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Why Social Workers Are Key to Solving the US Youth Mental Health Crisis?

We Care Online

Education Week reveals that mental health challenges among young people were already rising before 2020, but the pandemic dramatically worsened the situation. But, social workers turn these observations into actionable care plans. These struggles have pushed the youth mental health epidemic to critical levels in recent years.

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Lung cancer screenings can uncover treatable emphysema in patients

Medical Economics

What primary care physicians can do The next challenge is increasing lung cancer screening participation. In 2020, there were approximately 8.5 Clear, consistent documentation and communication with both patients and referring providers can help ensure follow-up and appropriate care planning.

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Inside Pitt Med School: Innovations in Medical Education 

Accepted Blog

The dialysis nurses, the dietician, and we would meet every month and go over the Care Plan, and it was a very satisfying way to work. Well, our Dean, who came in 2020, he came up with this little mnemonic, called, you know we have this phrase, Hail to Pitt! So teamwork is one of the things that we want to hear about.

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Economic Anxieties Rise, Medical and Vacation Plans Delayed: the COVID-19 Consumer in June 2020

Health Populi

By late May 2020, 34% of black Americans had lost their jobs compared with 21% in late April, compared with 18% of white consumers, reported in The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Financial Impact on U.S. adults 18 and older on 28-29 May 2020. In addition to medical care, over one-half of U.S. As of May 2020, shoppers went to 2.8

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DOJ Continues Enforcement Efforts Against Provider-Owned Managed Care Plans

Healthcare Law Insights blog

Large managed care plans have been squarely in DOJ’s crosshairs for years, but a late July 2023 Justice Department settlement agreement with one regional healthcare provider’s Medicare Advantage Plan offers a glimpse into an issue health systems and providers with their own managed care plans need to track.

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The Retail Health Battle Royale in the U.S. – A Week-Long Brainstorm, Day 1 of 5

Health Populi

Here are Morning Consult’s assessment of the Top 20 fastest-growing consumer brands of 2020 — all of which had everything to do with our pandemic lives. and one report from Europe that can inform American health care in some profound ways… if we listen and embrace our health citizenship. healthcare system.

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Virtual Care and Mental Health Top of Mind for Employers’ Workplaces in 2023

Health Populi

The 2023 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey from the Business Group on Health (BGH) found that two in three large employers see their health and well-being strategy as an integral part of their overall workforce strategy.