@kurtsh@mastodon.socialEvery Senate Republican voted to screw lower & middle class Americans by doubling or even tripling their costs for healthcare, with millions losing #healthcare ENTIRELY...
... all so the govt can pay for TRILLIONS in tax cuts for billionaires & the ultra-wealthy. No, seriously. This is REAL. All under
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyzAnyone working in #hospice care in the UK, this might be of interest: pilot courses for teams of 6 to 12 people, on how to use "Clean Language" in conversations about end-of-life care.
1 day in-person, or 2 x half a day if online. CPD certificate.
"Clean Language" is about how you can talk with people and listen to people without accidentally bringing in your own baggage when you didn't mean to.
This skill can help you reach clearer/deeper understanding of other people's worlds. And it can mean you're less likely to set off unnecessary disagreements, so that conversations go more smoothly.
Pilot aimed at South West, Yorkshire & North East. I asked Judy why those areas in particular, and she said those are areas where they're building up "clusters of expertise", but actually it could be any UK end-of-life group.
(I slightly know Judy from having been to a little community event of hers about Clean Language in healthcare. And we have colleagues in common.)
#SouthWestEngland #Yorkshire #NorthEastEngland #healthcare #HospiceCare #death #dying #EndOfLife #communication #CleanLanguage #England #UK
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsIn the past, I've tried registering for a specialist doctor appointment over the Internet a few times. The results were roughly:
• e-registration available for gynecologist only
• license expired
• e-registration available only for new patients (I needed a followup visit)
• the only available time is 6 AM on Saturday — not that I'd mind, but I wasn't sure it was a real appointment
#Poland #HealthCare
@shaun@mastodon.xyzNew #RFKJr #healthcare plan just dropped
@UP8@mastodon.social🩹 Wearable blood pressure monitor attaches like a bandage for real-time continuous measurement
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-wearable-blood-pressure-bandage-real.html
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyzA snippet I wrote elsewhere earlier today, thinking in particular about dentists:
What I'm acutely aware of at the moment is the chasm between "willing to accommodate what you explicitly ask for" and "understands the parameters of the risk".
If they don't make the effort to grasp the logic of it themself, if they're just humouring you to be nice or doing what someone once told them to do, then there's only one brain in the game (yours). You have to be on alert the whole time for the mistakes that their ignorance lets them make, and you can't trust in anything they do when you're not looking.
I do appreciate it when people are like "what do you need" - obviously that's better than "you weirdo" - but what I'm really looking for is someone who _already knows_ how this works, and I don't have to watch them like a hawk for where their ignorance is going to put me at risk.
#healthcare #dentists #covid #science
@paulbusch@mstdn.caGood Morning #Canada
The Canadian Universal Healthcare system has been under tremendous stress since COVID, and it's easy to have the impression today that it is broken. IMO, I would characterize it as bent or wounded as it continues to provide medical services that save lives. This article points out that several of Canada’s hospitals rank amongst the world's best , particularly in cancer and cardiac treatment. Let's continue to fight to improve our current system and vote out any clown (cough... Ford... cough) that threatens to erode the universal affordability principle through privatization.
#CanadaIsAwesome #Healthcare #FuckCancer
https://www.uhn.ca/corporate/news/pages/uhn-canadas-top-hospital-ranks-third-in-the-world.aspx
@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz"It is November of 2020. I wake up, eat some pancakes, slam a coffee down, and toss on a wrinkled hoodie and a fleece hat."
#covid #vaccines #hospitals #healthcare
