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What is Quality Improvement in Healthcare

When healthcare systems focus on quality improvement they can create significant change within a medical institution, achieving everything from financial savings to, most important, saving patient lives. A focus on quality improvement inSee more

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Increasing Access to Quality Mental Health Care Through …

WEBAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, mental health-related ED visits for children aged 5 to 11 and 12 to 17 increased by 24% and 31%, respectively. See the Figure for more information. It is also important to note that, even before the COVID-19 pandemic, depression and anxiety diagnoses for children have …

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Grenada's PM Plans To Improve Healthcare and Targets Medical …

WEBReprinted: Loop Caribbean News, 2-12-2024. A healthier nation with well educated, productive and industrious citizens is what Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell has in his plans to develop the Spice Isle over the next 25 years.

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2021’s 12 worst states for quality senior health care

WEB[Reprinted: 7-5-2021] To determine the best and worst states for older adults’ health care, Medicare Guide compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across the key categories of cost, access and quality, evaluating them with 24 relevant metrics.

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Constraints and challenges in access to insulin: a global …

WEBDr. David Beran, PhD; Margaret Ewen, Dip Pharm; Prof. Richard Laing, MD. Summary. Substantial attention has been given to the issue of access to medicines for communicable diseases; however, access to essential medicines for diabetes, especially insulin, has had insufficient focus.

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Walmart will close all of its health care clinics

WEBMay 2, 2024. Walmart will close all of its health care clinics. Reprinted CNN: 5-01-24. Walmart, the largest retailer in the United States, will close all 51 of its health care centers in six states and end virtual health care services, the company said Tuesday. Walmart had made a big push into health care in recent years, opening clinics next

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Caribbean-Americans To Benefit From NYC’s Universal Health Plan

WEBMayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio recently unveiled a comprehensive universal health plan for all 8 million city residents including the homeless and undocumented Caribbean residents.

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The Future of Healthcare: How Technology Is Changing the Industry

WEB[Reprinted: Born2Invest, 3-16-2023] The healthcare industry is facing several challenges in adopting new technology, including privacy concerns and regulatory hurdles.

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Healthcare industry of the future: What to expect in the next 50 …

WEBReprinted: News-Medical 7-4-2023. Developments in technology are moving forward rapidly and over the next 50 years, healthcare across the globe will change, including an increased use of AI and robotics.

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World Patient Safety Day

WEBRecognizing patient safety as a global health priority, all 194 WHO Member States at the 72nd World Health Assembly, in May 2019, endorsed the establishment of World Patient Safety Day (Resolution WHA72.6), to be marked annually on 17 September.

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The Caribbean Travel Insurance Requirements You Need to Know

WEBThe Bahamas. To gain entry, you must complete The Bahamas Health Travel Visa form and show proof of a recent negative Covid-19 RT-PC test. Fully vaccinated travelers are exempt from submitting a negative Covid-19 test. Visitors to The Bahamas must purchase mandatory Covid-19 health insurance. The cost of the insurance is …

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Women in charge: Caribbean leaders in the department of Health

WEBJuliet Cuthbert-Flynn is the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health & Wellness in Jamaica. The five-time Olympian (track and field) has been a member of Jamaica’s parliament since 2016. In fact, when Cuthbert-Flynn became Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness she became the first Olympian to become a minister …

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Caribbean health ministers support new resolution to improve …

WEBReprinted: The Star, 5-30-2023. Health ministers from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have joined their counterparts in the Americas in approving a new resolution to accelerate efforts towards ensuring the …

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St. Lucia's Healthcare A Critical Mess

WEBWith a population of only 179,625 one would think that the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia would have a healthcare system that the government would have a relatively easy time to manage.

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Number of individuals affected by healthcare data breaches rises …

WEB[Reprinted: Health Care Business, 7-27-2021] Only seven months into 2021 and more than 22.8 million people have fallen victim to healthcare data breaches.

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Caribbean Training and Education Centre for Health opens in …

WEBThe Caribbean Training and Education Centre for Health (C-TECH) has officially launched independent operations, in Kingston, expanding over 17 years of healthcare programming within Jamaica and the region. C-TECH holds strong expertise in implementing innovative HIV prevention, care and treatment programmes and has now …

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Dominican Republic Leads In Caribbean Medical And Dental …

WEBReprinted: SKN Observer, 11/04/23. Medical tourism is one of the most lucrative areas of the tourism sector as medical and dental tourists spend six times as much as regular vacation tourists.

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Wellness market hits $5.6 trillion as ‘gray areas’ with healthcare grow

WEBReprinted: Becker’s Hospital Review, 11-9-2023. Global wellness drew $5.6 trillion in revenue in 2022 and is poised to generate $8.5 trillion by 2027, according to a new report from industry group Global Wellness Institute, as overlaps with healthcare expand.

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St. Kitts & Nevis upholds healthcare is a basic human right for its

WEBPM Timothy Harris with Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla (centre) and CARICOM’s Assistant Secretary-General (Directorate for Human and Social Development), Dr. Douglas Slater on the sidelines of the high-level meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

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Autism in the Caribbean

WEBAutism in the Caribbean. Autism by definition is a developmental disorder of variable severity that is characterized by difficulty in social interaction and communication and by restricted or repetitive patterns of thought and behavior. Autism is one of the most common chronic conditions affecting youngsters, with one in every 68 children affected.

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