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Staff Shortages. Baptist Health Highlights a Growing Issue in Healthcare

Baptist Health Systems in San Antonio is adopting a new strategy to attract healthcare workers. Upfront bonuses of up to 20K indicate the extent of a staffing issue healthcare faces

‘They Won’t Help Me’: Sickest Patients Face Insurance Denials Despite Policy Fixes

In 2023, Sheldon Ekirch was diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy, which makes her limbs and muscles feel as if they’re on fire. Specialists recommended a series of infusions to ease her pain, but her insurer refused to pay for the expensive treatment, which it says is “not considered medically necessary.”

Science Has No Borders – And Neither Should Human Potential

Here at the HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum, held in Brooklyn—long a gateway for immigration and innovation—the gathering has become more than just a...

As Opioids Mixed With Animal Tranquilizers Arrive in Kensington, So Do Alarming Health Challenges

The neighborhood’s afflictions date to the early 1970s, when industry left and the drug trade took hold. With each new wave of drugs, the situation grows grimmer. Now, with the arrival of xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer, new complications are burdening an already overtaxed system.