctors and specialists, and save patients the long wait times that are common in hospitals and clinics. On average patients can wait two to three hours to see a doctor at public hospitals and one hour in private hospitals.

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Federal Speech Rulings May Embolden Health Care Workers to Call Out Safety Issues

KHN

The court’s decision could mean that hospitals and other employers will need to revise their policies barring workers from talking to the news media and posting on social media. It also affirmed the board’s finding that the hospital’s media policy barring contact between employees and the media was illegal.

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CalAIM: Leveraging Medicaid Managed Care for Housing and Homelessness Supports

NASHP

Individuals at risk for institutionalization who are eligible for long-term care services who, in the absence of services and supports, would otherwise require care for 90 consecutive days or more in an inpatient nursing facility. Nursing Home Residents Transitioning to the Community. Public hospital systems.

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Federal Speech Rulings May Embolden Health Care Workers to Call Out Safety Issues

KHN

The court’s decision could mean that hospitals and other employers will need to revise their policies barring workers from talking to the news media and posting on social media. It also affirmed the board’s finding that the hospital’s media policy barring contact between employees and the media was illegal.