Health Care Providers

A notable proportion of health care providers plan to reduce or stop providing HIV care over the next half decade, even as the need for such care is expected to rise, results from a quantitative national survey showed.

There was a “marked decrease” in COVID-19 vaccine uptake among nursing home personnel last season, according to researchers, who attributed the decline to cost and the end of the CMS’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement in mid-2023.

Health care-associated violence in pediatrics often goes unreported and mostly involves people other than the patient, according to findings from two studies published in Pediatrics.

Individuals with skin of color experience barriers to sunscreen usage, warranting dermatologists and other health care providers to address these challenges, according to a study.

In March, the first nonprescription, over-the-counter contraceptive pill became available to buy in stores and online. The progestin-only pill is an important step in boosting access to birth control, according to women’s health providers.

Mistreatment by health care professionals during childbirth is “common” in the U.S., with one in eight women with a live birth in 2020 reporting mistreatment, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Healio released a new resource for health care providers who are interested in using Threads, the newest social media platform.

HONOLULU — Health care providers can gain a deeper understanding of both their own and their patients’ experiences through writing and participating in narrative medicine, according to a session at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

An analysis of the online conversations among health care professionals on social media offered insight into, and sentiment toward, new pharmaceutical product approvals and launches.

SAN FRANCISCO — Many human trafficking victims have contact with health care providers while they are being exploited, making it critical that providers know how to identify and care for them, speakers say in this Healio video.