Category: Healthcare

The Priority of Affordable Long-Term Care

AARP reports that the demographic of ages 85 plus will triple between 2015 and 2050. This means we all face many challenges ahead, as they are likely to need expensive and extensive long term care. Elected leaders must rethink institutional care and its affordability and make improvements while creating innovative

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Should Nursing Homes Stayed Closed?

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is considering opening nursing-homes to their families since many state officials have begun to ease current Covid-19 restrictions.   Since March 13, visitors and communal activities have been banned under CMS restrictions. WSJ obtained a

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Insurance Companies Rollback Telehealth Coverage

During the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, health systems and hospitals have been coping with unprecedented challenges. There has been a need to increase and safeguard healthcare staff as well as non-COVID-19 patients, testing and treating infected patients, expanding critical care unit capacity, procuring personal protective equipment (PPE), and canceling non-emergency

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Top Myths About Alzheimer’s Disease

Polling shows that the number one worry of Americans as they age is memory loss, outpacing fears of a lack of money or loneliness. The most prevalent among all dementia is Alzheimer’s disease. According to the Alzheimer’s Association Facts and Figures Report, Alzheimer’s accounts for an estimated 60 to 80

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The Changing Capabilities of Telemedicine

Telemedicine has become the digital source of healthcare-related services. Not long-ago telemedicine was an innovative practice, primarily a supplement to hospitals’ information strategy managing patient care and their data more efficiently. During the coronavirus pandemic and its associated urgent healthcare needs, hospitals and medical offices are making telehealth capabilities more

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