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VA renegotiates health record modernization contract - Roll Call

The VA says its electronic health care record system will now be governed by a modified contract in order to boost accountability.

Roll Call

Prominent foe of female circumcision wins prestigious $1.4 million Templeton Prize

The Templeton Prize — one of the world's largest annual individual awards — is being awarded this year to a nurse-midwife who for decades has strived to improve women’s health care in East Africa

The Independent UK

Program is ‘one stop shop’ for navigating life after prison

The Supportive Reentry Network Collaborative connects returning citizens to whatever they need, from completing parole mandates to finding health care and a job. Leaders say they’ve had a successful first year, but need to grow.

Chicago Sun-Times

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The 5 worst mistakes near-retirees make—and how to avoid them

The final years before retirement can be a crucial window to shore up your nest egg. Here are 5 mistakes you must avoid as you enter retirement.

Fortune

To prevent burnout, health care workers need more self-care — and a life outside work

Self-care benefits us, our patients and the communities we serve. We owe it to ourselves to find hobbies and joyful activities, and to set boundaries with work, social worker Padraic Stanley writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hospitals create police forces to stem growing violence against staff

Georgia is the latest state to enact a law that allows hospitals to create independent police forces. Critics worry the law enforcement focus could have unintended consequences.

WEKU

What Medicare beneficiaries need to know about the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency rules

Whether Medicare will or won’t cover certain health care costs may now depend on whether you are in Traditional Medicare or a private insurer’s Medicare Advantage plan.

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The real cost of the ‘supermom’ myth. Here’s the toll motherhood takes on your mental health

Many women with postpartum health conditions fear their conflicting feelings about motherhood make them less fit to be a good mother.

Fortune

When California Set Minimum Staffing Levels for Overworked Nurses, Better Patient Outcomes Followed

Safe staffing laws have worked in California — and can’t pass anywhere else.

Capital & Main

LOCALIZE IT: Federal funding at risk for health care worker recruitment program

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The Independent UK

Federal government's $1 billion effort to recruit next generation of doctors at risk

Thousands of doctors and nurses signed on to work in the country’s most desperate regions during the COVID-19 pandemic in exchange for forgiveness of medical school debt

The Independent UK

As conservative states target trans rights, a Florida teen flees for a better life

High school sophomore Josie felt Florida officials were threatening her health care and ability to be feel safe at school. So she left. Other families of trans youth are plotting their exits as well.

WEKU

Greg Abbott says to stop mass shootings, Texas must improve mental health care. A $25 billion investment hasn’t been enough.

Texas still lags nationally when it comes to mental health services and there have been seven mass shootings since Abbott took office in 2015.

The Texas Tribune

Ban on trans health care for kids heads to Missouri governor

Transgender minors won't have access to puberty blockers, hormones or surgery under legislation passed in Missouri

The Independent UK

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‘Fantastic’: Experts back bulk-billing boost to Medicare

Millions of Australians will have better access to free GP visits under a generational investment in Medicare unveiled in the 2023 budget.

ABC News

Queensland health care workers to receive thousands under new incentive

Queensland is losing health care professionals to interstate job vacancies, so the government is offering them more money to stay local.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois must make sure women get accurate information about abortion care

Crisis pregnancy centers lure patients with free services, but give women misinformation with the goal of stopping them from having abortions, the chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood of Illinois writes. SB1909 will hold the centers accountable.

The Conversation

Health budget has big changes – reviving our worn-out Medicare fee-for-service system and boosting bulk billing

There were four major changes for health care in the 2023-24 budget: prioritising primary care, funding to strengthen Medicare, cheaper access to common medicines, and new funding to keep the digital health system going. Many of these changes were foreshadowed in recent weeks.

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Daily Record

Woman discharged from mental health care months before she cut off her mum's head

Odessa Carey has been detained at a secure hospital after her mum's death.

The Independent UK

Transgender youth sue over Montana gender-affirming care ban

Two transgender children, their families and allied health care providers are challenging a Montana law that would ben gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth

Chronicle Live

Odessa Carey discharged from mental health care just months before she decapitated own mum

An inquest into the death of Odessa senior in Ashington hears details of mental health services involvement in run up to tragedy

Newsroom.co.nz

Hurdles ahead for winter health plan

The winter plan speaks about primary care, but not a comprehensive approach to primary health care. It’s only a one-word omission, but the implications are revealing

Roll Call

Trump’s Hill backers often voted like DeSantis on entitlements - Roll Call

Trump’s has targeted DeSantis’ congressional votes that endorsed changes in seniors' benefits. Some Trump backers voted the same way, however.

The Conversation

Taking mental wellness education beyond the campus: How universities can help respond to the mental health care crisis

The Canadian Mental Health Association estimates that one in five Canadians will experience a mental health challenge. The full impact of mental health issues is even broader: almost every adult Canadian at some point has either been directly affected, or has a family member, friend or colleague with a mental…

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois has a law to release seriously ill and disabled prisoners. It’s time to use it.

Releasing the terminally ill and seriously disabled, under a 2022 law, would help ease the burden on the state’s disastrous prison health care system. The state needs to provide funding so attorneys can transition prisoners back home, writes Jennifer Soble of the Illinois Prison Project.

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