19 Labs

JULY 20, 2021

SAN MATEO, CA — JULY 20, 2021 — The hospital-at-home trend is rapidly changing the healthcare industry globally and throughout the Gulf countries. Healthcare companies are now moving quickly to provide full care in patients’ homes, rural communities, schools, and pharmacies using the latest diagnostic devices combined with telehealth.

Vital Signs 80

Vital Signs Diagnostics Tests Hospital 80

Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Nurses Service Organization (NSO) and CNA have published the new edition of the Nurse Practitioner Professional Liability Exposure Claim Report analyzing 232 closed professional liability claims against NPs, student NPs, and NPs covered through a CNA-insured healthcare business over five years (2017-2021).

Vital Signs 98

Vital Signs Documentation Diagnostics Patient Safety 98

Health Populi

MAY 21, 2020

One in 5 of people with health insurance were concerned about losing their health plan in the next six months as the coronavirus heats up, recedes, and may re-emerge in the fourth quarter of 2020 into 2021.

Insurance 161

Insurance Tests Follow-Up Huddles/Rounds 161

Health Populi

MARCH 18, 2024

The most common home-test by far has been for COVID-19, with other kinds of DTC diagnostic testing still lagging well behind. We first note overall that fewer patients, year on year 2021-2023, seem willing to share data with ANY entity.

Patient Experience 90

Patient Experience Tests Diagnostics Insurance 90

Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 14, 2024

A 2021 AAP article by Parks and colleagues says, “Lack of uniformity in defining and classifying SUID is a long-standing limitation of surveillance. Only 23% of all cases across all seven states did genetic testing. According to CDC data , 544 infants died per 100,000 live births in 2021.

Unit Organization and Environment 72

Unit Organization and Environment Tests Diagnostics Certification 72

Minority Nurse

AUGUST 28, 2023

There is currently no specific test to identify Lipedema. Imaging studies like ultrasound, MRI, lymphoscintigraphy, and lymphangiogram may be helpful, although test results may appear normal in the earlier stages. Remember that the FDA does not test supplements, so there is no way to know possible side effects. Epub 2021 May 28.

Tests 98

Tests Medication Communication Diagnostics 98

Health Populi

JANUARY 27, 2022

.” AdWeek said that the female-led creative team has crafted “the crown jewel of Hologic’s ‘Well-Woman’ campaign” to promote diagnostic screening and early detection of disease. Note that in the world’s wealthiest economies, the score is only 61 compared with 49 in low-income countries.

Diagnostics 62

Diagnostics Collaboration Tests Medication 62

Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It’s been a few years since I first heard about the Galleri test produced by the Menlo Park startup Grail. Galleri is a blood-based screening test for cancer. For a couple of reasons, I didn’t work very hard to learn about the Galleri test. Second, I was worried that this test might have real promise.

Tests 141

Tests Follow-Up Diagnostics Medication 141

Sensible Medicine

JULY 11, 2023

How large a number needed to screen is too large for a test to be acceptable? If we are to reach agreement on the benefit of cancer screening, thus enabling guideline committees to speak with one voice, we must agree on what constitutes an effective screening test and on how much we, as a nation, are willing to pay for it.

Tests 57

Tests Diagnostics Follow-Up Medication 57