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Nurse Loses Over 100 Pounds to Promote Healthy Living

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This new sense of self helped her stay focused on the end goal as opposed to getting hung up on the daily challenges of dieting. Nurses can also talk about the benefits of keeping up with regular checkups, cancer screenings and other important preventative measures.

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Maine Hospital Using AI to Record Patient Conversations

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MaineHealth recently announced it is using AI to automatically record conversations between doctors and their patients during a check-up or follow-up visit. Her regular doctor, Dr. Rebecca Hemphill, used the AI app during her last two medical appointments at MaineHealth. It feels more like my needs are being met.

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5 strategies to increase visits in your mental health practice 

Health Prime

Implement appointment reminders and follow-ups Use automated appointment reminders and follow-up communications to enhance the patient experience. Patient reminders and follow-ups are critical for a successful practice.

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Universal Depression Screening Leads to Unnecessary Harm

Sensible Medicine

A subsequent article in BMC Medicine highlighted the dearth of evidence. The title of this article kind of says it all: The authors suggest a depression screening RCT should exclude individuals with known depression, randomize people to screening or no screening, and make the same mental health services available to both groups.

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Nurses Jump into Action After One of Their Own Collapses at Work

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They were like, ‘Hey, come up front!’” They said as I got right up to the nurse’s station, I just collapsed.” I’ve been to three doctor’s appointments. Getting an EKG there are signs of heart trouble, then following up very carefully with a cardiologist,” the doctor said. Litonya Bennett told Click On Detroit.

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Vaccinations, Art and Labor Day: Learning from Diego Rivera and Edsel Ford

Health Populi

Walgreens announced appointment scheduling for the boosters, and CVS Health discussed the plans for the updated vaccine administration on their website as well. When he arrived in Detroit in 1932 to begin painting, the city was hard-hit by the Great Depression following the 1929 Crash. Have you gotten yours yet? Both shots?

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The AI Doctor Will Message You Now

Sensible Medicine

I’ve been following the general conversations and have been particularly interested in AI’s potential to improve diagnostic performance. We covered an early, ingenious article by John W. I started with a steroid two years ago, but the pain was too severe and I ended up with an injection in my back. Adam Convinced?