In the News- Sept. 11

In the News

Community Health Workers- A Local Solution to a Global Problem - According to the New England journal of Medicine, on September 5, ideally, patient care will take place not just in episodic encounters but also through continuous, community-based partnerships that include new entities and workers. Elsewhere in the world, such care has involved the use of community health workers (CHWs) — lay community members with focused health care training. We believe that scaling up the community health workforce in the United States could improve health outcomes, reduce health care costs, and create jobs.TO READ MORE CLICK HERE Program Seeks to Help Retired Docs Enter Primary Care - According to utsandiego.com, on September 3, a successful career in medicine is neither regularly scheduled nor part time, but a local surgeon hopes to deliver both to retired doctors who want to continue seeing patients a few days a week with none of the usual financial frustrations and time commitments attached.TO READ MORE CLICK HERE ‘Double Whammy’: Nursing Shortage Starts in the Classroom - According to nbcnews.com, on August 31, nurses may be the answer to some of the key health care and employment problems the US is struggling with right now. But just as the country needs nurses the most, a shortage of professors is curbing the capacity of nursing schools to crank out graduates with advanced degrees.TO READ MORECLICK HERE