Fri.Feb 28, 2025

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A Kenyan Health Worker Explains The Toll Of Slashed US Funds To Fight HIV

Forbes Healthcare

This week, the U.S. government took another extraordinary decision: ending 92% of all USAID grants, including for HIV/AIDS.

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Salesforce launches library of ready-made AI tools for healthcare

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The tech company is banking that healthcare companies will turn to highly autonomous AI assistants to take on time-consuming tasks.

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When Medical AI Performs Better Than Human Doctors

Forbes Healthcare

We are at a tipping point when AI can perform better than human doctors in certain important tasks.

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Career Growth Opportunities in Medical Administrative Assistance

Northwest Career College

Medical Administrative Assistant is one of the many stable career opportunities in healthcare that dont require studying for many years. If youve been considering a job in the medical field that is cost-effective and time-saving, this blog might be just for you. Role of a Medical Administrative Assistant Medical administrative assistants handle some of the most vital duties that keep health facilities running smoothly.

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80% Drop In Cervical Precancer Attributed To The HPV Vaccine

Forbes Healthcare

Because almost all cases of cervical cancer can be traced to HPV, some countries think the vaccine will help them eliminate the disease within years.

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State medical associations plead to Congress: Don’t slash Medicaid

Medical Economics

Doctors groups from 50 states join in missive to lawmakers.

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CHAI launches registry for health AI model cards

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The goal of the registry is to make it easier for healthcare companies to evaluate and shop between validated AI tools, the standards consortium said.

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Indian Health Service Funding: Grants and Financial Opportunities for Tribal Healthcare

Relias

The Indian Health Service (IHS) plays a critical role in providing healthcare to Native American and Alaska Native communities. But fulfilling this mission depends on the ability to secure adequate funding. Understanding available funding opportunities can help tribal healthcare leaders sustain and expand their programs by enabling improvements in access, infrastructure, and healthcare services.

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UHS’ income soars in 2024 on behavioral health volume

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Still, executives addressed concerns about potential changes to federal healthcare policy that could impact the provider’s bottom line, including cuts to Medicaid.

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House GOP Doctors Caucus throws support to restoring Medicare reimbursement

Medical Economics

Physicians drumming up support to counter 2.83% cut that started in January.

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[Podcast] The Payer Pod: Empowering Health Plans for Success in 2025

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

This podcast series explores the market forces impacting payers right now, how to reduce friction for providers, and ways to elevate member engagement.

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Medical Economics Pulse, Feb. 28, 2025: Physician suicide, pandemic misinformation and prescription spikes, AI's role in prior authorization and clinical judgement

Medical Economics

Medical Economics Pulse is a quick-hitting news podcast that keeps busy physicians in the know. Here are your headlines for February 28, 2025.

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Effect of Behavioral Intervention on Reducing Care Overuse in Older Adults Not Sustained

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

Researchers examined whether the effectiveness of a behavioral intervention to reduce overtesting and overtreatment of older adults in 3 areas persisted in the 12 months after intervention discontinuation. The post Effect of Behavioral Intervention on Reducing Care Overuse in Older Adults Not Sustained appeared first on Pulmonology Advisor.

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Selling a practice: Does the type of buyer change the process?

Medical Economics

What you need to know about selling a practice

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Giver or getter: Which one are you?

Physicians Practice

Givers do not expect anything in return. They give of themselves with no strings attached.

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Situational awareness for practice staff

Medical Economics

Andrea Greco, SVP of healthcare safety at CENTEGIX, discusses the importance of situational awareness for incident responders in medical practices.

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Advice for Your Clinical Clerkships

Sensible Medicine

Given that I have had little to do with teaching medical students for the last two and a half years, I’ve had a strange winter. Five students, from four different medical schools, have reached out to me for advice before they start their clinical rotations. 1 I’ve come away from every one of these interactions feeling like I failed to give really good advice.

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Establishing a culture of safety and well-being in your practice

Medical Economics

Andrea Greco, SVP of Healthcare Safety at CENTEGIX, offers actionable advice to foster a culture of safety and well-being in medical practices.

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Chainsaw politics may cut deeply into the fabric of health care

KevinMD.com

Federal downsizing, while touted as a means to streamline operations and eliminate bureaucratic waste, has significant and often detrimental consequences for the U.S. health care system. Two documents shed light on this issue from complementary perspectives. The first, a U.S. Office of Management and Budget-Office of Personnel Management (OMB-OPM) memorandum outlines an aggressive workforce optimization Read more Chainsaw politics may cut deeply into the fabric of health care originally appeared

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Health care money trail could lead to policy solutions to control spending while improving patient outcomes

Medical Economics

Author discusses new study that breaks down health care spending and medical conditions over a decade, and what that could mean for the future.

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On Other Channels.

Connect Care Bytes Blog

Below is a digest of new blog posts across all the Connect Care clinician blog channels in the last week. For more info on the blogs, click here. Note: A camera icon in a post on any of our channels indicates that there is an accompanying screenshot - just click the icon to view.

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Reducing osteoporosis-related fractures in women; 4D brain map to detect MS; physical activity to cut dementia risk – Morning Medical Update

Medical Economics

The top news stories in medicine today.

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The Prototype: Trump Research Cuts Hit The National Weather Service–And Antarctica

Forbes Healthcare

Plus: The startups landing spacecraft on the Moon, re-engineering immune cells to fight cancer, why you should warm up your brain and more.

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Diabetes control declines among U.S. adults after years of stability

Medical Economics

A research letter published in JAMA noted that young adults saw the largest drop in glycemic control from 2021-2023.

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Improve Sleep, Improve the World and Health: ResMed’s Look at Global Sleep Trends

Health Populi

The world would be a better place if we had more, and better quality sleep. That’s the hopeful conclusion from the fifth annual Global Sleep Study from ResMed. ResMed’s global reach with the sleeping public enabled the company to access the perspectives of over 30,000 respondents in 13 markets, finding that one in 3 people have trouble falling or staying asleep 3 or more times a week.

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Nurse practitioners are key to accessible primary care

Medical Economics

New research highlights the role of NPs in serving disadvantaged communities.

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Shocking: Trump Builds a Wall Between Basic and Applied Research

The Healthcare Blog

By MIKE MAGEE The leaders of Americas scientific community seem genuinely surprised by the actions of the past three weeks. They expected to be spared the wrath of Trump because they believed that Americans of all political persuasions have respect for science and celebrate its breakthroughs. Maybe so. But that is an inadequate defense against a multi-pronged attack which includes purposefully selecting unqualified hostiles to key management positions; restricting scientists travel and communica

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Time ticks on telehealth as Trump, Congress mull health care policy

Medical Economics

Legislation would extend flexibilities for Medicare; online petition gains 21,000 signatures of support.

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