Tue.Sep 03, 2024

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Uninsured, less educated patients less likely to question medical bills: study

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

One in five survey respondents reported that their household had received a bill they disagreed with or couldn’t afford in the past year, but only 62% reached out to a billing office, according to a new study published in JAMA.

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Rite Aid Picks Insider CEO As Company Emerges From Bankruptcy

Forbes Healthcare

Rite Aid has selected long-time company executive Matt Schroeder as the drugstore chain’s new CEO on the same day it exits federal bankruptcy protection.

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Healthcare labor shortage predicted by 2028, with uneven state impacts: report

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Certain states and specialties will face acute shortages, while others will see a surplus of workers, according to a new study from Mercer.

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New Trend Of Pharma Selling Directly To Consumers Raises Questions

Forbes Healthcare

Pharma-sponsored direct-to-consumer platforms facilitate patient access to certain healthcare products and services. But they also entail potential conflicts of interest.

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The Fantastic Fungi — Biohybrid Bots Are Mushrooming

The Healthcare Blog

By KIM BELLARD I hadn’t expected to write about a biology-related topic anytime soon after doing so last week , but, gosh darn it, then I saw a press release from Cornell about biohybrid robots – powered by mushrooms (aka fungi)! They had me at “biohybrid.” The release talks about a new paper — Sensorimotor Control of Robots Mediated by Electrophysiological Measurements of Fungal Mycelia – from the Cornell’s Organic Robotics Lab , led by Professor Rob Shepherd.

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Powering Your Potential: Electrify Your Career with InterCoast’s Electrical Training Program

Intercoast

InterCoast Colleges has been a leader in the vocational field for over 30 years and remains committed to powering the potential of every student. Recognizing the critical need for skilled trade professionals, our state-approved Electrical Training program is engineered to meet the needs of the industry, providing a current of opportunity for a successful entry-level career in the electrical field.

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Quoth Myrna Mantaring: “US government data” confirms a “143,233% increase in cancer cases due to COVID vaccination”? I answer with a plea for math-based reality checks.

Science Based Medicine

Myrna Mattaring, a retired scientist who worked in diagnostic labs, claims that COVID-19 vaccines caused a 1432% increase in cancer cases, a clearly impossible claim. Here I make a plea for examining such claims, including a much more famous and accepted one, with basic math. The post Quoth Myrna Mantaring: “US government data” confirms a “143,233% increase in cancer cases due to COVID vaccination”?

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Is The Waiting Room A Relic With AI-Powered Telehealth?

Forbes Healthcare

Telehealth, combined with AI, is both a marvelous product and an outgrowth of our ability to perform medicine in innovative ways to better serve patients and doctors.

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The Impacts of Heat on Health Across All Dimensions – from Death to “Heat-Flation” on the Pocketbook

Health Populi

Rising energy bills are confronting U.S. households (and indeed, health citizens in many parts of the world) due to extreme heat, PBS reported on 1st September. But the record heat waves in so much of the world is impacting both peoples’ fiscal and financial well-being along with physical health impacts, ranging from exacerbating chronic respiratory conditions to, literally, risks to lives.

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Today’s Google Doodle: Wheelchair Tennis Paralympics 2024 In Paris

Forbes Healthcare

Today's Google Doodle commemorates the wheelchair tennis tournament that is going on right now at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, as part of the 2024 Paralympics.

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How specialty practices can succeed in MIPS and value-based care

Physicians Practice

Specialty providers can take steps now to succeed with MIPS and VBC while prioritizing caring for their patients.

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Beyond The Sticker Shock: Why GLP-1s Might Save More Than They Cost

Forbes Healthcare

GLP-1s are making waves as effective treatments for diabetes and obesity. But the focus on their high cost misses how they can lower the total cost of care over time.

