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The Prototype: Study Suggests AI Tools Decrease Critical Thinking Skills

Forbes Healthcare

Plus: A startup bioengineering off-the-shelf arteries, how viruses may cause Alzheimers, water-powered satellites and more.

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Investors ask UnitedHealth for answers about delayed, denied care

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

On Wednesday, a faith-based group of investors requested UnitedHealth prepare a report looking into how its practices could be leading to “delay or abandonment of medical treatment and serious adverse events for patients.

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Defenders of the Great Barrington Declaration Neither Know Nor Care What it Proposed. The Deliberate Erasure of the We Want Them Infected Movement Has Succeeded.

Science Based Medicine

Defenders of the GBD won't tell you what it actually said. I will. The post Defenders of the Great Barrington Declaration Neither Know Nor Care What it Proposed. The Deliberate Erasure of the We Want Them Infected Movement Has Succeeded. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Physician fertility: To be or not to be child free?

Medical Economics

We dont talk much about women physicians who dont have kids, either by choice or due to fertility issues.

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What Is The Hardest Nursing Class To Take?

We Care Online

What Is the Hardest Nursing Class to Take? What Is The Hardest Nursing Class To Take? There are no easy ways into nursing education, no matter where you begin. Whether it is from courses for Nurse Aide or from more advanced Registered Nurse (RN) programs, each class has its own level of difficulty. What Is the Hardest Class on a College Campus? Hardest class on a college campus usually depends on students strengths, learning style and material.

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Musk, DOGE Threaten The Health Of Millions Of Americans

Forbes Healthcare

DOGE co-heads Elon Musk and Vivek Ramasway pledge to cut $500 billion in federal spending. Hitting their target will mean stripping healthcare coverage from millions.

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Modernizing Healthcare: How Innovation and Automation Will Shape 2025

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Grace Nam, Strategic Solutions Manager, Laserfiche. As the healthcare industry continues to grapple with the dual challenges of rising costs and evolving patient expectations, the urgency to modernize and automate has never been greater. […] The article Modernizing Healthcare: How Innovation and Automation Will Shape 2025 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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The implementation of brief geriatric assessments into primary care settings

Medical Economics

A recent systematic review analyzed the use of Brief Geriatric Assessments (BGAs) as a tool for screening older adults in primary care settings.

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Science-Based Satire: My Patients are Refusing the MMR Because the CDC Added the COVID Vaccine to the Routine Vaccine Schedule

Science Based Medicine

If only they had let more unvaccinated children suffer and die from COVID, we wouldn't be in this position today. The post Science-Based Satire: My Patients are Refusing the MMR Because the CDC Added the COVID Vaccine to the Routine Vaccine Schedule first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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How To Protect Yourself From LA's Wildfire Smoke

Forbes Healthcare

Wildfire smoke causes immediate health problems like asthma and heart attacks. N-95 Masks are critical.

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Prospect Medical Holdings files for bankruptcy

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Prospect is the second large health system with a history of private equity ownership to declare bankruptcy in the past year.

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5 Side Gigs for Healthcare Professionals

We Care Online

The world of healthcare is demanding. Professionals working in this $6,263.7 billion industry have to give countless hours of dedication to improve patients lives. However, many healthcare professionals are seeking side gigs to diversify their income streams, explore personal interests, or expand their professional expertise. These opportunities not only provide additional financial stability but also create a sense of fulfillment outside their primary roles.

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Negotiating physician salaries: Addressing compensation misconceptions

Medical Economics

Whats fueling salary increases for primary care physicians? Talent shortages, increased burnout and rising administrative burdens not greed.

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Friday Reflection 47: Patients Make the Hardest Decisions

Sensible Medicine

MM is a 55-year-old man with recurrent pneumonia. He initially presented with a fever, chills and a lobar infiltrate. Symptoms resolved with antibiotics but recurred a week later. During his second course of treatment, further evaluation with a CT scan showed the infection to be post-obstructive, occurring distal to compression of a secondary bronchus by severe scoliosis.

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This YC Partner Just Raised $30 Million For An AI Startup Automating Paperwork For Biotech

Forbes Healthcare

Y Combinator's Surbhi Sarna has raised $30 million for Collate, a startup aiming to automate the tedious parts of running a life sciences business using AI.

