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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 1, Part 1)

Mad in America

Healthcare is Broken: How to Fix It. ” —attributed to Mark Twain What are some of the sources of much of the poor quality and costly healthcare in the U.S. healthcare (17% of GDP and climbing). The Peterson Center of Healthcare reports that the U.S. healthcare bill is only exceeded by the approximately $3.8

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2025 Staffing Trends in the Healthcare Industry

PsychStaffing Blog

As a leader in the healthcare recruitment industry , PsychStaffing is committed to supporting the highest quality mental health care in the communities we serve. Healthcare professionals are cautious of its use in direct patient care, but its definitely a trend in recruiting that has staying power.

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Why Facilities Work with Healthcare Staffing Agencies

PsychStaffing Blog

A medical staffing agency uses a large network of qualified candidates to fill open positions at healthcare facilities. But what is different about staffing agencies that specialize in healthcare? Gain Access to A Wider Network The pool of talent in the healthcare field evolves quickly faster than most internal teams can keep up with.

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The U.S. Disconnecting & Numbing Epidemic: The Culprit and Our Options

Mad in America

To make the megamachine work efficiently, people are dehumanized to be machine cogs, and Mumford describes the structure that makes it possible for authoritarian control over large populations be it in a labor machine, a military machine, a school machine, or a healthcare machine. There are of course different experiences of the megamachine.

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The Connection Cure: An Interview with Julia Hotz

Mad in America

” Then I realized you’re quite young and came of age with social media and a more technologically connected world. But we haven’t really heard about what healthcare is going to do to make those benefits more accessible to patients. There’s a whole generation that doesn’t remember life before the internet.

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Mental Health App That Cost Australian Taxpayers $33m Did Not Result in ‘Clinical Outcomes’

Mad in America

From The Guardian : “A government-funded mental health platform, primarily owned by PwC and the University of Sydney, ‘does not seem to have demonstrated clinical outcomes of healthcare value,’ a study has found. Researchers, led by Associate Prof Jeffrey Looi from the Australian National University’s school of medicine.

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Advantages And Disadvantages For In-Person Treatments And Telehealth

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

Healthcare is evolving rapidly, offering patients the flexibility to choose between in-person medical visits and telehealth consultations. While traditional face-to-face healthcare has long been the standard, telemedicine services have revolutionized how people access care. But which one is better? Advantages of In-Person Treatments 1.