Health & Wellness

TL/DR - Rocky Mountain Health Care Services, a Colorado Springs-based nonprofit organization, has been consistently ranked among the top workplaces in the city for the past three years. The organization, which employs around 438 people, offers several employee benefits such as paid time off, training days, a leadership development boot camp, and…

TL/DR - The Illinois Department of Public Health has issued guidelines suggesting the use of masks in certain areas of healthcare facilities, responding to a rise in respiratory infections, including COVID-19, flu, and RSV. The IDPH encourages all healthcare settings to consider implementing masks, particularly when caring for those with weakened…

TL/DR - A study suggests that the traditional definition of health care-associated influenza results in a significant undercounting of cases. The study analyzed data from 5,904 patients hospitalized with influenza from 2012 to 2019; only 2.5% of these cases met the traditional definition of health care-associated influenza. However, when the…

TL/DR - Children with medical complexity, defined by the American Academy of Pediatrics as those with multiple significant health conditions that affect more than two organ systems, require extensive medical care and caregiver dependency. Despite the significant financial and psychological stress they present, data shows that home care offers a…