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New Research Highlights Two Local Governments That Have Successfully Implemented Employee Financial Wellness Programs

October 1, 2020
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| Health And Wellness

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As many state and local employees face increased financial challenges and stress amid the coronavirus pandemic, a new report provides examples of two local jurisdictions that have successfully implemented financial literacy and education programs to help improve the financial security of their workforce and the surrounding communities.

Sponsored by the Wells Fargo Foundation and conducted by the Center for State and Local Government Excellence (SLGE), Case Studies Of Successful Local Government Financial Wellness Programs, is available here.

The report highlights two local governments that have successfully implemented financial wellness programs to address the needs and preferences of their respective workforces – one in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, and the other in Denver, Colorado. The case studies describe the programs implemented, outcomes, challenges each jurisdiction faced, and lessons learned.

While the geographic and demographic characteristics of the two jurisdictions and their approaches

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The UK Government’s Department of Health have ordered 11,000 iPads to allow Senior Home Patients stay in Touch with Family

September 28, 2020
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It was reported in the UK yesterday that free iPads will be given out to thousands of care homes to help residents keep in touch with relatives under government plans to prevent another surge in coronavirus deaths.

 

Up to 11,000 tablets are being made available at a total cost of £7.5 million (US$9.66 million) amid fears the sector will be hit by a second wave of Covid-19 over the winter.

 

The giveaway was announced a week after the government’s Adult Social Care Winter Plan set out tighter controls for visits to residents. Care homes in local lockdown areas will have to restrict access to “exceptional circumstances” only, such as when a person is nearing the end of their life.

 

It comes after the government was heavily criticized for failing to protect care homes during the height of the pandemic six months ago. Thousands of hospital patients were discharged into homes

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Brussels Report: Governments’ Concerns Rise About Pandemic Cyberattacks on Health Care

September 27, 2020
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| Health Facts

A surge in cyberattacks on medical facilities during the pandemic has alarmed national governments. The potential consequences were highlighted last week with the death of a woman after she was turned away from a German hospital that had been struck by ransomware.

“There is growing recognition that we need stronger protections… If coronavirus testing has to stop because computers freeze or are under ransomware or [denial-of-service cyberattacks] and can’t function properly for days or weeks, that can have serious repercussions for patients,” said Kubo Macak, a legal adviser at the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Medical institutions faced an onslaught of hacking attempts as the coronavirus spread this year, ranging from ransomware attacks on hospitals to espionage campaigns targeting pharmaceutical companies developing vaccines. Ransomware crippled servers at University Hospital Düsseldorf this month, prompting the hospital to send emergency patients to other facilities. One woman died during the delay in

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