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Palliative Care Shortage; Helping Docs With Substance Abuse; Immigrant HCPs

Shortages among the palliative care workforce will continue to get worse unless healthcare leaders implement “policies that support high-value, team-based palliative care,” researchers wrote.

The American College of Physicians has issued guidelines for how to recognize and help physicians struggling with substance abuse.

Fall-related deaths for seniors nearly tripled from 2000 through 2016, highlighting the need for better preventive measures, a new study found.

A recent analysis, which reported that almost 20% of healthcare workers in 2017 were immigrants, helps frame the extent to which the U.S. healthcare system depends on immigrant labor.

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2019-10-06T00:00:00-0400

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Source: MedicalNewsToday.com