Tag Archives: healthcare

Healthcare worker walks for first time in 1 year after contracting COVID-19

Health News Loading the player… A frontline worker in New Orleans has walked for the first time one year after contracting a severe case of COVID-19 early on in the pandemic.  Peter Woullard, a behavioral health technician at St. Charles Parish Hospital, tested positive for coronavirus on March 31, 2020.  Peter Woullard, a frontline worker… Read More »

Healthcare Costs, Access to Data, and Partnering With Providers: Patients’ Top User Experience Factors

As patients returned to in-person, brick-and-mortar health care settings after the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic, they re-enter the health care system with heightened consumer expectations, according to the Beryl Institute – Ipsos Px Pulse report, Consumer Perspectives on Patient Experience in the U.S. Ipsos conducted the survey research among 1,028 U.S. adults between 23… Read More »

Reasons Why Nurses Are Important In Healthcare

Reasons Why Nurses Are Important In Healthcare Reasons Why Nurses Are Important In Healthcare : With aging baby boomers and rising health concerns, the entire healthcare industry is witnessing an outward shift in the demand curve. Hospitals need better equipment, resources, and more healthcare workers to ensure optimal health services delivery. More than surgeons and… Read More »

Amy Coney Barrett’s healthcare record to face heavy scrutiny

With healthcare and the fate of Obamacare being significant election issues and Democrats scrambling for a way to stop Judge Amy Coney Barrett from joining the Supreme Court, Barrett’s position on the healthcare law, known as the Affordable Care Act, will likely be front-and-center at her confirmation hearing. Democratic members of Congress and presidential nominee… Read More »