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Twin boys found dead inside car at South Carolina day care

By Veronica Tan 2 days ago

Investigators say twin 20-month-old boys found dead inside a car in the parking lot of a South Carolina day care had likely been in the hot SUV for more than nine hours

September 2, 2021, 8:04 PM

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BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. — Twin 20-month-old boys found dead inside a car in the parking lot of a South Carolina day care were likely in the hot SUV for more than nine hours, authorities said Thursday.

A parent discovered the toddlers in rear-facing seats shortly after arriving

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20-month-old twin boys found dead in car outside South Carolina day care, officials say

By Veronica Tan 1 week ago

Twin 20-month-old boys were found dead inside a car in the parking lot of a South Carolina day care center, the Richland County coroner said.

The discovery was made just after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Sunshine House Early Learning Academy in Blythewood. Emergency medical services arrived at the location roughly 10 minutes later and pronounced the toddlers dead at the scene, coroner Naida Rutherford said at a news conference Thursday.

Authorities believe the toddlers, identified as Bryson and Brayden McDaniel, had been in the vehicle for more than nine hours.

Rutherford said they were found in rear-facing car seats in

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QuadMed Adds Accomplished Health Care Executives to Leadership Team | National News

By Veronica Tan 3 months ago

SUSSEX, Wis., June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — QuadMed, LLC, a subsidiary of Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE: QUAD) (“Quad”), a leader in employer-powered health and wellness solutions, has announced the appointments of Kathryn Quadracci Flores, M.D., John Bustle, MD, MHCM and Shannon Clark, DNP, FNP to leadership positions on the company’s executive team. These experienced health care executives will lead strategies focused on continued growth and expansion including innovative approaches to the changing health care environment and employer expectations for cost containment, health improvement and an exceptional patient experience.

Kathryn Quadracci Flores, MD, President

Dr. Flores, who

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State launches dashboard for long-term care generator status

By Veronica Tan 4 months ago

FLORIDA — Making sure all long-term care facilities have a generator, especially ahead of hurricane season, is key to resident safety and also a requirement by the state. You’ll be able to check if your loved one’s facility complies by using a new database now available to the public. 

What You Need To Know

  • The state has launched a database showing the generator status of all long-term care facilities

  • Generators are now required at all long-term care facilities

  • The database is available to the public

  • More than a dozen people died at a South Florida facility that lost power during
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E-rounding dashboard improves patient care

By Veronica Tan 4 months ago

Nurses and other staff on the Sanford Health Innovation Unit in Fargo are testing a unique electronic rounding dashboard that displays when each patient had their last hourly visit, or care round, from a nurse.

It’s the brainchild of Heather Perez, MSN, RN-BC, a nursing practice specialist, who looks for ways to use technology to improve patient care and reduce some of the burden on nurses.

“You lose track of time. You don’t realize how fast the time flies by,” she said of patient rounding. “We’re all so busy that sometimes it just doesn’t happen.”

Rounding involves stopping by a

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New behavioral health dashboard to help improve care, services

By Veronica Tan 4 months ago

Just in time for Mental Health Awareness Month, a new data dashboard tracking behavioral health provides key information and statistics on substance use, homelessness and mental health in Hawaiʻi. The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH), in partnership with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center on Aging, Pacific Health Analytics Collaborative (PHAC), has launched the Hawaiʻi Behavioral Health Dashboard. This new online tool tracks progress toward improving our system of care and services provided in each of these three areas.

“This new resource is a ‘one-stop shop’ for anyone needing information on behavioral

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