Health & Wellness

TL/DR - The School of Public Health at Brown University has appointed Dr. Ateev Mehrotra, a physician and public health expert, as the chair of the Health Services, Policy, and Practice department. Dr. Mehrotra’s work primarily focuses on digital health, including the study of tools such as telemedicine and remote patient monitoring. As chair,…

TL/DR - Falls are a major cause of morbidity and mortality among the elderly, with one in four adults over 65 reporting falls each year. The American Public Health Association has adopted a new policy on fall prevention, pushing for increased use of an Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Algorithm and for more proactive screening for fall risks in…

TL/DR - Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) intends to award six-year contracts to Florida Community Care and Simply Healthcare to test if managed care can combine traditional healthcare with home- and community-based services. The contracts for Medicaid Regions D and I only negotiated with Florida Community Care and Simply…

TL/DR - Utah has successfully implemented a "One Door" model that consolidates over 36 workforce and welfare services into a single Department of Workforce Services, benefiting both recipients and administrators. The state's employment-to-population ratio has increased significantly since adopting this model, and their unemployment rate dropped…