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Posted: 08 september 2021

The Paradox Of Unvaccinated Healthcare Workers

A surprising number of healthcare workers, including physicians and registered nurses, refuse COVID vaccinations. Reports cite several factors, but the principal issue may come down to trust. What does this say about healthcare generally, and what does it mean for mandatory vaccination of healthcare workers?

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SIMS Foundation’s Founder’s Challenge Highlights Importance Of Behavioral Healthcare For Musicians

Since 1995, the SIMS Foundation has operated as a nonprofit seeking to provide behavioral healthcare for those in the music industry in need, educating fans and musicians alike along the way. Founded in memory of Austin musician Sims Ellison, who took his own life, the foundation is in the midst of a “Founders Challenge” which seeks to raise awareness and expand the group’s necessary work outside its home base of Austin, Texas.

New York Mandates Vaccines For Healthcare Workers Amid Delta Variant Surge

TOPLINE New York healthcare workers will be required to get the coronavirus vaccine by late September, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday, expanding the state’s vaccine mandate amid the surge of new coronavirus infections. New York Nurse Who Was First To Receive Covid Vaccine, Receives Second Dose Nurse Sandra Lindsay received the second dose of a Pfizer vaccine in January. GETTY IMAGES KEY FACTS The state health department will order hospitals, long-term care facilities and nursing homes to enforce the mandate, with “limited exceptions” allowed for medical and religious exemptions. Healthcare workers must have received their first vaccine dose by September 27, according to the order. In a statement, Cuomo—who will step down next week over a sexual harassment scandal—said the private sector “will not enforce a vaccine mandate unless it’s the law,” adding that he’s already “strongly urged” businesses to require vaccines. Most of the state’s healthcare workers have already had the vaccine, according to the governor’s office: 75% of the state’s hospital workers, 74% of adult care facility employees and 68% of nursing home staff are fully vaccinated. The new policy is an expansion of an earlier order from Cuomo last month that required patient-facing employees at state-run hospitals to be vaccinated, along with other New York state workers. New York’s vaccination push comes as coronavirus cases are spiking in the state once again, with new daily infections having jumped by 1,000% over the past six weeks, Cuomo said in a statement, with more than 80% of those positives linked to the delta variant. KEY BACKGROUND California was the first state to mandate vaccines for healthcare employees, requiring jabs for workers in both private and public hospitals. Since then, other states to announce some form of vaccine mandate for healthcare workers include New Jersey, New York, Hawaii, North Carolina, Delaware, Rhode Island, Minnesota and Maine. Large healthcare systems are following suit, like the Department of Veterans Affairs, which treats more than 9 million people annually, the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Medicine. CONTRA The orders may open the states up to legal action. Last week, 1,200 first responders in Hawaii announced they would sue Gov. David Ige (D) over his orders that all state and county employees be either vaccinated against coronavirus or take weekly tests. Hundreds of healthcare workers held demonstrations in cities across Maine over the weekend to protest Gov. Janet T. Mills (D), who ordered that all employees in state-licensed healthcare facilities be vaccinated.

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Humanizing Healthcare: A Model For Consumer-Based Care

Two staff members wheel Amwell telemedicine carts into the entrance of the University of California ... [+] GADO VIA GETTY IMAGES Picture a healthcare system where the human approach takes precedence. One where physicians constantly act in the best interest of the consumer and empower their clients to take charge of their own health needs. Where merging electronic health records update coexisting providers daily and one where we combine the beauty of healthcare and social services to create an ongoing network of support. Dr. Summer Knight, paramedic-turned-physician executive and Deloitte Managing Director, explains this improved and compassionate model in her new book Humanizing Healthcare. Here, she insists there is a clear guide to how we can improve the healthcare system to positively impact all parties involved.

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Walmart Is Rapidly Expanding Its Presence In Healthcare

Retail giant Walmart is a force to reckon with, based not only on its expansive market reach, but also given its commitment to innovation in the consumer services space. Walmart’s recent ventures in healthcare is one such example of innovation, as the company is attempting to become a staple in the multibillion dollar healthcare services industry. In 2019, Walmart unveiled its first health center, offering a variety of “services including primary care, labs, X-ray and EKG, counseling, dental, optical, hearing, community health (nutritional services, fitness) and health insurance education and enrollment all in one facility, conveniently located outside the store with a separate entrance for customers. The clinic will provide low, transparent pricing for key health services for local families, regardless of insurance status.” Since then, the company has continued to expand the service across multiple locations, with the goal of “partnering with several on-the-ground health providers to be a first-of-its-kind health center to deliver primary and urgent care, labs, x-ray and diagnostics, counseling, dental, optical and hearing services all in one facility.”

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The Paradox Of Unvaccinated Healthcare Workers

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SIMS Foundation’s Founder’s Challenge Highlights Importance Of Behavioral Healthcare For Musicians

New York Mandates Vaccines For Healthcare Workers Amid Delta Variant Surge

Only one week left until Bayer G4A is hosting their virtual #DigitalHealthForum

Humanizing Healthcare: A Model For Consumer-Based Care

Looking forward to the BSLM 2021 Annual Conference this Thursday!

Walmart Is Rapidly Expanding Its Presence In Healthcare

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