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This AI Model Could Keep Thousands Of Cancer Patients From Getting Unnecessary Treatments

Forbes Healthcare

Startup Ataraxis, which emerged from stealth Thursday, has developed a model that can predict the risk severity of breast cancer up to 30% more accurately than current tests.

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Budgetary constraints? What budgetary constraints? – By Paula the PM

Practice Index

I’ve just taken some time, in peace and quiet, to listen to the Budget speech in full. At a time when every penny counts for our primary care, I really needed to know what this would mean for the practice, and my team. What do I think? I’m pretty irked if I’m honest. On a personal level, I’ll see some tax implications coming down the line, but honestly, I know that those who can afford to pay it need to pay it.

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Daylight Saving 2024: How To Adjust For The Fall Time Change

Forbes Healthcare

This Sunday, clocks will roll back one hour starting at 2. a.m., marking the end of daylight savings 2024. Here's how to adjust for the Fall time change.

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The vital role of patient feedback in enhancing quality of care 

Health Prime

Patient feedback plays an important role in the quest to achieve process improvement in medical practices. An article in the BMJ said that feedback on the patient’s experience, with the encouragement of the healthcare team to address identified problems, improves quality. It said that “this is the best guarantee that services meet the set objectives.” The pursuit of excellence in patient care is an ongoing journey.

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Electronic Health Records Are A Scapegoat For Deeper Problems

Forbes Healthcare

Clinicians blame EHRs for too many healthcare problems. This is overly simplistic and distracting. Here I explain why.

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Pennsylvania attorney general sues Prospect Medical alleging ‘corporate greed’

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The lawsuit argues Prospect broke the terms of its agreement to purchase Pennsylvania system Crozer Health and seeks to stop the hospital operator from closing more facilities.

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Cigna CEO tamps down on Humana deal speculation

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Despite reports this fall that the two payers had reopened merger talks, Cigna plans to use excess cash to buy back its shares, David Cordani told investors.

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EcoHealth Alliance Fights Back

Science Based Medicine

The organization scapegoated by the lab leak-promoting GOP-led House Covid subcommittee publishes its defense The post EcoHealth Alliance Fights Back first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Get to Know the “Patients-Raw” Report

Open Dental

Sometimes you want to pull a quick set of patient data out of Open Dental. See how the Patients-Raw report may be just what you need. The post Get to Know the “Patients-Raw” Report appeared first on Open Dental Blog.

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Medicare saves record $2.1 billion from largest accountable care program

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Citrus ACO in Central West Florida had the highest savings rate, while Health Connect Partners — an ACO operated by hospital giant Providence — had the highest total savings in the Medicare Shared Savings Program last year.

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How to Keep Patients Safe in The Hospital

We Care Online

Running a health centre is not an easy task. From patient safety to avoiding medical errors, you have to be efficient in all aspects of efficiency. Millions of people visit hospitals or health centres for medical help every day. To ensure quality, many people wonder how to keep patients safe in hospitals. According to the World Health Organization, medical errors or inefficient staff harm thousands of patients annually.

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How To Fall Asleep Fast With The Alpha Bridge Sleep Technique

Forbes Healthcare

If you’re having trouble relaxing your body and mind at bedtime, this psychologist-approved sleep hack may be worth a shot.

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Data Breaches Reported by Mystic Valley Elder Services & St. Anthony Regional Hospital

The HIPAA Journal

Mystic Valley Elder Services, a Malden, Massachusetts-based non-profit agency providing home and community-based care to elders and adults living with disabilities, has started issuing individual notifications about a cyberattack and data breach that was identified on April 5, 2024. A digital forensics company was engaged to investigate the unauthorized activity and confirmed that there had been unauthorized access to its internal systems on April 5, 2024, during which time files may have been a

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I’m not a great Practice Manager – By Kay Keane

Practice Index

I have impostor syndrome: never thinking I’m good enough, always imagining that everyone else is doing a better, safer, stronger job than me. That everyone else is more organised, prepared and together, and I’m just about managing. You’d think that in conferences I’d be hiding in a corner, but you’d be surprised to hear that I actually love being there, speaking and chairing, but most of all, meeting all of you and knowing that we all feel exactly the same way!

