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How AI Is Ushering in a New Era for the Healthcare System
International Business Times
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July 14, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) has made its way into the health sector. The technology plays a role in diagnosis, treatment, and patient care. Nevertheless, its real-world application in the industry remains a point of scrutiny. As the healthcare...
Living Healthy: Coachella Valley doctors on the frontlines of heat illness prevention
KESQ-TV - California
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July 14, 2025
PALM SPRINGS, Calif (KESQ) As triple-digit temperatures settle over the Coachella Valley, local healthcare providers are urging residents to take heat-related illnesses seriously and seek care early. In this week’s Living Healthy segment, News...
Dubai Health and GE HealthCare to enhance Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) education and practice in the MENA region
Emirates 24|7
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July 15, 2025
Dubai Health and GE HealthCare, a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on enhancing Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) practices and co-developing...
Specialist nurses central to success of heart failure monitoring system
Nursing Times
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July 14, 2025
A new system involving technology and heart failure nurses at a Norfolk hospital has seen device alert response times plummet from weeks to just days. The success of the device alerts initiative has seen the heart failure team at Norfolk and...
Harckham and Ulaj Blood Drive in Ossining Could Save 135 Lives
River Journal - New York
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July 14, 2025
NYS Senator Pete Harckham, NYBC Account Manager Camilo Rubio and Westchester County Legislator Emiljana Ulaj. Credit: Office of State Sen. Pete Harckham / Tito Davila. New York State Senator Pete Harckham, joined by Westchester County Legislator...
‘Dressed for success: how can uniforms contribute to sustainable healthcare’
Nursing Times
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July 15, 2025
When we think of sustainability in healthcare, our uniforms are probably not the first thing that springs to mind. Most of us wear uniform, whether dresses, tunics and trousers, or scrubs. Take a moment to consider that a single acute hospital...
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Odisha horror: The story of 20-yr-old who self-immolated and died after sexual harassment by a professor
Firstpost
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July 15, 2025
A 20‑year‑old student from Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Balasore, Odisha, tragically passed away on July 14 at AIIMS Bhubaneswar, just three days after setting herself on fire. According to medical reports, she suffered nearly 95 per cent...
Woman faked baby's birth story to smuggle tot into Britain
GB News
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July 15, 2025
A woman living in West Yorkshire told her doctor she was pregnant before leaving for Nigeria and returning with a very young baby girl. However, it was later proved that she lied to her doctor and the baby was not hers. The woman was arrested at...
7 Surprising Ways Baking Soda Can Save Your Home (and Your Wallet)
Pulse
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July 14, 2025
Like hydrogen peroxide, baking soda (Sodium Bicarbonate) is a do-it-all powder everyone should have at home. Ever had one of those days where you’re scrubbing a stubborn burnt pot bottom, battling funky fridge smells, or dealing with an unexpected...
Penn Highlands Healthcare CEO Participates in Vizient’s U.S. Congressional Briefing on Hospitals’ Financial Health
Gant News - Pennsylvania
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July 15, 2025
DUBOIS- Steven M. Fontaine, CEO of Penn Highlands Healthcare, recently participated in a U.S. Congressional Briefing on Capitol Hill hosted by Vizient, Inc. regarding Hospitals’ Financial Health: The Complex Ecosystem of Provider Reimbursement. He...
Oxford Brookes University joins consortium to tackle healthcare staffing crisis
Oxford Mail
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The Healthcare Education Consortium, launched earlier this month, aims to address the major staffing and skills gap in the sector by offering 13 healthcare degree apprenticeship programmes. The consortium is made up of six universities working...
Clay County saw 14.3% increase in transfer dependency percentage since 1970 as of 2022
Nortex Times - Texas
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July 18, 2025
In 2022, government transfers made up 24.7% of total income in Clay County, Texas—a 14.3% surge from 10.4% in 1970 and a 4.4% increase from 2012’s 20.3%. This marks the 112th largest increase among all Texas counties over the past decade,...
Why private healthcare is important to fight COVID-19
Rediff
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'Most of the testing capacity in India is in the private sector.' 'Whether it is the established RT-PCR test for COVID-19, or it is other innovations in testing that are now coming up, all these are fully within the capabilities of the private...
Grand Strand doctors warn children with autism face high drowning risk
WMBF - South Carolina
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July 15, 2025
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - Doctors in the Grand Strand are sharing a warning of a high-risk community susceptible to drowning. Dr. Stephanie Radu with Grand Strand Medical Center said that kids with autism are 160 times more likely to drown than...
‘Unconscionable’ for doctors not to tell their employers if they plan to strike, Streeting warns
The Independent
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July 14, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
AI may offer a listening ear, but can it close mental healthcare gaps?
KrASIA
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July 15, 2025
What’s the most promising use case for large models in healthcare? From imaging scans and pathology diagnostics to artificial intelligence agents that simulate doctors, tech companies are working to embed AI across hospitals. One area that has...
Mobile Medical Units Help Deliver Women’s Healthcare in Rural Southeast Texas
Daily Yonder - Kentucky
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July 14, 2025
In order to address gaps in women’s healthcare in rural parts of Southeast Texas, the Hope Women’s Resource Clinic uses a “mobile medical unit” – an RV converted into a clinic that provides various prenatal care – free of charge. The mobile...
Marshall and Mountwest partner to launch micro-pathways in healthcare and welding
The Herald Star - Ohio
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HUNTINGTON — Marshall University and Mountwest Community and Technical College have partnered to introduce innovative micro-pathways in healthcare and welding, offering students fast, flexible and affordable routes to in-demand careers....
Liquidity standards may be ‘counterproductive’
Australian Ageing Agenda
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July 17, 2025
Aged care financial benchmarking service StewartBrown has released a discussion paper this week critiquing several statements and claims in this month’s financial and prudential standards summary report from the Aged Care Quality and Safety...
IHCA warns public over fake ads featuring doctors
RTE Ireland
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July 14, 2025
The Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) has urged the public to be vigilant for fake ads on social media in which doctors purport to endorse unauthorised products or services. The IHCA said it has been contacted by a number of its...