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

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for physicians to order tests and then fail to follow up on results — often due to the sheer volume of patients that the physician sees. However, Dr P, who had an extremely high caseload at the medical center, failed to follow up on this finding. Some follow up on results.

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Consumers Rank Healthcare Experiences in the Bottom-Third of All Industries – the ACSI 2021-2022 Index

Health Populi

While consumers’ satisfaction with inpatient care experiences improved a few points over the past year, health insurance and hospitals still fall in the bottom-third of all industries with which people interact, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Insurance and Health Care Study 2021-2022.

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Health Care Planning for 2022 – Start with a Pandemic, Then Pivot to Health and Happiness

Health Populi

By casting my eyeballs in different directions across the health/care ecosystem, I came up with the following data-driven plotline for your 2022 strategic and scenario planning toolkit… The pandemic persists. Mortality will be up in the U.S. As we all enter 2022, we can all use a dose of joy and self-compassion.

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Mental Health at CES 2022 – The Consumer’s Context for Wellbeing in the New Year

Health Populi

And about one-in-three Americans has made a 2022 New Year’s resolution involving some aspect of mental health, the American Psychiatric Association noted approaching the 2021 winter holiday season. Mental health spiked up for virtual visits and to this day, is among the medical services in highest demand for virtual platforms.

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The 2022 US Health System Report Card: Pretty Terrific If You Live in Hawaii or Massachusetts

Health Populi

states to live in for health and health care are Hawaii, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Washington, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Maryland… Those are the top health system rankings in the new 2022 Scorecard on State Health System Performance annual report from the Commonwealth Fund. The best U.S.

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In Search of Clinical Effectiveness, But “Investment Exuberance?” Not So Much. Insights From FINN Partners and Galen Growth at HLTH 2022

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While venture funding for digital health technology declined globally by 35% in the first three quarters of 2022 compared with 2021, this marks a “return to normal” based on the assessment in the Global State of Digital Health Report from FINN Partners and Galen Growth, published today and launched during the HLTH 2022 conference.

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2022: Showing Up

Setting Sights

But, we will never experience those great life lessons, if we never show up to stuff. I had dawdled, in somewhat a deep, drifting thought, up to the muddy cornfields behind the house, crops not yet budded, streaks of morning grey and damp brown for miles up ahead. In brutal honesty, 2022 turned out to be the hardest year yet.