By Taylor Knopf A new psychiatric hospital in Greenville will begin serving patients in eastern North Carolina later this month. ECU Health Behavioral Health Hospital is a new 144-bed facility intended to provide inpatient and intensive outpatient psychiatric services to adults and children; it will open with a 24-bed unit designated for pediatric patients. The […] The post ECU Health and for-profit giant Acadia team up to open new psychiatric hospital appeared first on North Carolina H...| North Carolina Health News
The Trump administration's cuts of public health funds to state and local health departments had vastly uneven effects depending on the political leanings of where someone lives, a new KFF Health News analysis shows.| KFF Health News
La región es una de las más pobres del estado. En el condado de Alamosa, 2 de cada 5 residentes están inscritos en Health First Colorado, el programa estatal de Medicaid.| KFF Health News
After moving to North Carolina, a Columbus County resident found himself downwind from a billion-dollar industry. Now he’s documenting odors.| North Carolina Health News
In his latest Beyond the Data column, KFF President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman examines the controversial rural hospital grant program, noting “Will the new $50 billion rural hospital grant program in the big Republican tax and spending law just amount to a bunch of ribbon cutting and big check ceremonies, or will it help rural hospitals offset coming Medicaid cuts, help them in general, or all of the above?”| From Drew Altman Archive | KFF
The Duluth-based health care system awaits National Labor Relations Board review after contesting the Minnesota Nurses Association's proposed bargaining unit.| Superior Telegram
Since Chantal and Helene drenched North Carolina, residents have been reassessing what it takes to stay safe as climate-fueled storms rage.| North Carolina Health News
The 32-year-old program that supports community gardens, nutrition education and other community-based activities employs 176 people.| North Carolina Health News
Officials warn that sweeping federal cuts to Medicaid, food aid and clean energy programs could unravel key safety nets across the state.| North Carolina Health News
Partners were told Healthy Opportunities will end July 1 because proposed state spending plans eliminate its funding.| North Carolina Health News
The North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program (NC AHEC) is pleased to announce the selection and on-boarding of four rural interprofessional teaching hubs. In [...] Read More... from Interprofessional Teaching Hubs Selected The post Interprofessional Teaching Hubs Selected first appeared on NC AHEC.| NC AHEC
A new report shows that a tree change may actually be bad for your health, revealing avoidable death| Aged Care Insite
Am I just shuffling stuff around again and not actually gaining any efficiency or additional storage space?| Grand Forks Herald
An unprecedented freeze on the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report sparks new concerns about political meddling in science.| KFF Health News
From the column: "Headwaters High Value Network offers hospitals the benefits of scale without sacrificing independence."| Duluth News Tribune
Organizations are moving quickly to address food insecurity as the region continues to reel from historic flooding.| North Carolina Health News
Western North Carolina, Hurricane Helene, deadly, food, water, Buncombe, mountains, drinkable water, floodwaters, Asheville, power outage| North Carolina Health News
Following the Albanese government's recent reform announcements, Minister for Aged Care Anika Wells| Aged Care Insite
An increasing number of Americans struggle with energy poverty, the inability to adequately heat or cool one’s dwelling. Health officials and climate experts are sounding the alarm as record-breaking heat sweeps the nation.| KFF Health News
State leaders are cutting public health spending and laying off workers hired during a pandemic-era grant boom. Public health officials say the bust will erode important advancements in the public health safety net, particularly in rural areas.| KFF Health News
By 2023, the country was estimated to have a shortfall of as many as 23,000 surgeons, according to a 2019 report by the Association of American Medical Colleges.| North Carolina Health News
Don't drive hurt, says Angela Dugan, PA. Find someone who can drive you to a clinic, then remember RICE: rest, ice, compression, elevation.| Sanford Health News
Martin County could become the first community in the nation to bring a closed facility back to life as a rural emergency hospital.| North Carolina Health News
The Environmental Management Commission committee votes to pursue groundwater standards for only three PFAS compounds at next meeting.| North Carolina Health News