Sensible Medicine

JANUARY 31, 2025

In the years that followed, I learned of efforts to remove racial identifiers from medical textbooks and test questions. Another critical point is that socially defined race (the only kind) – Black, Asian, European – are terribly inaccurate stand-ins for what medically important variation there is.

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Scrubs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Echocardiography, or echo for short, is a key diagnostic test used by cardiologists to assess the heart. Specialized stress echos involve imaging the heart both at rest and under cardiovascular stress induced by exercise or medication. In summary, echocardiography is an invaluable and versatile diagnostic technique.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 9, 2023

Getting access to your medical records isn’t always easy. Under HIPAA’s privacy rule, all patients have the right to inspect, review, and receive a copy of their medical records and billing records that are held by health plans and health care providers. However, state laws and provider regulations can complicate this process.

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Performance Health

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Risk management information systems (RMIS) are becoming essential tools for healthcare organizations aiming to prevent medical errors , which pose significant challenges globally by impacting patient outcomes and operational costs.

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Sensible Medicine

JULY 5, 2023

I am also obsessed with our diagnostic reasoning biases. In this article, Dr. Adam Cifu To paraphrase Shaw and Hawking, “The greatest threat to diagnostic excellence is not lack of a diagnosis but rather the illusion of a diagnosis.” ” Bias distorts our perception and leads to errors in diagnostic reasoning.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

I read many of his essays including Hyposkillia and Medical Education on the Brink. Old-fashioned doctors spend whatever time it takes to obtain a good medical history and physical examination. Old-fashioned doctors routinely seek all of the patient's previous medical records, not just the discharge summaries.

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MedQuest College

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Diagnostic Medical Sonography is a fascinating and essential field in modern healthcare, utilizing ultrasound technology to create images of the body’s internal structures. These images assist physicians in diagnosing and treating medical conditions, making sonographers vital members of the healthcare team.

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MedQuest College

OCTOBER 8, 2024

In diagnostic medical sonography, patient care extends beyond the technical skills required to operate equipment. As a diagnostic medical sonographer, mastering the art of patient care is as important as technical proficiency. Building trust with patients begins with understanding their concerns.

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In 1999 I started teaching a course to 4 th year medical students called “Critical Appraisal of the Landmark Medical Literature.” By the time a medical student has reached the 4 th year, he or she has learned from textbooks, review articles, and lectures. ” The idea behind the course was simple.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The article KeyHIE, Life Image Implement FHIR-Based Imaging App To Share Diagnostic Content In Provider Portal appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. The leading-edge tool was developed by Life […].

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 25, 2023

We read about diseases and their associated diagnostic tests and treatments. We listen to how they are affected by diseases, how they tolerate medications, how they describe symptoms, and what they have learned about a disease in their decades of experience. Diagnostic reasoning is supposed to my specialty.

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Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

They found a medication that made it harder to induce VT and sent him up to the medical floor for admission and monitoring with instructions to initiate that medication. Cara meets Bill, a man only slightly older than herself, performs a history and physical, and orders the medication: encainide.

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Health Populi

MARCH 10, 2025

When this happens to a patient or their caregiver, it feels like “medical gaslighting,” ECRI explains. The definition of medical gaslighting offered by the American Journal of Medicine is that it’s derived from the term “‘gaslighting,’ when an individual is manipulated into questioning their own perception.”

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MedQuest College

APRIL 22, 2024

Understand the Role of a Sonographer Before pursuing a career in diagnostic medical sonography, it’s important to understand the role and responsibilities of a sonographer. These images help healthcare providers diagnose medical conditions and monitor the health of patients.

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 6, 2023

As an EBM and diagnostic reasoning obsessive, I often see this as a 2X2 table with the patients knowledge in the columns and the doctors as the rows: Most commonly, both doctor and patient know when the end of life is near — square A. Twenty-four months earlier he had presented to a visit with unintentional weight loss.

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Scrubs

MARCH 31, 2023

Every second counts when someone is having a medical emergency, and two nurses are sharing their tips on how to get necessary information from a patient when they’re struggling to communicate. They underwent various diagnostic tests, all of which came back negative. Are they allergic to any medications?

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 24, 2024

However, from a strictly medical perspective, I do not think the “exposed group” is thriving. VP and I wrote a whole chapter on this in Ending Medical Reversal. I know when it is pneumonia, I know when it is influenza or RSV, I kind of know when it is COVID though that tends to be a bit of a diagnostic moving target.

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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 8, 2024

Palomar Health Medical Group has warned patients that they may have been affected by an April 2024 cyberattack, and DaVita has learned that tracking tools on its website and mobile app may have sent user data to third-party vendors. Individual notification letters will be mailed to the affected individuals when the file review is completed.

