Nursing home residents are vulnerable to disproportionate harm during disasters and health emergencies, as evidenced by the recent impact of COVID-19 and extreme weather events. Evaluation of these ...
Imagine being discharged from the emergency room after a severe asthma flare-up, only to return to a home located near factories or congested roadways that heavily pollute the air. Or having your ...
The operational cleavage between the US public health and medical care systems contributed to the country’s difficulty in containing community spread of COVID-19 in the pandemic’s first months. We ...
Ochsner Health's Healthy State initiative targets social determinants to improve Louisiana's health outcomes, showing early success in smoking cessation and cancer screening rates. Workforce ...
Integrated primary care services may offer better outcomes in patients living with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) without increasing costs. The integrated primary care ...
Service-learning is deeply integrated across the Purdue University School of Nursing, extending beyond the classroom to engage students with the community. In many public health and other courses, ...
Kimberly Green, CEO of Sage Integrated Health, has introduced a unified care model aimed at breaking down silos in nursing home services. The approach aligns all care participants, from clinicians to ...
HCR Home Care marked National Nurses Week by honoring its patients and one of the pioneers of community nursing. Staff held a ...