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Doctor’s Failure to Follow Up on Medical Test Leads to Large Settlement

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

Ordering diagnostic tests is a standard procedure for physicians; yet if the test results aren’t reviewed and acted upon, what was the point of ordering the test? “ Physicians who overlook test results do their patients a disservice — possibly a fatal one. Some would be on top of their own diagnostic tests.

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Trust My Doctor and Fear the Office: The Telehealth Opportunity in and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

Health Populi

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. One-half of people said they were comfortable using the technology, shown in the third graphic from the ACHP/AMCP survey.

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Top 3 RDA Registered Dental Assistant Exam Study Guides

MedCerts

These practice tests will help bridge the gap between study sessions and the actual exam day. While the questions you'll encounter are unique to the practice test and won't appear on the real exam, they provide realistic insight into what to expect. All practice tests are available online 24/7.

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Genentech’s Look Into the Mirror of Health Inequities

Health Populi

Medically disenfranchised patients are not participating in clinical trials, vaccinations, and testing due to lack of trust. Trust is the killer app for health engagement: some 1 in 3 medically disenfranchised patients don’t participate in clinical trials, don’t get vaccinated, and don’t get tested for medical conditions due to lack of trust.

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The Words I Thought I’d Never Say – ‘I’m Going Back To Medical School’

Setting Sights

It was also a year where Christmas and New Year were seen through a tired and painful fog from the hospital bed, barely being able to keep my eyes open, testing positive for COVID-19 just before the year’s end, which then had me developing blood clots and pulmonary embolisms, seeing death on our wards like I had never seen before.

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One Pandemic, A Million Mind-Games

Setting Sights

The Consultant had previously told me on ward-rounds, “You made yourself come in. Just one month after my diagnosis, still bedbound and in hospital, I tested positive for COVID-19, just a few days after Christmas Day. From then on, there were occasions where I had to remove my hearing-aids during the ward-round.

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2021: Lessons from Loss – ‘Never Give Up’

Setting Sights

And 2020-2021 has been no exception. The patients on my new ward befriended me, taking in turns to do the coffee rounds to the downstairs café, making sure I heard the nurses and could reach my call-bell, all whilst I remained sunken and immobile in my new bed, yet another new home. 2021 hasn’t been my best year. Nor was 2020.