Nursing homes are facing increasingly severe financial disruption, with revenue per patient day down more than 14% from pre-Covid levels as of 2021. That’s according to analysts at Marcum LLP, a national accounting and advisory services firm, which on Tuesday released its 2023 annual nursing home statistical analysis. In addition to painting a picture of financial challenges, the report was
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In response to nationwide nursing shortages, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center (NFMMC) has announced its “success in both adopting a U.S./Canadian recruitment pipeline and partnering withGlobal Healthcare Resources Inc., attracting over 20 registered nurses from Canada, the Philippines and beyond, as part of its new international nursing program.” “Across the country, hospitals and health systems have struggled to fill open
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America needs to grow and diversify its workforce Labor shortages and burnout are oftenworse in communities experiencing health disparities, which are historically communities of color, lower-income communities, and rural communities. These communities not onlyneed more health care workers, they would also significantly benefit from (and, frankly, deserve) a workforce that reflects the demographic and social characteristics of the population. Volumes
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The Chamber report argues policymakers and business leaders must quickly ramp up their efforts to establish a “risk-based regulatory framework” that will ensure AI is deployed responsibly. It added that AI is projected to add $13 trillion to global economic growth by 2030 and that it has made important contributions such as easing hospital nursing shortages and mapping wildfires to
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NURSING shortages are contributing to children waiting up to three times longer for spinal surgery than pre-pandemic, a top surgeon claims. Chris Adams said up to one in four operations are cancelled at NHS Lothian, with staffing the main reason. Mr Adams also claims that some children are not being put on waiting lists as early as they should be.
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Care models had not wavered much since hospitals became medicalized in the early 20thcentury, and particularly since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) were created in 1965, saysJason Gilbert, PhD MBA RN NEA-BC, executive vice president and chief nurse executive,Indiana University Health. But now, nursing shortages, increased patient acuity, and workforce pipeline challenges are requiring nurse executives to
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. —A $32 million dollar expansion is in the process at Onondaga Community College’s School of Health. The college is preparing more nurses and other health care workers as Central New York hospitals continue to combat staff shortages. The multi-million-dollar expansion will reconfigure and renovate the health school and Ferrante Hall in order to double degree certifications and short-term
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – Healthcare sectors across the board are still dealing with staffing shortages but there is one industry being impacted more than others. The American Health Care Associationreportsnursing homes are the most impacted with over 200,000 jobs lost since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Jamie Harding with AARP said thirty percent of Alabama nursing homes are short-staffed.
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Private hospitals are struggling to keep their nursing staff afloat, as a huge influx continues to move to the public sector – that offers the unbeatable perk of a job for life. Marinos Soteriou, a doctor working with the private sector, told theCyprus Mailon Friday that although private hospitals are offering equally competitive salaries, it is impossible to compete with
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America’s persistent nursing shortage reached a dramatic new inflection point earlier this year when 7,000 New York City nurses went on strike, alleging that their hospitals are so short staffed they’re unsafe. New York’s strike comes on the heels of 714 strikes or labor actions from healthcare personnel over the past two years, many centered around inadequate staffing and pay. In a 2022 survey,
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