Sat.Jan 25, 2025

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What The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory On Alcohol Means For Americans

Forbes Healthcare

Dr. Vivek Murthy, the 21ST U.S.

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10 transformative ideas to redesign a broken health care system: a doctor’s perspective for a more efficient, cost-effective and patient-focused system

KevinMD.com

The U.S. health care system is an inefficient maze of bureaucracy, redundancies, and waste. As a practicing physician, I see firsthand how these inefficiencies frustrate both providers and patients, inflate costs, and undermine the quality of care. If we are serious about transforming health care into a system that works for everyone, we need bold, Read more 10 transformative ideas to redesign a broken health care system: a doctors perspective for a more efficient, cost-effective and patient-foc

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Man On ’Carnivore Diet’ Grows Yellow Lumps On Hands, Feet And Elbows

Forbes Healthcare

A man in his 40s consumed a "carnivore diet" for 8 months and then developed yellow bumps on his hands, feet and elbows called xanthelasmas, signs of high cholesterol.

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A Comprehensive Guide to HL7 Messages

Arkenea

The healthcare industry is incredibly complex and amasses an ever-increasing amount of fragile patient and specialist data. According to insightful studies, each patient has 80 megabytes of EMR and imaging data each year. In most cases, this data belongs to different medical institutions that process and store it in isolated pools that are poorly structured.

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What Is ‘Cancer Ghosting’? Here’s How To Deal With It

Forbes Healthcare

Getting a cancer diagnosis is hard enough. But many cancer patients have complained about experiencing "cancer ghosting," which can add to the hurt and challenges.

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Application Support Model: Everything You Must Know Today

Arkenea

The strategy of creating a great application isn’t just coding or integrating solution based features, it’s also about providing application support to the customers. As per a report , customer expectation surged in 2020 and the need for speed, ease, and personalized customer support only increased. Hence, the need for implementing a robust application support model for resolving issues of customers is crucial.

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ePrescription Software Development – Detailed Outlook

Arkenea

Key Takeaways A need to control substance usage and reduce medication errors is driving the e-prescribing market growth during the 2023-2030 timeframe. Key audiences to note during the e-prescription software development are the elderly, chronic disease, and bedridden patients. Online medication orders, refills, and reminders help such patients to keep a track of their health care.

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Eulogy versus Resume Virtues

Sensible Medicine

Over the years, I have been saddened to see several colleagues die. Recently, a famous physician passed away. I did not know him well. The Department honored him with an in person eulogy. A powerpoint show was loaded on the screen, and several doctors spoke. Here is what I learned. He: “Had appointments in 3 divisions.” “Was an expert in team building, with over 50 people in his laboratory.” “He gave every person in the lab their own project” “His lab wa

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Humanity’s crossroads: peace or nuclear war?

KevinMD.com

“We are here to make a choice between the quick and the dead ” With these solemn words, Bernard Baruch, a trusted advisor to U.S. presidents, addressed the United Nations (UN) Atomic Energy Commission in June 1946. Less than a year had passed since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the world stood at Read more Humanity’s crossroads: peace or nuclear war?

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A Conversation with Michael Easter from the TWO/PERCENT

Sensible Medicine

I recently recorded a conversation with Michael Easter from the TWO/PERCENT , a Substack and podcast. Michael offers “practical, accurate, and useful health, performance, and mindset information,” and in a space where there is a lot of drive, I find him remarkably thoughtful. Our conversation is on the podcast feed. Below are my notes for our conversation with links to many of the things we discussed.

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