Articles Tagged With: health
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Exercise, Screen Time, and Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic
A Canadian survey capturing one week in the early stages of the COVID- 19 pandemic found that respondents reporting exercising outdoors and decreasing or maintaining screen time were more likely to self-report higher levels of mental and physical health. This association was stronger in women when compared to men.
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Nuts and Heart Health
This long-term, prospective study looks at changes in quantity of nut consumption and relative risk of cardiovascular disease and finds significantly lower risk when nut consumption increases by > 0.5 servings daily.
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OSHA Cites Home Health Group for Failure to Protect HCWs
With the aging population, home healthcare is rapidly expanding — but worker protections must expand as well to protect employees who may be vulnerable to violence. A recent citation by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration underscores this point, as a company that provides pediatric home health was issued a willful citation and fined $98,000 following the sexual assault of a healthcare worker.
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Quality management’s role evolves as hospitals shift to population health
The U.S. health system’s new transition to a population health model has resulted in healthcare systems and payers adjusting to new kinds of contracts and payment reform. Fee-for-service is being phased out and replaced with the concept of providing quality care for a population as cost-effectively as possible.