Most people who end up in patient care got there through something specific. A relative who needed long-term care. A volunteer shift where the work felt genuinely useful. A hospital stay that made the people doing the caring visible in a way they had not been before. Whatever it was, it pointed somewhere. The realistic…
Business of Health Care Reporter Bob covers the money in health care, focusing on health insurance and hospitals. His stories delve into Medicare Advantage, opaque prescription drug benefits, and how much executives actually make. He is also the author of the Health Care Inc. newsletter. You can reach Bob on Signal at bobjherman.09.
Public health researchers in the UK have performed a years-long study into whether putting portable HEPA filter air purifiers into elderly care home residents’ bedrooms can prevent respiratory illnesses. The results make for depressing reading. Contrary to expectations, a Bristol University led team of medical doctors, epidemiologists and public health experts relate in a JAMA…
Healthcare management is a career choice for people who want to make healthcare better without being a doctor, nurse or therapist. It combines business, leadership and patient support which allows professionals to make a difference behind the scenes. Healthcare managers help hospitals, clinics and other organizations work well by taking care of staffing, budgets and…
Republican lawmakers are maintaining a practiced silence in the face of new misconduct allegations against one of their own. Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) has been — not for the first time — in the crosshairs of domestic abuse allegations brought forth by a former partner. In June, police footage related to a child custody dispute…
Back and neck pain affects people every day. Whether you spend your day at the desk or work physically, or simply enjoy staying active, spine problems can develop for many different reasons. This can occur from aging, injuries, herniated discs, arthritis, and degenerative conditions, which can contribute to pain that interferes with work, sleep, and…
Andy Burnham used his first speech as Prime Minister to promise he would win over voters “fed up with politics” and show the world that the UK can once again be a source of stability. Burnham used his address in Downing Street to promise to take power out of Westminster and give the public greater…
Part the First: Profit in Medicine. In a report that will tug at the heartstrings of everyone, STAT tells us that HCA warns of lower profits in its future as more patients go uninsured because ObamaCare subsidies have gone by the wayside: The country’s biggest hospital chain lowered its 2026 profit outlook on Tuesday after…
Guards at an immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas, could see a detainee in his cell with one end of a bedsheet wrapped around his neck and the other tied to the door handle. If they opened the door, the sheet would tighten and strangle him. The detainee, Geraldo Lunas Campos, had been in…
