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“That’s nearly 17,000 people dying from prescription opiate overdoses every year. And more than 400,000 go to an emergency room for that reason.” Clinics that dispensed painkillers proliferated with only the loosest of safeguards, until a recent coordinated federal-state crackdown crushed many of the so-called “pill mills.”
Summa Health is a nonprofit integrated healthcare delivery system in Northeast Ohio, United States. [1] The Greater Akron Chamber (Ohio) [2] documents Summa Health as the largest employer in Summit County with more than 7,000 employees. Summa provides comprehensive emergency, acute, critical, outpatient and long-term/home care.
Cordelia (Hancock County) - small town in Orange Township, named Cordelta on some Railroad maps; Crow (Hancock County) - small town in Marion Township; Delaware Town, Ohio - is a ghost town in Coshocton County, Ohio; El Rose (Hancock County) - small town in Orange Township with Rail station but not much business
[9] [10] Access to rural healthcare is limited, as there are approximately 5.1 primary care doctors per 10,000 people, whereas there are 8.0 doctors per 10,000 in urban centers. [11] About 8% of rural counties had no doctors in 2019. [12] Rural communities face lower life expectancy and increased rates of diabetes, chronic disease, and obesity ...
In 2021, the families of roughly 1 in 5 people – or 2.2 million Ohioans – spent more than 10% of their annual household income on out-of-pocket health care costs. This is despite more people ...
“The admission and marketing staff would tell them, ‘This is the new hospice, we are not for dying people, the rules have changed, we can just help you.’” This type of aggressive marketing, a hallmark of the for-profit companies, has changed the industry. Initially, hospice was mostly considered a refuge for cancer patients.
Southern Ohio Medical Center has been recognized as one of FORTUNE Magazine’s Best Places to Work in America for six straight years. [24] In 2013, it came in 29th on the list with FORTUNE noting: “Employees are proud to work for a medical provider that has won numerous awards for patient care, a fact that's reflected in its average tenure.
An Ohio man allegedly slammed a 15-month-old girl on the floor after she wouldn’t stop crying, fracturing her skull. Two weeks later, she died of her injuries. The man, Piqua resident Michael ...