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The National Institutes of Health is the largest funder of biomedical research in the United States Meanwhile, cheating in medical schools, nurse burnout caused by poor electronic health records, and shortages of Rural health workers in North Carolina are also in the news.
Stat: NIH publishes plan to combat structural racism. Critics Say It’s Not Enough Saying that structural racism is a chronic problem across biomedical research and within their own walls, leaders of the National Institutes of Health on Thursday unveiled a plan to close a large gap in grants to white and minority scientists and to increase funding for research on health disparities. The agency, the largest funder of biomedical research in the United States, said it would also expand a program to recruit, mentor and retain researchers from under-represented racial and ethnic groups, and would appoint responsible for diversity and inclusion in each of its 27 institutes and centers. . (McFarling, 6/10)
In other health workforce news
The Boston Globe: Dartmouth Medical School drops all sanctions for cheating on students Dartmouth College Medical School dropped sanctions on all students it had convicted of cheating on exams, a startling reversal after that the students vigorously maintained their innocence. Duane Compton, Dean of the Geisel School of Medicine, announced the development on Wednesday in an email to the medical school community, writing that the decision has been further reviewed and based on new information received from our provider of learning management system. He apologized for the stress the accusations put on the students and vowed to restore confidence. We will learn from this and do better, Compton wrote. (Krantz, 6/10)
Modern healthcare: Poor design of the EHR leads to nurse burnout and higher surgical patient mortality, study finds. Poorly designed electronic health record systems can accelerate clinician burnout and increase safety risks for patients undergoing surgery in the medical care section, according to a new study published in Medical Care, the medical journal. from the American Public Health Association. The study, which included 12,004 nurses, 1.3 million surgical patients and 343 hospitals in four states, found that surgical patients receiving care in hospitals with poor EHR usability were 21% more likely to die at hospital after their procedures and 6% more likely to die. be readmitted within 30 days than those treated in hospitals with better EHR usability. (Christ, 6/10)
Health News Florida: USF Expands Nursing Program Enrollment To Meet Growing Needs University of South Florida College of Nursing increases enrollment in response to nationwide nursing shortage due in part to coronavirus pandemic. Healthcare professionals have played a major role in nations’ response to the pandemic, but it has taken its toll, especially on frontline workers like nurses. The pandemic has prompted many nurses to quit the profession or take early retirement. According to the university, more than 22% of nurses nationwide are expected to leave the industry within the next year. (Marlow, 6/10)
North Carolina Health News: Residents Tackle Rural North Carolina Health Care Provider Shortage Later this month, more than 550 newly graduated doctors will hang their stethoscopes around their necks, put their scrubs on and begin residency training at medical centers in North Carolina. Despite an overwhelming need for primary care practitioners, few of these approximately 1 in 4 residents will receive training in family medicine. (Engel-Smith, 6/11)
Modern Healthcare: Providers Focus on Staff Mental Health 5 Years After Pulse Shot After receiving an early morning call about a mass casualty incident on June 12, 2016, Dr Joseph Ibrahim, medical director of trauma for the Orlando Regional Medical Center, visited the hospital. At first, everything was relatively calm and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. But he was one of many clinicians who helped victims of a mass shooting at Pulse, an Orlando gay nightclub, which left 49 dead and 53 injured. “Once I opened the doors to the infirmary, it was obvious that it was something on a larger scale than I expected and what we had seen before,” Ibrahim said. (Devereaux, 6/10)
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