Sensible Medicine

JULY 26, 2023

In order to practice medicine in 2023, a physician has to constantly be learning– keeping up with the latest drug and device approvals, reading clinical trials, incorporating new prognostic scores, and even learning entirely new or emergent diseases, such as COVID-19. Fourth, and most controversially, is the ABIM’s MOC program.

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 28, 2024

In June 2023 , the same was recommended to adults. None of these trials adequately test or quantify the benefit of postpartum depression screening, not to mention universal depression screening. In October 2022 , the USPSTF recommended childhood anxiety screening starting at eight years old.

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 25, 2023

On April 26, 2023, Bobby Jindal and Chirag Parghi declared, on the opinion pages of the WSJ, that “ Mammograms Can Promote Heart Health.” ” We simply don’t know whether using this test will do more good than harm. ” I’m a doctor who has referred hundreds of women for mammograms.

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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. The post What If We Built a Consumer-Enchanting Health System in the Context of HLTH 2023?

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 6, 2024

Continuum identified unauthorized activity within its network on October 19, 2023, and after taking steps to secure its systems, third-party cybersecurity specialists were engaged to identify the suspicious activity. No financial information or Social Security numbers were present in the file.

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Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The test characteristics of most data from the history is poor. Judging AI’s performance in December of 2023 is like looking at a college applicant’s APGAR scores. Dyspnea is neither sensitive nor specific for pulmonary embolism; (LR+ 1.7, Imagine, now, not even knowing if dyspnea is present or important as a symptoms.

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ACI Medical & Dental School

JANUARY 9, 2025

Phlebotomy Technicians specialize in drawing blood from patients for various medical tests and donations, ensuring patient comfort and sample integrity. Medical Lab Assistants support laboratory professionals by preparing and handling specimens, conducting basic tests, and maintaining lab equipment to ensure accurate diagnostic results.

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Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2023

in 2023, and millions of more people worldwide. Just in time for #ASCO2023, the IQVIA Institute published their annual report on Global Oncology Trends 2023 – Outlook to 2027 , an update featuring pipelines, therapy approvals, research updates, costs of oncology products, and patients. including patients living in the U.S.)

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The HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When diagnoses are reported only using enrollees’ HRAs and HRA-linked chart reviews and there are no follow-up visits, procedures, or tests, HHS-OIG is concerned that the diagnoses may be inaccurate and therefore the payments made by the CMS may be improper. In fiscal year 2023, the CMS identified $12.7

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

2 Common puzzles test diagnostic reasoning. Uncommon puzzles test knowledge of differential diagnoses. My habit is not to order tests at the first visit. I like to write a detailed note to help me think about the case before testing. Diagnostic dilemmas are those which occupy the other three squares of a 2X2 table.

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Milwaukee Career College

OCTOBER 12, 2023

National Medical Assistants Day falls on October 18, 2023, however, many observe the entire third week of October as Medical Assistants Appreciation Week! The post Medical Assistants Recognition Week 2023 appeared first on Milwaukee Career College. What is Medical Assistants Day?

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Accepted Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Show Summary In this episode of Admissions Straight Talk , host Linda Abraham looks back at her predictions for the 2023/2024 application cycle and offers advice for current and future applicants. She reflects on her previous predictions, such as the increase in test options and waivers and the continued use of rankings in admissions.

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The HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 30, 2024

An investigation was launched by the Office of the New York Attorney General (OAG) following an intrusion of Albany ENT & Allergy Services’ network by two different threat actors between March 23, 2023, and April 4, 2023. The first intrusion involved ransomware and was discovered on March 27, 2023, when files were encrypted.

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The Healthcare Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Digital Mental Health Investment (2010-2023 ) Incumbents Build Deep, Startups Go Wide Incumbent scale is infrastructure-heavy, slow, and linear , and focuses on deep integration within their established markets. These incumbents have achieved scale – but not the type of scale that digital health needs to flourish.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 17, 2025

In December 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its strategy for Healthcare Sector Cybersecurity. Those who are not CPG-aware may struggle to compile asset inventories, conduct vulnerability scans and pen tests, and centralize security preparedness planning in the time allowed.

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Health Populi

MARCH 18, 2024

Rock Health offers four key themes coming out of the late 2023 consumer health data: Virtual care has blended into the “modern care paradigm” in the U.S. The most common home-test by far has been for COVID-19, with other kinds of DTC diagnostic testing still lagging well behind. Rock Health polled 8,014 U.S.

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Accepted Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The Casper test is also required. overall In 2023-2024, U.S. UWSOM 2023-2024 Admissions Timeline AMCAS Application Due October 15, 2023; 11:59 pm, EST Secondary Application Due December 1, 2023; 11:59 pm, PST MSTP Supplemental December 30, 2023 Source: UWSOM website Disclaimer: Information is subject to change.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

diagnosis/condition, treatment, test results, medications), and/or health plan information. The breach was detected on June 20, 2023, and it was determined that patient data may have been accessed or acquired by the unauthorized third party, although no specific evidence of data access or data theft was identified.

