The 84 new rooms will include interactive patient portals and digital care boards to keep patients better informed.Two stories will be completely furnished, while the third will be a shell for future use. Texas Health Resources is one of the largest faith-based, nonprofit health systems in the nation.The health system, along with UT Southwestern founded Southwestern Health Resources in 2016. Nearly 30 hospitals are owned, operated, run as a joint venture or affiliated with Texas Health.In forms filed with the IRS, the Fort Worth location listed 2016 revenue as $104.5 million, up 11 percent from the previous year. At that time it listed 743 employees.Earlier this month, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton held a blessing ceremony to When fully operational in January, the floor will house a 16-bed neonatal intensive care unit featuring all private rooms so parents can spend the night with their newborns.The unit also will have central monitoring of vital signs, a private milk … [Read more...] about Texas Health’s area hospitals experience growth spurt
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Beth Israel-Lahey Health merger cleared with conditions, including price cap
Dive Brief: The Massachusetts attorney general this week approved the merger between Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Lahey Health with various conditions. The combined system will be barred from raising prices beyond a certain threshold for seven years following the merger. The price increase must be below the state's own healthcare cost growth benchmark, which is currently set at 3.1%, the AG's office said. The combined entity must also participate in the state's Medicaid program indefinitely, increase access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment and funnel significant investments to its safety net hospitals and programs. Dive Insight: State and federal regulators gave their blessing to the marriage of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Lahey Health, which will become the state's second largest health system behind Partners HealthCare. The approval, albeit with conditions, ends intense scrutiny of the healthcare merger. The … [Read more...] about Beth Israel-Lahey Health merger cleared with conditions, including price cap
‘I feel so blessed to be alive’
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........On March 22, Kelly Asbell had to be hospitalized again. She’s been in a hospital bed ever since.One day earlier, the Valparaiso mother of 10-year-old twins celebrated her 40th birthday – a milestone in her sickly life – by performing 40 acts of kindness for strangers. Kelly Asbell walks with her daughter in the hall at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago.I shadowed Asbell on her birthday as she delivered fresh tulips to an old woman in a nursing home, dropped off coins at a laundromat, put quarters into candy machines, left toys on a playground and juice boxes at a day care center, among other gestures.ADVERTISEMENT“I wasn’t expected to live past my teenage years,” she told me.At 10, she was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, an inherited … [Read more...] about ‘I feel so blessed to be alive’
International day for mental health campaign encourages conversation
PUBLISHED: 09:48 15 May 2018 Sophie Smith Oz Osborne, co-director of The Outsiders and Katie Mottram, founder of Emerging Proud. PHOTO: Sophie Smith. Archant A campaign to challenge stigma against mental health has celebrated its second anniversary with an international day of communication, with the main event in Norwich. Volunteer Laura O'Shea at an Emerging Proud event in Norwich. PHOTO: Sophie Smith Katie Mottram, whose work has been published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, is the founder of #EmergingProud, a campaign to “re-think madness as a possible catalyst for positive transformation.” The former mental health services worker founded Emerging Proud following her own break-down and recovery, and now wants to promote the fact that a mental break-down can lead to personal transformation that might improve a person’s life. The Norwich event for the second International Emerging Proud Day on May 12 was held at the Kinda Kafe on Castle Meadow, and … [Read more...] about International day for mental health campaign encourages conversation
14 Things You Can Do Every Day To Protect Your Mental Health As You Age
WELLNESS 05/09/2018 11:58 am ET Because it's just as important as your physical health. Nicole Pajer On Assignment For HuffPost Aging brings you face to face with the loss of loved ones, children leaving the nest and physical changes such as reduced energy levels. These types of events can “give rise to negative emotions such as sadness, anxiety, loneliness and lowered self-esteem,” according to the American Psychological Association. Growing older can also come with a slew of positive changes like the opportunity to travel, more time to spend with grandchildren and the chance to take on a new hobby. “But any kind of change, even joyful changes, can bring up a variety of emotions, including anxiety, overwhelm, loneliness and depression,” said Connie Habash, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Menlo Park, California. Therefore, it’s essential to make your mental health a priority, especially throughout your later years. … [Read more...] about 14 Things You Can Do Every Day To Protect Your Mental Health As You Age