Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Consumers’ wellness life-flows and demands in 2023 will go well beyond exercise resolutions, eating more greens, and intermittent fasting as a foodstyle. The 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer found that scientists are the most-trusted institutional leader this year, ranked above all other leader types.

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Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Oxygen therapy, or the administration of medical oxygen, has increasingly been used to treat various medical conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer, and cystic fibrosis. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Medication 103

Sensible Medicine

MARCH 25, 2025

For example, a systematic review of medical journals found only 0.6% For example, the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research settled HIPAA violations for $3.9 Take electronic health records (EHRs) – a decade ago, they were touted as the 21st-century upgrade to medical practice. Yet this gold mine is mostly fools gold.

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Accepted Blog

MARCH 30, 2024

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Secondary Application Essay Tips [2023-2024] The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine places special emphasis on the relationships formed during medical school between classmates and faculty. Students join one of four colleges on campus to participate in small group learning activities.

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Scrubs

JUNE 29, 2023

If this trend holds, pickleball-related injuries are expected to cost the country somewhere between $250 million and $500 million this year alone, representing 5% to 10% of total unexpected medical costs. The authors of the report estimate that there will be 66,750 ER visits and 366,186 outpatient visits from pickleball in 2023.

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Medication 188

The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 22, 2024

Email accounts have been compromised at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority and the Medical Home Network in Illinois. 20, 2023, and Dec. Suspicious activity was identified in MHN’s email environment on or around October 11, 2023.

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The American Association of Medical Assistants® (AAMA) Board of Trustees, other AAMA volunteer leaders, and AAMA staff salute all medical assistants on this 2023 Medical Assistants Recognition Day—October 18, 2023.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

Several class action lawsuits have been filed against City of Hope National Medical Center, a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer treatment and research center, over a recently disclosed data breach that exposed the protected health information of more than 827,000 individuals.

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KevinMD.com

APRIL 16, 2024

A recent New York Times opinion piece detailed a lack of available pain medications. While the DEA claims that it is not purposefully restricting legitimate medication availability, even the names of its own operations belie this statement.

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Medication 111

The HIPAA Journal

MAY 6, 2024

Marlton, NJ-based Continuum Health Alliance has recently confirmed that it has experienced a security incident that exposed the data of 377,119 patients of its client, Consensus Medical Group, a physician-owned medical group in Evesham, NJ.

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Medication HIPAA Tests Follow-Up 120

Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

So here, in honor of the start of spring training, when pitchers and catchers report for duty, a Friday Reflection that I first posted on Feb 17, 2023. I’m embarrassed to think how deep I was into my medical career when the time I’d spent in the hospital surpassed the time I’d spent on ball fields.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 30, 2024

Every patient’s journey through the healthcare system is different, but patients on specialty medications need extra support with navigating both […] The article Year in Review: Five Trends that Impacted Patient Services in 2023 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

“Businesses which have witnessed a rise in brand value…have all transcended their established category norms and play a more significant and meaningful role in society and consumers’ lives,” we learn in the Interbrand Best Global Brands 2023 report, subtitled, “How Iconic Brands Lead Across Arenas.

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Communication Medication Patient Experience 93

The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 19, 2025

The compromised email account was reviewed and found to contain patients full names, addresses, dates of birth, medical and treatment information, dates of service, provider and facility names, procedure codes, billing and claims information, patient account identifiers, and payor information.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Doctors’ use of and demand for augmented intelligence in medical practice is on the rise — with many factors that could bolster or risk adoption on the journey toward AI in the doctor’s office, based on the latest survey from the American Medical Association (AMA) published this week. The AMA polled U.S.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Enter the era of medical distancing, a cousin to the physical distancing health citizens collectively experienced — that is, staying physically away from brick-and-mortar medical encounters. Remember that Telehealth Is Health this Telehealth Awareness Week for 2023… and ongoing.

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Accepted Blog

MAY 31, 2024

The process of applying to medical school is already stressful. And since selection committees are looking for evidence that you are ready for medical school, applying with a low science GPA can make the process even more nerve-wracking. In fact, in a 2023 study of 128 U.S. Consider applying to osteopathic (DO) medical schools.

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 28, 2024

In June 2023 , the same was recommended to adults. Medical illness, other psychiatric illness, and life circumstances can lead to positive results on the PHQ-9. The FDA recently approved escitalopram for pediatric generalized anxiety disorder based on an 8-week trial that found the medication increased suicidal ideation 6.5-fold

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Scrubs

MARCH 6, 2023

The cops could see that the woman was in distress and told her she might be having a medical emergency. On February 19, 2023, Ms. They escorted her to a local hospital where she was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor before undergoing surgery to have the mass removed.

