- Renown donates $250,000 to wellness center (rgj.com)
Renown Health contributed $250,000 to Northern Nevada HOPES to help build its upcoming community wellness center. To date, HOPES has raised $2.75 million towards its capital campaign goal of $5 million to build the Stacie Mathewson Community Wellness Center.
- Failed Medicaid foot care proposal could cost taxpayers more (reviewjournal.com)
….foot care by podiatrists for adult Medicaid recipients failed to gain the Nevada Legislature’s approval this year…Nevada podiatrists say the state risks spending more money to address bigger problems that could be prevented…Podiatrists say they are…better trained at providing routine foot, toenail and ankle care than general practitioners.
- Marijuana dispensary opening delayed — again (reviewjournal.com)
Clark County officials want to limit the amount any one person can sell to 2½ ounces,...That would make it all but impossible for shops to have enough to open for business and would make required testing prohibitively expensive,.....
- REMSA’s Nurse Health Line awarded first accreditation (rgj.com)
The International Academies of Emergency Dispatch has awarded accreditation as an Emergency Communication Nurse System Accredited Center of Excellence to Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority’s Nurse Health Line. The Nurse Health Line is the first emergency care nurse system in the world to receive this accreditation from IAED.
- Carson City medical marijuana grow site approved (nevadaappeal.com)
A medical marijuana cultivation facility…was approved for a special use permit 4-2 by Carson City’s Planning Commission Wednesday.
- Reasons to Consider Becoming a Pharmacist (blog.roseman.edu)
If you’re interested in going into medicine but you are not particularly interested in becoming a doctor or a nurse, then pharmacy might be the perfect fit for you and your career goals....there are several other reasons to consider becoming a pharmacist.- Helping People -A Wide Range of Career Opportunities - Increasing Demand
- Dating app users say they’re not to blame for STD increase in Southern Nevada (reviewjournal.com)
It’s all fun and games until the itching and burning starts. Ever vigilant public health officials...worry that online dating apps and so-called hook-up websites raise the risk of spreading sexually transmitted diseases. "These websites and apps can be very problematic, especially when we see STDs on the rise here in Clark County...." said Dr. Joe Iser, chief medical officer for the Southern Nevada Health District.
- Northern Nevada HOPES Gets Large Donation (ktvn.com)
U.S. Bank has donated $5.6 million to Northern Nevada HOPES to help with the construction of the new Stacie Mathewson Community Wellness Center....will be Reno's first integrated care facility, where patients will have access to a wide range of medical and wellness services in one location.
- Carson City HHS would lead in disease preparedness (nevadaappeal.com)
..Health and Human Services agency plays a supporting role in the emergency services network, ….HHS isn’t a primary care giver, it does provide Carson City residents a safety net to help meet some of their health and social services needs.....programs are providing the needy with medication, workforce development and training along with periodic job fairs, nutritional services for women, infants and children,…
- Lawsuit accuses Las Vegas surgeons, hospitals of health care fraud (reviewjournal.com)
A California lawsuit accuses two surgeons and four hospitals in Las Vegas of participating in a massive health care fraud scheme that involved implanting counterfeit spinal hardware into unsuspecting patients.