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Meet Nancy Colobong Smith, American Nephrology Nurses Association’s President-Elect 2023-24

Minority Nurse

She is the national president-elect 2023-24 of the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA). My role includes staff training, patient education, regulatory compliance, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and research. Please tell me about your role now and how your career brought you to this place.

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“Your care, your way:” Learning from the Philips Future Health Index 2023

Health Populi

On the demand side, patients are taking on more demanding roles as consumers with high expectations for service, convenience, and safe care delivered closer to home — or at home. This dynamic informs The Future Health Index 2023 report from Philips, launched this week at HIMSS 2023.

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University of Washington School of Medicine Secondary Application Tips and Deadlines [2023-2024]

Accepted Blog

News & World Report , it looks for applicants who have a strong interest in patient education and community health. overall In 2023-2024, U.S. Given that the University of Washington School of Medicine ( UWSOM ) is ranked number-one in primary care by U.S. The Casper test is also required. Applying to UWSOM?

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Leveraging Your Status as an Older Nurse

Minority Nurse

Age and the Nursing Shortage According to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing 2020 National Nursing Workforce Survey conducted in partnership with The National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers (the 2022 study results will be released sometime in 2023), the median age of RNs is 52, up from 51 in 2017.

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How AI Technology Could Be Eroding Consumers’ Trust in Health Care

Health Populi

consumers said the don’t trust the information enough to use GenAI for health or wellness purposes compared with 23% who didn’t trust the data in 2023 — those 7 percentage points representing a 30% “skepticism” growth. We see that in 2024, 30% of U.S. About 1 in 4 people in the U.S.

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AI is the New Health Literacy Challenge for Patients and the Health/Care Industry

Health Populi

Welcome to the new health literacy challenge the health care sector will have to deal with, and soon: lack of patients’ awareness of AI, its promises and pitfalls. “It is imperative to prioritize patient education regarding this technology,” Urte Jakimaviciute of GlobalData asserted based on the study findings.

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Will ambient clinical intelligence solve healthcare’s documentation problem? 

Mobius MD

The democratization of generative AI in 2023 led to many new players in the space, but a few companies have been working on ACI for nearly a decade. A 2023 survey of primary care physicians found that 33% had tried an AI-powered medical scribe solution but weren’t especially satisfied.