MedQuest College

APRIL 26, 2024

Two common career paths in healthcare are medical assisting and nursing. While both professions involve patient care and assisting healthcare providers, there are distinct differences between the two. Scope of Practice One of the primary differences between medical assistants and nurses is their scope of practice.

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WSMDA

APRIL 20, 2024

Both medical assistants and nurses are important to healthcare teams, but they have important differences in education requirements, scope of practice, salaries, and primary responsibilities. Nurses must complete more advanced degrees (2-4 years), like an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) or Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN).

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EvidenceCare

MAY 8, 2024

From Skepticism to Synergy: How to Build Trust around AI in Healthcare The medical field is on the cusp of a technological revolution, with artificial intelligence (AI) anticipated to revolutionize healthcare delivery. Careful consideration is essential to ensure AI benefits, not hinders, patient care.

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Scrubs

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Whether you’re a seasoned nurse or a new grad joining the fray, you’ll find golden insights and proven tips to increase your productivity, reduce stress, and, most importantly, still deliver outstanding patient care. It also plays a critical role in reducing medical errors, which can be catastrophic in a healthcare setting.

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Scrubs

APRIL 9, 2023

The healthcare industry is transforming with the introduction of ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot that enables medical professionals and hospitals to streamline their workflow and provide better patient care. What Are The Benefits of ChatGPT For Medical Practices And Hospitals? What can ChatGPT do?

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MedVA

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In simple words, the goal of a Healthcare VA is to speed up, personalize, and improve patient care by using remote employees well. They can give information, schedule appointments, set medication reminders, and more. The end goal is to improve the healthcare journey by making it faster, easier, and more tailored to each patient.

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Practice Builders

MARCH 28, 2024

While healthcare becomes more and more demanding, medical practices must adapt to the paradigm shift towards value-based care by implementing and measuring metrics that serve as checkpoints on their way towards optimized healthcare delivery, better patient outcomes, and safe organizational performance.

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Serenity Nurse Aide Academy

MAY 14, 2024

This educational project is carefully planned to provide a strong foundation of information and abilities necessary for success in the dynamic and constantly changing field of medicine. The fusion of technology and healthcare training is reshaping the way we approach medical challenges.

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Medical Advantage

MARCH 28, 2024

Today’s patients are digitally savvy and expect a seamless, personalized interaction with their healthcare providers. This shift in expectations has led to innovative patient engagement tools that improve patient care and foster stronger relationships between patients and providers.

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Mobius MD

MAY 15, 2024

Team documentation is a process where non-physician team members assist with visit notes, entering orders and referrals, reconciling medications, and preparing prescriptions during a patient visit. Non-physician team members can include clinical staff like medical assistants or nurses and non-clinical staff like dedicated scribes.

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Arkenea

AUGUST 23, 2024

How do you see the role of technology evolving in patient care over the next decade? In the next decade, technology is set to play a crucial role in patient care, with key areas of evolution likely to include: 1. It also tailors care plans to individual needs by analyzing patient data, improving adherence and outcomes.

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Guideway Care

APRIL 11, 2024

In addition, they coordinate care between different types of cancer navigators or specialists, ensuring that all aspects of treatment are aligned. Patient Navigators Patient navigators come from diverse backgrounds, including social work, psychology, or public health.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 15, 2023

My current role is as the Clinical Nurse Specialist and ARNP for Renal, Dialysis, and Transplant at the University of Washington Medical Center. My role includes staff training, patient education, regulatory compliance, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and research. How did you decide on nephrology nursing ?

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Myndshft Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

How does leveraging a unified platform for medical and pharmacy prior authorizations support value-based care? Pandemic a catalyst for VBC momentum Unlike traditional fee-for-service (FFS) models, value-based care focuses on patient outcomes and rewards healthcare providers for efficiency and effectiveness.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 20, 2022

While use of technology in the healthcare setting is not without challenges, I believe it has a net positive benefit, particularly providing nurses with tools and information to enable rapid critical thinking and sound clinical judgment in patient care. Utilize Education Technology (EdTech) Solutions.

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Practice Builders

JANUARY 16, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore the reasons behind the growing implementation of AI in healthcare marketing, ethical considerations, and the diverse ways AI is enhancing patient care and experience. By leveraging AI, healthcare professionals optimize their time, redirecting their focus toward delivering superior patient care.

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Arkenea

AUGUST 22, 2024

How do you see the role of technology evolving in patient care over the next decade? In the next decade, technology is set to play a crucial role in patient care, with key areas of evolution likely to include: 1. It also tailors care plans to individual needs by analyzing patient data, improving adherence and outcomes.

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Northwest Career College

MAY 8, 2024

Role of Dental Assistant A dental assistant plays an essential role in dental offices by bridging the gap between dental professionals and patients. Patient Care The role of a dental assistant goes beyond providing technical support. They are usually the first point of contact when a patient enters the office.

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Medical Advantage

APRIL 4, 2024

This broad category encompasses telehealth, telemedicine, and various digital healthcare solutions, aiming to create a seamless, comprehensive digital care plan for patients. This system stands out for its ability to support vital patient care while ensuring compliance with HIPAA regulations.

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Relias

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Hospices should also be concerned about care coordination. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is ramping up survey scrutiny for hospice this year, training surveyors to focus on interdisciplinary group care planning and coordination of care as part of an emphasis on meeting four core Conditions of Participation.

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Relias

JUNE 1, 2022

In the long run, we need a good understanding of exactly what conditions and risk factors and other aspects are affecting hospitalizations and patient care outcomes,” explained Bowman. Otherwise, patients might not appear as sick as they really are,” said Bowman. Fraudulent Coding or Overreporting. “We Scrubbing Deficiencies.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 11, 2023

She eventually landed opportunities on national platforms and in the news media to become a TV medical correspondent. However, nurses must cultivate and maintain optimal mental and physical health to affect change in their patients. Nurses and healthcare providers know exactly what to do because we tell our patients what to do.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In a recent Relias webinar , Sue Grafton, RN, BSN, CWON, Clinical Support Manager at McKesson Medical-Surgical, said that nurses might sometimes feel uncomfortable discussing the financial side of patient care decisions. A comprehensive assessment and diagnosis of the patient can increase NTA points and your reimbursement.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 14, 2024

Some faculty quietly celebrated the candor of a former medical school dean who compared medical students to adolescents and a few trainees responded with cries of “paternalism” or slurs of “boomer.” Medical school used to promise a future as an independent doctor but this is no longer the case.

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EvidenceCare

JUNE 11, 2024

In our efforts to empower hospital clinicians to provide better care by having real-time transparency to cost and benchmark utilization data, we’ve learned that one of the core code systems that defines modern hospital resource management – Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG) – is misunderstood or even unknown. How did it come to be?

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Medical Advantage

JULY 17, 2024

Electronic medical record (EMR) systems are digital versions of patients’ healthcare charts, designed to securely store health information in a centralized and easily accessible format. These systems provide ready access to a cohesive record of patient information that can be updated in real time. What is an EHR?

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Relias

JUNE 1, 2022

In the long run, we need a good understanding of exactly what conditions and risk factors and other aspects are affecting hospitalizations and patient care outcomes,” explained Bowman. Otherwise, patients might not appear as sick as they really are,” said Bowman. Fraudulent Coding or Overreporting. “We Scrubbing Deficiencies.

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