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Kaiser Permanente, UPMC among 13 major health systems to sign interoperability pact with VA

Fierce Healthcare

Thirteen major health systems have signed on to a pledge agreeing to work toward sharing patient care data with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in a bid to improve veterans’ cross-organizat | By working toward seamless, secure data exchange, the organizations hope to better coordinate the care veterans seek from community providers and ensure (..)

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A map of different nursing career paths

The Checkup by Singlecare

They help with day-to-day patient care, including helping patients who can’t perform activities of daily living on their own. The timeline for getting into the workplace varies. Certified nursing assistant (CNA) The certified nursing assistant (CNA) is also called a nursing assistant or nurse’s aide.