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Is getting people off weight loss medications the right move?

The Healthcare Blog

Employers and health plans are understandably anxious about how long they should expect to pay for these pricey drugs. Some solutions are cropping up to pave the way. But one-size-fits-all solutions centered on medication as a silver bullet to obesity are only setting up patients and payers for failure.

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Invest in Wound Care Education To Avoid Legal Risks

Relias

When it comes to assessing and treating pressure injuries, diabetic wounds, and venous wounds, investing in expertise up front can help protect your organization against costly wound care liability down the road. Carefully assessing on admission. Not correctly identifying or describing wounds present on admission.

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Countdown Checklist L9, T-minus 11: Anticipate Post-Acute Cutover

Connect Care Bytes Blog

The primary concern for prescribers will be the management of medication and non-medication orders, and the translation of important information about patients’ clinical status from a paper record to Connect Care. If Best Possible Medication History (BPMH) was NOT done on the legacy BPMH form at admission, it will have to be done.

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What Will You Learn In LPN Classes?

Mildred Elley

There are many opportunities for LPNs to work in acute care facilities; long term care facilities ,clinics, medical offices, schools and group homes dependent upon which state and neighborhood you reside in. Being an LPN includes transferring patients and providing direct care which can be physically demanding.

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What Will You Learn In LPN Classes?

Mildred Elley

There are many opportunities for LPNs to work in acute care facilities; long term care facilities ,clinics, medical offices, schools and group homes dependent upon which state and neighborhood you reside in. Being an LPN includes transferring patients and providing direct care which can be physically demanding.

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Understanding the PEPPER Can Reduce Home Health and Skilled Nursing Audit Risks

Relias

The report is available for the following facilities: Skilled nursing facilities. Longterm acute care hospitals. Admission source. This information is critical for targeted training for staff who need to skill up in this area. Home health agencies. Inpatient psychiatric facilities. Average case mix.

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How To Become A Medical Assistant?

MedAssistantEDU.org

This number is expected to increase up to 19% by 2029. Owing to the diverse role, employers prefer hiring the medical assistant having the following traits- A medical assistant must have excellent communication skills to describe the medical terminology to relatives and patients in an effective way. in the year 2019.