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Friday Reflection 32: The Trauma of Not Dying Alone

Sensible Medicine

Even though my practice is made up of about 750, overwhelmingly older people, mostly with chronic medical conditions, I only attend to the death of a patient a few times a month. PT’s own appointments with me are mostly consumed by discussion about LT.  Acceptance followed and waxed and waned.

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AI is Transforming Healthcare Behind the Scenes

Mobius MD

However, AI can play a valuable role in reducing the burden of routine processes adjacent to clinical visits, like appointment scheduling, billing, and claims management. These tools optimize appointment slots to reduce schedule gaps and keep clinics running smoothly.

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Highs and Lows

Sensible Medicine

Her outpatient follow-up appointments were scheduled; we had reviewed her safety plan; she felt well and ready to leave the hospital. ” Seizing the interruption before I turned this into a full-blown therapy session, I got up and brought the tray over to her desk. I picked it up. ” A knock at her door.

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Friday Reflection 28: Four of the Things Patients Have Taught Me

Sensible Medicine

She responded to treatment with prednisone and was thankful at a follow-up appointment three weeks later. Over the years following her diagnosis, CT developed an impressive array of complications from the prednisone: hypertension, diabetes, a spinal compression fracture. What did I learn from her?

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Four Ways to Highlight Your Strengths in Your Application Essays

Accepted Blog

These are not convincing if they’re not backed up with evidence. If you are writing about a goal you achieved or a project you completed, spell out the process you followed. Do you check your calendar at least twice daily to ensure that you don’t miss a task, call, or appointment? Want an admissions expert help you get accepted?

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What do the Neighbourhood Health Guidelines mean for Practice Managers?

Practice Index

NHS England states that regional teams should be working with local government partners to set priorities for 2025/26, with an emphasis on improving timely access to general practice, urgent and emergency care, and reducing long and costly admissions to hospitals or care homes.

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GP collective action – What’s the reality for practices?

Practice Index

In our small survey, the next most-popular action was halting the rationing of referrals, investigations and admissions, and pausing the sign-up to new data-sharing agreements or local system data-sharing platforms. However, this may change as nearly half indicated they were considering this as an option to ramp up action.