Research shows that when the C-suite aligns with well-trained provider leaders, and they work collaboratively, then quality/safety, access, affordability and patient-satisfaction levels all increase.
The state now leads the nation with the highest rate of new COVID-19 infections, and the surge is happening largely in a politically conservative farming region in the northern part of the state and in the southwestern corner.
National Nurses Organizing Committee, which represents about 1,250 nurses at two-hospital Cook County Health, provided notice for a one-day strike to take place on Thursday. They say the public health network is understaffed, leading surgeries to be canceled and experienced workers to leave the system.
In the state's border communities, including El Paso, not only did people die of COVID at significantly higher rates than elsewhere, but people under age 65 were also more likely to die.
Arkansas on Tuesday reported 485 new coronavirus cases, its biggest one-day jump in more than three months.
Guam is launching a vaccine tourism program to encourage citizens of neighboring countries and Americans living in East Asia to come get inoculated against COVID-19.
