Understanding the diverse issues that prevent people with disabilities from seeking work is integral to developing effective and responsive interventions, according to new research from Kessler Foundation and others.
Occupancy rates, market competition, and technology are just a few of the most pressing issues currently plaguing the senior living industry. The most pressing one, however, is staffing, according to survey results.
Rural hospitals that use telemedicine to back up their emergency department health care providers not only save money, but find it easier to recruit new physicians, according to a study from the University of Iowa published in Health Affairs.
Galt Foundation, a nonprofit staffing organization for people with disabilities, announces its expansion to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Americans with disabilities responding to a survey regarding their workplace experiences report that they are striving to work and overcome barriers to employment.
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Addus HomeCare Corporation, Downers Grove, Ill, increases its reach via its purchase of the assets of Arcadia Home Care & Staffing, Southfield, Mich-based provider of home care services.
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SourceAmerica announces the finalists of the 2018 Design Challenge, a competition to design new ways to improve the workplace for people with disabilities.
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Kessler Foundation has awarded approximately $2.3 million in grants to organizations across the United States that support initiatives that create or expand job training and employment efforts for people with disabilities.
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Atlanta-based Jackson Healthcare, a provider of healthcare staffing, search, and technology services across the United States, has acquired Avant Healthcare Professionals of Orlando, Florida.
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AccentCare Inc and UCLA Health announce the formation of AccentCare UCLA, a jointly owned health services agency serving patients in Los Angeles and the surrounding communities.
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An analysis of survey data suggests that hospitals that employ nurses who are certified in wound, ostomy, and continence (WOC) care have lower rates of hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs).
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SourceAmerica, which creates job opportunities for people with disabilities, announces the high school and college finalists in its Design Challenge, in which teams compete to design and build assistive workplace technology.
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Participants in the Invictus Games Orlando 2016 are receiving prosthetics and orthotics technical services provided by Ottobock.
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The most successful managers are also leaders, who use the art and science of each discipline to maximize clinical outcomes.
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Precision Health Care LLC, Boca Raton, Fla, reports that is has launched its Giving Partners Solutions In-Source Program to assist hospitals in transitioning its current wound centers from third-party management to self-managed facilities.
Read MoreIn a move that will result in their becoming one of the largest independently owned groups in the United States, two Minnesota-area orthopedic practices—Twin Cities Orthopedics and St Croix Orthopaedics—have announced that they will be joining forces beginning this summer.
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For the fourth time in 5 years, Craig Hospital has been named a winner of the 2014 NDNQI Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality. The award recognizes the top-performing rehabilitation hospital that has achieved excellence in overall performance in nursing quality indicators.
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According to today’s National Trends in Disability Employment—Monthly Update (nTIDE), May jobs report indicates that Americans with disabilities continue to experience disparity in the economy’s job growth.
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