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A (re)Visit to an Old-Fashioned Doctor

Sensible Medicine

A thoughtful H&P can avoid unnecessary tests that in turn produce false positive results that then demand further evaluation. There are cases when it is necessary to pore through old records, but the EMR and diagnostic technology has undermined this claim. Diagnostic reasoning is (at least partially) deductive reasoning.

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ED Nurses on How to Ask Tough Questions When Someone’s Life is on the Line

Scrubs

Terri Tanner, an emergency department nurse at Northwest Hospital in Maryland, remembers trying to talk to a patient who was suffering from an unknown condition during the eleventh hour of their stay. They underwent various diagnostic tests, all of which came back negative. ” I knew I couldn’t rush this. .

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“Holy Grail” of Cancer Detection Can Predict Tumors Over a Year Before They Appear

Scrubs

A new cancer detection tool known as the “holy grail” of early detection is currently being tested in hospitals throughout the U.K., It is the first pan-cancer blood test, according to Ashish Tripathi, founder and CEO of Tzar Labs and chairman of Epigeneres Biotech, an Indian firm that first developed the test in 2021. “We

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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. Whatever great advances are ahead, I cannot foresee a time that people will be comfortable receiving counseling from a computer or receiving recommendations about diagnostics or treatments.

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7 Fast Growing Entry Level Healthcare Jobs for 2025

ACI Medical & Dental School

Medical Assistants work in healthcare settings such as clinics, hospitals, and doctor’s offices. Phlebotomy Technicians specialize in drawing blood from patients for various medical tests and donations, ensuring patient comfort and sample integrity. EKG Technicians work in hospitals, cardiology clinics, and diagnostic centers.

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5 Healthcare Jobs That Don’t Require A Degree

ACI Medical & Dental School

Phlebotomist Phlebotomists are trained healthcare professionals who draw blood from patients for tests, transfusions, donations, or research. Phlebotomists play a crucial role in diagnostics and patient care by collecting accurate specimens needed for medical evaluation. Properly labeling vials for processing.

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The Ill Health of Rural Hospitals in Four Charts

Health Populi

There are 1,844 rural hospitals operating in the U.S. That number is down by 19 in the 2019 calendar year, the worst year of rural hospital closings seen in the past decade. That hockey-stick growth of closures is shown in the first chart, where 34 rural hospitals shut down in the past 2 years.

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