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This requirement encompasses allied health professions such as medical assisting. The United States Department of Education (USDE) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would impose new requirements on academic programs that “prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation,” which became final Oct.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

health care’s negative-sum game, stakeholders who survive and win that game will have to deliver value-for-money, we learn from Trilliant Health’s 2023 Trends Shaping the Health Economy Report. adults saying inflation has made it harder to pay medical bills.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Welcome to Kaufman Hall’s eighth annual study culminating in the 2023 State of the Healthcare Consumer Report. That led Kaufman Hall to conclude the 2023 report with 5 benefits of a consumer-centric, relationship-driven model — the fifth of which is, “Improved ability to compete with potential disrupters.”

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Mobius MD

APRIL 8, 2025

Consider this when you bill for a house call Medicare reimburses providers for home visits only if they are medically necessary. Healthcare.gov defines medically necessary services as services or supplies that are needed to diagnose or treat a medical condition and that meet accepted standards of medical practice.

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Health Prime

AUGUST 22, 2024

Medical coding consists of transforming healthcare diagnoses, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal alphanumeric codes. According to Grand View Research , the medical coding market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.85% from 2023 to 2030.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

There was no letup in cyberattacks on healthcare organizations in 2023, which set two new records – The most reported data breaches and the most breached records. In 2023, 725 data breaches were reported to OCR and across those breaches, more than 133 million records were exposed or impermissibly disclosed. In 2023, 79.7%

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Every year when American Thanksgiving weekend comes along, you’ll find folks involved in digital imaging flocking to chilly Chicago to convene at McCormick Place for the 2023 annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America — RSNA for short.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 15, 2023

She is the national president-elect 2023-24 of the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA). My current role is as the Clinical Nurse Specialist and ARNP for Renal, Dialysis, and Transplant at the University of Washington Medical Center. Please tell me about your role now and how your career brought you to this place.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The CTA report delves into many consumer-facing tech categories: I will focus on my wheelhouse here for health-medical technology. CTA assessed U.S. CTA assessed U.S.

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Scrubs

MAY 6, 2023

Their responsibilities include creating individualized care plans for students with medical needs. The school district reported 7,236 clinical visits during the 2022-2023 school year. ” The district administered medication 7,480 times during that time. That’s nearly twice the number of students enrolled.

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EvidenceCare

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The panel featured Jackie Kimmel , Senior Director of Strategy Catalyst for The Health Management Academy , Dr. Adam Fall , Corporate Medical Director of Utilization Management at Erlanger , and Dr. Jeny McNair , President and Chief Physician Advisor at Physician Advisory Services of Med-Metrix. For Star Ratings specifically, CMS spent $12.8

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Health Prime

JUNE 6, 2024

As we enter Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month 2024 , it’s imperative to underscore the importance of effective medical billing practices in providing quality care for individuals affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. In 2023, Alzheimer’s and other dementias cost the nation $345 billion.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2022

debt) by type: a low credit score, medical debt in collections, nonmedical debt in collections, bankruptcy, and any delinquent debt across all types. The actual costs calculated for any medical debt was an increase of 60% for individuals with no (0) chronic conditions at $784 rising to $1,252 for people with 7 to 13 conditions.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 9, 2023

With the HLTH 2023 Conference meeting up in Vegas these past couple of days, this “what if” scenario can be constructed with announcements coming out of the meeting, coupled with recent developments in the larger health/care ecosystem. .” Building Blocks for the Scenario appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JUNE 12, 2024

More Americans had insurance in 2023 than at any other time in the nation’s history, spurring medical utilization and accelerating healthcare spending faster than growth in the overall economy, according to government projections.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 24, 2023

Do you know the estimated revenue generated in 2023 from the healthcare industry will be around?$63.9 Medical businesses spend around 10% to 15% of […] The article Top 5 Healthcare Marketing Ideas appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter.

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Medication 132

The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 1, 2025

On October 9, 2023, Azura Vascular Care identified suspicious network activity, with the forensic investigation confirming that hackers had access to its network between September 27, 2023, and October 9, 2023, during which time they potentially stole the protected health information of patients.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

consumers will continue to spend their disposable incomes on connected consumer devices, but will be looking for more balance in their digital lives according to Deloitte’s fourth annual 2023 Connected Consumer Survey. adults in the second quarter of 2023. For the survey, Deloitte polled 2,018 U.S. While 2 in 3 U.S.

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