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CollaborateMD

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Despite its significance, the manual processes involved in tackling medical claims are error prone and time-consuming. Join us as we examine how automation revolutionizes medical claims processing accuracy and improves outcomes across the healthcare spectrum. Reducing duplication errors in medical claims documentation.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 11, 2024

Google has recently announced Med-PaLM M, an advanced model specifically designed for medical applications. This represents a significant step towards integrating AI more deeply into medical practice, aiming to enhance diagnostic accuracy, treatment personalization, and overall patient care.

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 20, 2023

LT was an 80-year-old woman admitted to our inpatient medical team with gram-negative bacteremia. Medical training introduced me to a whole menu of smells -- both diagnostic tools and reminders of times in my career. [i] i] This is one of my favorite slides about the diagnostic smells. [ii] ” Share

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Northwest Career College

OCTOBER 28, 2024

If you are considering pursuing a career in medical billing and coding, you may have questions like where you will be able to work after receiving your certification or license. Many healthcare settings require the services of medical billing and coding specialists for record organization and management, insurance claims, and billing.

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19 Labs

JANUARY 11, 2022

Physician shortages are common, and equipping some areas with proper diagnostic devices can be difficult and expensive. Some diagnostic tools can also be quite complex to operate, and require a trained medical professional on-site. 19Labs' GALE eClinic goes beyond just video calls," said Ruey-Kang Chang, QT Medical CEO.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 31, 2020

There was a time when the only way a patient could receive comprehensive diagnostic medical tests was through a laboratory. The article Why Point of Care Testing (POCT) Is On The Rise In The Medical World appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. In […].

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Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 15, 2023

At our second visit, we discussed pharmacologic therapy, and I started a medication. During our third visit we adjusted the medical regimen. ” Third, lifelong learning is not something we just pitch to medical students because we can’t teach them everything and because half of what we do teach them is wrong.

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19 Labs

JANUARY 11, 2022

Physician shortages are common, and equipping some areas with proper diagnostic devices can be difficult and expensive. Some diagnostic tools can also be quite complex to operate, and require a trained medical professional on-site. 19Labs' GALE eClinic goes beyond just video calls," said Ruey-Kang Chang, QT Medical CEO.

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Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Galleri could do more harm to the idea of medical conservatism than any hate rising from Twitter or blogs. This was the validation article in a series of diagnostic test articles. This study was a case-control, diagnostic test study. 2 It was referenced in the WSJ article.

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ACI Medical & Dental School

JANUARY 9, 2025

At ACI Medical & Dental School in Eatontown, NJ, we prepare students for in-demand jobs in the medical field. 7 Entry Level Healthcare Jobs To Consider in 2025 Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) What Do They Do? 7 Entry Level Healthcare Jobs To Consider in 2025 Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) What Do They Do?

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19 Labs

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

19Labs, with backing from IDB Lab, has unveiled GALE | Force, a two-way, long-range drone system designed to bring critical medical supplies to underserved areas. This system will create a robust and enduring solution for rural healthcare logistics.

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Currently, the medical literature is at a stalemate. [1] Medical physicists take the following stance : “Given the lack of scientific consensus about potential risks from low doses of radiation, predictions of hypothetical cancer incidence and mortality from the use of diagnostic imaging are highly speculative.

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Scrubs

JULY 21, 2023

Doctors and providers use medical algorithms and equations when assessing a patient’s risk of illness or disease and recommending treatment. That means some diagnostic algorithms and risk predictor tools will essentially adjust or “correct” their results based on the person’s race. What Is Race Correction?

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 25, 2023

Have I been neglecting the medical literature? For calcium deposits in breast arteries to be important, we would need to know that some action based on this finding, whether it be further diagnostic testing, lifestyle modification, or medical therapy, actually benefits a woman. Why didn’t I know this? ” U.S.

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Mobius MD

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

From improving diagnostic accuracy to streamlining administrative work, AI is transforming how providers deliver care. Examples include analyzing medical data, making predictions, and assisting in clinical decision-making. This diagnostic support helps ensure that no detail is overlooked, improving early detection and patient outcomes.

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Conventional medicine is what licensed MDs and DOs should be practicing: the skilled use of the diagnostic sciences, treatments based on the principles of evidence-based medicine, and the provision of prognoses to patients who request them. Tradition typically supports these and (it) is seldom taught in a Western medical setting.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 4, 2023

Prospect Medical Holdings, a chain that owns hospitals, as well as more than 165 outpatient facilities, said ransomware hackers had breached its system. Sixteen hospitals and more than a hundred other medical facilities across the United States are offline after the largest cyberattack on a U.S. hospital system since last year.

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 31, 2024

The medical team admits him and performs a diagnostic thoracentesis, the results of which reveal a complicated parapneumonic effusion (pH = 7.11). This is not to say that I always agree with the process or outcomes of medical decision-making. At most academic medical centers, doctors are salaried.

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CollaborateMD

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

How Digital Transformation Addresses Supply Chain Challenges Digitizing medical supply chains doesn’t just address the top issues listed above but also provides long-term benefits, such as: Improved visibility : Real-time insights into inventory, shipments, and supplier performance boost operational efficiency.

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