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Fueling The Fight: How Ovarian Tumors Drain T Cell Energy

Forbes Healthcare

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have discovered a way ovarian tumors cripple immune cells: by tampering with their ability to process energy.

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HPH Sector Warned About Exploitation of Miracle Exploit Vulnerabilities in Oracle Systems

The HIPAA Journal

A critical vulnerability affecting multiple Oracle products is being exploited in the wild. The vulnerability was dubbed The Miracle Exploit by the security researchers who discovered it, due to its severity and the number of products they affected – all products based on Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle online systems. The vulnerability is one of a pair of related vulnerabilities that were discovered two years apart.

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Cigna Turns $739 Million Profit Despite $1 Billion Loss On VillageMD

Forbes Healthcare

The Cigna Group reported a $739 million third quarter net income despite a $1 billion loss on its investment in doctor-staffed clinic operator VillageMD.

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Physician-patient communication during initial consultation affects outcomes for chronic pain patients

Medical Economics

A new report determined the importance of communication in patients’ outcomes and emotional states.

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HLTH ‘24: AI Models Are The Sizzle, Innovative Care Models The Steak

Forbes Healthcare

While it may not have generated the same pomp and circumstance as AI, HLTH featured several announcements, sessions and discussions about innovative models of care

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Andrea Ippolito, CEO, Simplifed

The Healthcare Blog

Andrea Ippolito has combined her personal experience as a mum struggling with breast feeding, and her professional career as an entrepreneur and engineer at Athenahealth building integrations with EMRs. She’s now the CEO of Simplifed which has built a network of lactation consultants, and much more, and has placed it in the workflow of that most important part of health care — pre and post partum.

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IDB Lab Forum 2024: Transforming A Region Through Responsible Innovation

Forbes Healthcare

The dialogues at the forum illuminated that while technology sets the tempo, it is our collective steps—deliberate, inclusive, and mindful—that will define the dance toward progress.

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Walgreens to lay off over 250 people

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The decision follows a recent announcement that the pharmacy retailer plans to close 1,200 stores over the next three years.

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Why health care disruptors fail and what primary care physicians can learn

Medical Economics

Are retail giants still a threat to the primary care practice?

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Three approaches to better patient-physician communication

Mobius MD

One of a physician’s most underrated skills is the ability to communicate effectively and compassionately with patients. While most physicians have valuable experience from years of clinical work, few receive formal communication training after medical school. A rapidly changing healthcare environment also requires new skills from providers. Clinical work today demands increasing productivity while offering less time with each patient.

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What physicians need to know about AI-driven patient motivation solutions

Medical Economics

Artificial intelligence and personalized incentive structures are coming together to take pressure for treatment plan adherence off doctors’ shoulders.

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When Expectations About Nursing Are Unmet

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN During a recent workshop, I asked nurse managers what they felt was the biggest workforce problem they face today. Without hesitation, they talked about the mismatch between what new graduates expect nursing to be and what they find it to be when they enter practice. The late […] The post When Expectations About Nursing Are Unmet appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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ADHD, literacy and health care costs: Key insights for primary care physicians

Medical Economics

What doctors should know about using neurofeedback to overcome attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and literacy barriers.

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CQC overhaul: what it means for general practice management

Practice Index

Now that the dust has settled on the publication of two damning reports regarding the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which should prompt some significant changes to the regulatory framework, we thought we’d explore what this means for practice management. The two reviews – an internal one led by the former chief inspector of hospitals at the CQC, Professor Sir Mike Richards, and a Government-commissioned review led by North West London ICS Chair, Dr Penny Dash – reported their findings.

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Ask me anything

Sensible Medicine

Part 3 -- It gets heated

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The vital role of patient feedback in enhancing quality of care 

Health Prime

Patient feedback plays an important role in the quest to achieve process improvement in medical practices. An article in the BMJ said that feedback on the patient’s experience, with the encouragement of the healthcare team to address identified problems, improves quality. It said that “this is the best guarantee that services meet the set objectives.” The pursuit of excellence in patient care is an ongoing journey.

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Patient groups sound off about their role in health care

Medical Economics

New global survey tallies levels of patient group involvement in research, care delivery and more.

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