Healthcare

Don’t let tick bites spoil your summer

It’s early May, the official midpoint of spring! Time for walking in the woods, picnicking in parks and camping under the stars before the intense heat and humidity of summer begins. 

Unfortunately, the mild weather that lures us outside also brings an increase in ticks causing Lyme disease. 

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. It’s a good time to review tick bite prevention, tick removal and symptoms to look for after a bite. 

A bacterial infection most commonly caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, Lyme disease causes flu-like symptoms, joint pain and rashes, often in a bullseye pattern. The illness is transmitted by ticks including the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis). 

Here’s how it happens: Ticks pick up the bacteria that cause Lyme disease when they bite a deer or mouse. Then they transmit the germs to humans by biting unsuspecting hikers, picnickers, campers and the like. As the bacteria travel into your bloodstream, you become ill. …

Fortis Healthcare Solutions launches as a leading force in next generation healthcare

Fortis Healthcare Solutions officially launches today, uniting four industry leaders — AB Staffing Solutions, Adaptive Workforce Solutions, Prime Time Healthcare and Prime Workforce Solutions — under one visionary brand.

By combining decades of expertise and these exceptional brands, Fortis Healthcare Solutions sets the new standard in next-generation healthcare.

“Fortis Healthcare Solutions represents a bold step forward in addressing the critical challenges of healthcare staffing,” said Shawn Roeber, CEO of Fortis Healthcare Solutions. “Founded on empowerment through partnership, the new Fortis family of brands connects healthcare organizations with top-tier talent, empowering professionals and providers. Through strong partnerships, we foster confidence and certainty, ensuring high-quality care and career growth.”

Working with clinicians, clients and employees, Fortis companies deliver tailored support, fostering confidence, certainty and fulfillment at every step. Through specialized expertise, an expansive network and exceptional communication, team members ensure that every position is filled with top-tier professionals, even in the most challenging environments. Read more.

Healthcare boom: New medical facilities plant roots in West Lafayette

Just a stone’s throw from the new Cason Family Park in West Lafayette – a civic space dedicated to recreation and community health – a state-of-the-art structure is heralding a new era for local residents seeking medical care close to home. 

For years, West Lafayette has been known, perhaps unfairly, as a healthcare outpost, a “hospital desert” where residents face a minimum 20-minute drive just to reach an emergency room across the Wabash River in Lafayette. 

That time is drawing to a close. Spurred by economic growth, including the future SK hynix chip factory, a race is on among major health systems to lay down roots in West Lafayette. 

But while some competitors have announced plans for full inpatient hospitals, Franciscan Health is taking a distinctly different approach. Read more.