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The latest study on the nursing staffing crisis in Michigan is not the result of the pandemic, but rather working conditions. WEMU’s Cathy Shafran has more.
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Chelsea Hospital has announced it will close its adult inpatient behavioral health unit at the end of the year. WEMU's Taylor Pinson reports.
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Michigan Medicine and Sparrow Health System are now under one umbrella. As we hear from WEMU’s Cathy Shafran, the merger received regulatory approval and went into effect on April 1st.
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The Michigan Academy of Family Physicians is sounding the alarm about a potential crisis in the health care industry. WEMU's Josh Hakala reports.
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One hospital system across Michigan has begun the process of eliminating midwives from their birthing centers. It is a move being seen with alarm by professional nurse midwives in Washtenaw County. WEMU’s Cathy Shafran talks to Lee Roosevelt, the President of the Michigan affiliate of the American College of Nurse Midwives, about the impact on local birthing centers as the Ascension hospitals in Michigan begin eliminating their midwife staff.
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Michigan Medicine unveiled a new mobile mammography unit in Ypsilanti on Wednesday. WEMU's Josh Hakala reports.
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A Democratic state lawmaker from Washtenaw County has introduced legislation to remove a 1931 felony abortion law from the Michigan Corrections codes. As WEMU’s Cathy Shafran reports, the move comes in the same week as the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision.
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Using all art forms, art + creative therapy is an integrative mental health and human services profession used in treating people of all ages. Though used in the majority of health care settings, unlike other medical practices, it remains unlicensed as a practice. Michigan Senator Jeff Irwin has introduced legislation to change that in Michigan. Listen in as he joins "creative:impact" host Deb Polich, and they discuss his reason for supporting this legislation.
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In addition to the purchase of Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital, the University of Michigan Board of Regents, on Thursday, also approved about $35- million-dollars to relocate and expand services at the health systems' Ypsilanti Health Care facility. WEMU’s Cathy Shafran has more.
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An Ann Arbor doctor is being credited with research that could change the way oxygen levels are registered for people of color. WEMU’s Cathy Shafran explains.