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Geriatricians wanted: medical schools work to recruit aging health specialists

NC Health News

The population of people ages 65 and older in North Carolina is expected to nearly double to 2.7 As of 2021, there were more than 7,400 certified geriatricians in the country to care for more than 58 million people over the age of 65 who, on average, will live almost 19 more years. million in the next couple decades.

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Hospitals, nursing homes at risk if Medicaid provider tax cap is lowered

NC Health News

By Jaymie Baxley North Carolina health officials are warning that one of the many proposals being floated in Congress to shrink a key Medicaid funding mechanism could devastate hospitals and nursing homes across the state cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from a system already straining to meet growing needs.

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The Future of AI in Healthcare

Exploring Health

Ellen and her mother rushed to the nearest hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi, as described in The Guardian in December 2024. The doctor at the hospital performed an ultrasound, which showed that the fetus was much smaller than expected for its age. It detected that Ellens baby was experiencing potentially fatal cardiac abnormalities.

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Mission Health permanently shutters Asheville Specialty Hospital

NC Health News

Jones Asheville Watchdog Mission Health has permanently closed Asheville Specialty Hospital, the only long-term acute care hospital in western North Carolina, less than two months after suspending its services following Tropical Storm Helene. “We Joseph’s campus,” Mission Health spokesperson Nancy Lindell said Nov.

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What a Waste of a Healthcare System

The Health Care Blog

An essay in Aeon had me at the title: The Waste Age. Healthcare included. The essay is by Justin McGuirk, chief curator of the Design Museum in London, and accompanies an exhibit there: Waste Age: what can design do ? We live in the Waste Age. Waste defines our healthcare system. ———-.

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As AI advances in NC health care systems, state leaders call for oversight

NC Health News

By Emily Vespa Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger As North Carolinas health care systems increasingly expand their use of artificial intelligence, state leaders say they want to pioneer policy to regulate the rapidly evolving technology. Harnessing vast amounts of patient data can prompt privacy issues.

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Why is norovirus reporting in England so high at the moment?

UK Health Security

Data indicating the rise Our surveillance systems reveal several key patterns: Laboratory confirmed norovirus cases While we typically expect norovirus cases to peak in winter months, this season's pattern has been distinctive, starting earlier than is usual. Genetic diversity For the first time, genogroup 2, genotype 17, known as GII.7,