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Physician salaries, practice finances, and more: Check out our 2024 Physician Report

Medical Economics

Our 95th annual Physician Report covers the latest data on practicing physicians, including salaries, practice financial health, productivity, malpractice rates, the state of the profession and more. Free registration required to view.

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Will Big Health Insurers Expand 2025 Medicare Advantage Footprints?

Forbes Healthcare

It's unclear whether big health insurers will expand their geographic footprints for 2025 as they have in the past.

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Why Pediatric Rare Medicine is Like Timeshare Sales

Sensible Medicine

It is well-recognized that our commercial drug development process, a process that has led to so many nearly miraculous advancements, serves people with rare diseases poorly. Kate Edwards’ experiences are ones that I could not have guessed were possible. Adam Cifu Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. If you appreciate our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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19Labs Featured in The Observer for Groundbreaking Telehealth Work in Guyana

19 Labs

We are thrilled to share that 19Labs has been prominently featured in The Observer in an article by Arick Wierson, a six-time Emmy® Award-winning television executive and former adviser to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The article, titled " How a Silicon Valley Startup’s Experiment in Guyana Can Inform U.S. Healthcare ," spotlights our innovative efforts to transform healthcare delivery in one of the world's most remote regions.

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Overcoming Challenges as a Physician and a New Parent

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

Becoming a parent is a monumental life event. Anyone who has done it can tell you it changes your entire life. Not only do infants require physical and emotional caregiving, but children need your ongoing time, attention, and support. This journey becomes even more complex when coupled with the demanding job of a physician. Effectively managing patients, professional relationships, and some level of work-life balance can seem almost impossible as a new parent.

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An Overview of EHRs Designed for CBT and DBT

Valant

An electronic health records (EHR) system can do more than house patient records—an EHR designed for CBT, DBT, and other types of behavioral health therapies can help meet the specific needs of your practice. Choosing an EHR built for behavioral health can be especially helpful for evidence-based talk therapies requiring frequent appointments. In this article, we’ll explore how EHRs designed for cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) can benefit practices

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New medical school would address physician shortage and poor patient health

Medical Economics

California physician-legislator supports bill to create training opportunities in region with notably poor health care access and health outcomes.

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ARPA-H program to focus on AI degradation in medical tools

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The agency will fund work to identify and auto-correct AI-enabled tools that are misaligned with their underlying training data.

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Restoring joy and compassion in health care with the CMS Patient Safety Structural Measure

Medical Economics

New measure will be a monumental step forward away from preventable medical harm and toward better patient care.

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A Student’s Essential Guide to Understanding Medical Language

Basic Medical Terminology

The post A Student’s Essential Guide to Understanding Medical Language appeared first on Basic Medical Terminology.

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It could happen to anyone: Why cybersecurity drives health care's future

Medical Economics

Physician leadership's role in cybersecurity goes beyond simply following protocols.

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How A Future Harris Administration Could Expand Medicare Drug Pricing Provisions

Forbes Healthcare

Harris touts the IRA's drug pricing measures which reduce Medicare beneficiary out-of-pocket costs. If elected her quest to expand the IRA may hit roadblocks in Congress.

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Physician associates again ask AMA to end ‘disparaging rhetoric targeted at the PA profession’

Medical Economics

AAPA says scope creep campaign misleads patients and hurts teamwork in health care.

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Convention Invisibility Teaches A Crucial Health Policy Lesson

The Healthcare Blog

By MICHAEL MILLENSON It’s close to an iron rule: Politics drives policy. In that context, the health policy issues that were largely invisible at the Republican and Democratic conventions taught a crucial political lesson. Start with access. According to KFF (formerly the Kaiser Family Foundation), more than 25 million Americans have been disenrolled from Medicaid as of Aug. 23.

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There’s not an app for that: Improving patient experience by going back to the basics

Medical Economics

More investments in technology have not increased patient satisfaction

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Caring for parents and caregivers; healthier in 15 minutes; the doctor will see you now, sea cow – Morning Medical Update

Medical Economics

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