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Health Populi

JUNE 14, 2023

hospital and health system leaders in March 2023. ” asks the first sentence in a Harvard Business Review essay on How to Tap the Full Potential of Telemedicine in Harvard Business Review (published June 6, 2023). Panda Health collaborated with Sage Growth Partners to assess the perspectives of U.S.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 8, 2024

Introduced in the fall of 2023, CBRN certification spans the entire burn care continuum including prehospital care and initial management, acute and critical care, post-acute rehabilitation, outpatient and community care, and aftercare and reintegration, as well as injury prevention, education, and psychosocial patient and family support.

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The HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Valleygate Dental Surgery Centers Valleygate Dental Surgery Centers of Charlotte, Fayetteville, and the West in North Carolina, have provided an update on a cyberattack that was detected on November 17, 2023. The intrusion was detected on March 9, 2023, when ransomware was used to encrypt files.

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The Healthcare Blog

MAY 30, 2024

BlackCat was also responsible for 2021’s Colonial Pipeline shutdown and several attacks on health care organizations throughout 2023. Vulnerabilities can arise in many areas of health care, so detailed penetration testing and automated assessments are necessary to cover enough ground.

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Scrubs

MAY 30, 2024

In May 2023, the median annual wage for registered nurses was $86,070. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , employment of registered nurses is projected to grow by 6% from 2021 to 2031, with an estimated 195,400 job openings each year.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

AUGUST 28, 2023

Rob Elfenbein of Maryland operated a series of drive-through testing sites during the COVID-19 pandemic that served all types of patients. 8] Nevertheless, on August 4, 2023, a federal grand jury convicted Dr. Elfenbein of the sole count charged: healthcare fraud. 11, 2023). [4] 11, 2023). [4] 3] United States v.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Stacey Garnett is an important nursing leader , and we’re pleased to profile her as part of the Champions of Nursing Diversity Series 2023. After working with Garnett to master the material and conquer her testing anxiety, she passed the test and currently works as an LPN in hospice.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research’s Manual of Policies and Procedures mandates preliminary preclinical data collection to confirm the product is reasonably safe for initial testing in humans. Following preclinical studies, submission of an IND application that provides detailed protocols for proposed clinical studies is required.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 4, 2023

adults in late September 2023 to gauge peoples’ perspectives on AI and health care. In research published in August 2023, the Pew Research Center observed, in their words, “growing public concern about the role of artificial intelligence in daily life.” Medtronic collaborated with Morning Consult to poll 2,213 U.S.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Ron Elfenbein, a physician, billed Medicare and private payors a Level 4 E/M for patients receiving COVID-19 tests. That billing practice, which at times took place at drive-through COVID testing centers, resulted in Dr. Elfenbein’s indictment and conviction by a jury in Maryland federal court. 21, 2023), at 81. [2]

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The proposal follows a number of significant cyberattacks on healthcare organizations in recent years; Senator King noted that approximately 133 million people, or nearly one in three Americans, had their personal information compromised in 2023 alone. Cybercriminals are not just targeting hospital systems and other healthcare providers.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Take Action to Receive Results to your Community/ Non-AHS Clinic(s) Community providers throughout Alberta who order general lab, microbiology tests, pathology, and all other specialty labs, diagnostic imaging (DI), or who submit specimens for testing, need to take action.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2023

We can see health consumers’ shifting priorities for satisfaction-boosting changing from 2019 to 2023 based on HealthEdge’s previous research. Today, health plan members ranked receiving incentives and rewards for healthy behaviors ahead of other actions a health plan might take to more delightfully engage members.

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Health Populi

MARCH 8, 2023

depression, diabetes, obesity, various cancers, and sexually transmitted infections) as well as prenatal tests, medications that can help prevent HIV, breast cancer, and heart disease, as well as counseling for drug and tobacco use, healthy eating, and other common health concerns. Morning Consult polled 2,199 U.S.

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Accepted Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The PREview exam is a type of situational judgment test designed to help admissions committees assess applicants’ pre-professional competencies. In the 2023 application cycle , the PREview exam was required by eight allopathic medical schools and recommended by eleven more. The test is offered twice a month from March to September.

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Prism Career Institute

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

When a doctor comes in and evaluates the patient, they may decide a test or treatment is necessary. They may even be asked to perform diagnostic testing themselves. You’ll need to schedule off-site tests with other facilities and call in prescriptions to the patient’s pharmacy.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

APRIL 10, 2024

Take Action to Receive Results to your Community/ Non-AHS Clinic(s) Community providers throughout Alberta who order general lab, microbiology tests, pathology, and all other specialty labs, diagnostic imaging (DI), or who submit specimens for testing, need to take action.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 21, 2018

The Prime Minister confirmed all GPs in England will be able to refer patients experiencing loneliness to community activities and voluntary services by 2023. He wears many devices at once, putting the techs to his tests, and figuring out just what works well, and for whom. ” Now you know something important about this man.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Typically given as multiple-choice tests, assessments can be used throughout the employee lifecycle to ensure you hire the right people, improve onboarding, and properly train existing staff. Employee assessments are tools that organizations can use to gauge the knowledge, skills, and abilities that employees have that pertain to their role.

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