KarlPK says:
Very good comments below from Steve White.
I think it is troubling that we have moved into the realm where so many issues are viewed through the prism of racism. The issues are very complex, and any discussion that zeroes in on a handful of emotionally inflammatory “causes” risks being superficial at best, misleading at worst. Moreover, many of the complaints are purely anecdotal.
First, we hear that people have “the heightened burdens to convince providers that their conditions are real.” That is a purely perceptual conclusion, not a scientific one. In the spirit of journalistic speculation, perhaps individuals who go to doctors simply can’t be helped right now, given the incomplete and fragmentary state of knowledge about “long covid,” and therefore misinterpret that as callous indifference. It’s not surprising then that we have a White person quoted who feels the same way. Oh, well onto the next issue!
Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez
Occupation: President of the NYS Nurses Association and has worked at the Montefiore Hospital for over 30 years
Quote from the interview: “We think that health care equity is critical. We think that everybody has the right to health care; that it is a human right. Everybody has the right to have a nurse when that patient needs a nurse and we are very committed to that. It is a beautiful profession and it is an honor to be a nurse. There is nothing like it so I highly recommend it for people who are interested in caring for people.,” Gonzalez said.
Modeling Success
3D printing and surgical planning are keys to a successful face and double-hand transplant.
A surgical team of 16 led by Eduardo D. Rodriguez, MD, DDS, and a support staff of 80 was in the operating room at NYU Langone Health’s Kimmel Pavilion in August 2020 when it completed the first-ever successful face and double-hand transplant. The operation took 23 hours to complete. Surgical planning was a key to its success, and imaging and 3D printing were keys to the planning, says Alyssa Glennon, principal engineer for business development at Materialise, which provided the 3D planning and printing tools.
The patient, Joe DiMeo, 22, had been critically injured in a car accident in July 2018. The accident happened on his way home from his night shift. The roll-over crash left DiMeo with third-degree burns covering 80% of his body. DiMeo was rescued from his burning car by rhythm and blues singer Ted Wizard Mills, original lead singer of the group Blue Magi
No hospital in New Jersey received a failing grade in the latest round of safety scoring released by The Leapfrog Group. But more than a dozen facilities fell short of an A or B grade.
In the spring 2021 report released Thursday, 26 of New Jersey s 68 acute-care hospitals (38%) received an A for their ability to protect patients from avoidable infections, injuries and errors. Another 38% received a B from Leapfrog, a nonprofit watchdog organization representing health care consumers and purchasers.
Ten hospitals improved upon their grade from fall 2020, and four hospitals moved down a grade.
Based on the percentage of A grade hospitals, New Jersey moved from 17th to 14th in the nation. Saint Barnabas Medical Center, located in Livingston, is one of just 27 hospitals in the country to have achieved straight A grades since Leapfrog began grading in 2012.
New Jersey hospitals were given top ratings by The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization that assesses quality and safety, with 26 garnering "straight As."