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A New Health Literacy Pillar: Personal Data Stewardship

Health Populi

Alissa Knight , an expert on hacking and cybersecurity, conducted this research by first downloading 30 mHealth apps in collaboration with the companies, to do penetration testing of their apps and APIs. While a social security number can fetch $1 by a data evil-doer, a credit card can score $110, and a full medical record as much as $1,000.

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SWAT RNs: Supporting Bedside Leaders with Clinical Judgment

Minority Nurse

Having identified an early condition decline, bedside nurse leaders working in various clinical settings collaboratively work with SWAT RNs to promptly stabilize and prevent patient injury and death. Early detection of patients experiencing physical decline is the hallmark of the SWAT RN role. and HgB- 7.2

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“The Front Line Is Shrinking:” Nurses Re-Imagine Nursing at the #NurseHack4Health Hackathon

Health Populi

While nurses were in short supply before 2020, the coronavirus pandemic and stress on front-line health care workers exacerbated the shortage of nursing staff globally. I collaborated on Track 4, which featured four fascinating and creative solutions with unique and compelling approaches for their hacks.

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Home Health CoPs Update: New Opportunities for OTs

Relias

During her presentation, Vance explained the progression of rules allowing therapists to conduct the home health admission visit. The challenges of the pandemic and the introduction of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) in 2020 strained home health agencies’ capacity to initiate the start of care in the timely manner required.

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Behind the Screen But Not Behind the Scenes: Virtual Nurses Provide Clinical Support, Additional Expertise

Minority Nurse

million from March 2020 to February 2021. Immediate Access to Clinical Support Virtual nurses regularly assist with tasks that do not require physical proximity to the patient, such as patient-family education, completing admission and discharge tasks, and participating in two-person verification processes. Numbers skyrocketed from 2.1

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Friday Reflection #26: General Internal Medicine in the Time of COVID

Sensible Medicine

MJ is a 24-year-old man who presents to his primary care physician on March 16, 2020 with fever, myalgia, and sore throat. March 2020: COVID strips a veteran physician of his invincibility. Early 2020 was scary. Owing to a collaboration with the Wuhan University Medical School, I had visited Wuhan in 2008 and 2017.

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Reserve Your Spot at Case Western Medical: An Interview with Christian Essman [Episode 571]

Accepted Blog

Show Summary In this episode, Linda Abraham interviews Christian Essman, Senior Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at Case Western Reserve University Medical School. Show Notes Thanks for tuning into the 571st episode of Admissions Straight Talk. Accepted’s med school admissions quiz can give you a quick reality check.