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CVS successfully converts commercial pharmacy contracts to “cost plus” model

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

CVS’ efforts to reform how its pharmacies are paid have reached a significant milestone that should stabilize flagging margins.

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Connecting for Health at Home: A Unified Field Theory from #CES2025 (On Samsung, Withings, and Panasonic)

Health Populi

There were over 4,500 exhibitors on the show floor of the 2025 CES in Las Vegas last week, addressing every imaginable aspect of consumers’ daily lives as we increasingly coexist with technology to support life, liberty, and our personal pursuits of happiness… … and health. My focus is always on health, and in the past decade and a half, health/care, everywhere.

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The first line of defense: How primary care doctors can guide patients through a cancer diagnosis

Medical Economics

Practical strategies for delivering life-changing news with empathy and expertise.

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What Is The Value Of PCT Certification?

ACI Medical & Dental School

At ACI Medical & Dental School, you can train to become a certified Patient Care Technician (PCT) in just four months through our hands-on Medical Assistant program. Interested in whether or not this in-demand career is right for you? Here is a breakdown of the Patient Care Technician role, and the exciting possibilities that come with PCT certification.

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Moderna May Have The Best Shot At A Vaccine For Stomach Flu

Forbes Healthcare

Cases of norovirus infections are surging, but coming up with a way to prevent them has proven to be a challenge.

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New rule wipes medical debt from consumer credit reports

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The rule will remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from about 15 million Americans' credit reports and bars lenders from using medical information in their lending decisions.

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5 Tips for Strengthening Your LinkedIn Nursing Profile

Minority Nurse

LinkedIn has been around for many years, and it continues to serve as a powerful and reliable online platform that allows professionals from almost any industry imaginable to connect in meaningful ways. LinkedIn remains the go-to social media platform for serious professionals, and it has been made even more robust with a user-friendly job board and thousands of online groups.

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America’s frustration with the health care industry

Medical Economics

The health care industry must start addressing high costs, low accessibility, lack of personalization, and complexity that are keeping Americans from getting the care they need.

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Healthy Aging at Home – Learning from AARP at #CES2025

Health Populi

You would expect an auto manufacturer, a Big Tech, or a big-screen TV company would commandeer the largest exhibit booths at CES 2025, the largest annual conference of consumer-facing technology stakeholders. We can add another exhibitor to the largest CES “real estate” presences at #CES2025: that would be AARP hosting the AgeTech Collaborative.

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As Company Mourns, UnitedHealthcare’s Parent Reports Earnings Thursday

Forbes Healthcare

As UnitedHealth Group executives mourn their health plan CEO's death, the company is bracing for reaction to another multi-billion-dollar profit in the fourth quarter.

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Blue Shield of California restructures, launches health services business and names first female CEO

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The bevy of changes for the massive California nonprofit is meant to improve operations, but should also give Blue Shield a financial leg-up as it competes with well-funded for-profit peers.

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The Important Role Of Dental Assistants In Infection Control

ACI Medical & Dental School

Patient safety is a top priority for the whole dental team, especially when it comes to infection control. Dental Assistants play an important part in this effort. According to the DANB , over 80% of Dental Assistants are responsible for infection control in their workplace. Learn more about how they help stop the spread of infections. The Importance of Infection Control In A Dental Practice Infection control is crucial in a dental practice because it helps protect both patients and staff from t

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What you need to know about the Medicare reimbursement cuts for 2025

Medical Economics

Opting out of Medicare might be your only choice

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Why Is Mobile Phlebotomy a Booming Business?

Prism Career Institute

The healthcare industry is on the rise in the United States. Due to an aging population, lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and changes in the industry, skilled workers are in high demand. There are also changes in the skills demanded from those workers. Mobile phlebotomy is a contemporary approach to phlebotomy. This medical assistant career path offers improved opportunity and flexibility to workers while making healthcare more accessible to patients who may otherwise find it difficul

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Jimmy Carter Fought To End Guinea Worm Infection

Forbes Healthcare

The Carter Center led a coalition to eradicate Guinea worm, which has been enormously successful.

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FTC releases second report slamming pharmacy benefit managers

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Agency commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to publish the report, which makes similar allegations against the controversial drug middlemen as the agency’s first report released last summer — but relies on more data.

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