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Husband of Boston Nurse Lindsay Clancy Speaks Out Following Tragic Incident Involving Their Children

Scrubs

Husband of Boston Nurse Lindsay Clancy Speaks Out Following Tragic Incident Involving Their Children Lindsay Clancy, a 32-year-old nurse from Duxbury, Massachusetts, was charged with the deaths of her three young children in January 2023. The case shocked the nation, drawing attention to mental health struggles, particularly postpartum mental illness, which can have devastating consequences.

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Senate report slams Medicare Advantage insurers for using predictive technology to deny claims

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

UnitedHealth, CVS and Humana used technology to increase MA prior authorization denials for post-acute services, boosting profits, according to a report from a Senate subcommittee.

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Publication Bias and Therapeutic Fashion

Sensible Medicine

The story begins in Nottingham UK in 1980. It was a small study at one hospital. But its lessons are large. First the background. I believe the CAST trial (1991) was the most important trial in all of modern medicine. It showed that the common practice of using drugs to suppress rhythm disturbances (anti-arrhythmics) in patients after heart attack (myocardial infarction) led to higher death rates.

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Humana sues HHS over calamitous Medicare Advantage star ratings decrease

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

It’s the latest in a string of lawsuits from health insurers scrambling to protect their prized quality scores and the money that ratings represent.

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Medbridge Acquires Rehab Boost, Launches Medbridge Motion Capture as Part of Medbridge AI

Medbridge

Bellevue, WA – October 21, 2024 – Medbridge, a leader in healthcare technology solutions, today announced its acquisition of Rehab Boost, a pioneering motion capture and movement-based artificial intelligence (AI) company. The acquisition will relaunch Rehab Boost as Medbridge Motion Capture, a key component of Medbridge AI, providing Medbridge with in-house motion capture and AI […] The post Medbridge Acquires Rehab Boost, Launches Medbridge Motion Capture as Part of Medbridge

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Amazon’s One Medical Partners With Cleveland Clinic

Forbes Healthcare

Amazon One Medical, the provider of physician-staffed clinics and virtual care is partnering with the Cleveland Clinic and its specialized network of medical providers.

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Under New CEO, Don’t Look For Major CVS Health Breakup

Forbes Healthcare

Don’t look for new CVS Health CEO David Joyner to move away from vertical integration and breakup the healthcare giant from Aetna.

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Cybersecurity in healthcare: How hackers get in and how organizations can protect themselves

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

A cybersecurity expert explains why healthcare organizations are vulnerable to cyberattacks — and how they can strengthen their defenses.

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Epic’s Consumer Strategy Is Bold. Its Tactics May Push The Boundaries.

Forbes Healthcare

To combat this risk, Epic by mid-2022 had a new strategy with MyChart and network effects at the heart of it. The company is now in the process of executing its plan.

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“And we’d better not risk another frontal assault. That plasmid’s dynamite.” Antivaxxers vs. plasmid DNA

Science Based Medicine

Ever since recombinant DNA has been used to develop and manufacture vaccines, antivaxxers have portrayed it as evil. This weekend, an antivaxxer decided that fear mongering about SV40 in COVID-19 vaccines wasn't enough. Here we go again. The post “And we’d better not risk another frontal assault. That plasmid’s dynamite.” Antivaxxers vs. plasmid DNA first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Pollsters: Stop Reporting Random Variation Like It’s News

Forbes Healthcare

Polls will change daily even if no one changes their mind about who they will vote for. The media seems confused about this.

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You’re Not Going to Automate MY Job

The Healthcare Blog

By KIM BELLARD Earlier this month U.S. dockworkers struck, for the first time in decades. Their union, the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILW), was demanding a 77% pay increase, rejecting an offer of a 50% pay increase from the shipping companies. People worried about the impact on the economy, how it might impact the upcoming election, even if Christmas would be ruined.

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Menopause In The Workplace Is Finally Getting The Attention It Deserves

Forbes Healthcare

There has been more and more talk about menopause in the workplace–including the need for menopause-specific benefits and supports. Momentum for action is growing.

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A new era of health care: Technology-driven connectivity and the patient experience

Medical Economics

By envisioning this next-generation patient experience, we can see how a fully connected and collaborative ecosystem powered by innovation at every care touchpoint can deliver an integrated, intelligent experience that benefits patients and providers.

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Nvidia Announces Partnership With Aidoc To Explore Healthcare AI Adoption

Forbes Healthcare

The companies will be launching a new framework entitled BRIDGE.

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Google cloud launches AI solutions to combat administrative burnout in health care

Medical Economics

A tool for searching medical records and one that standardizes patient medical information aim to reduce administrative burnout

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Medical Terminology Quiz: The Common Cold

Medical Terminology Blog

Medical Terms for The Common Cold Each year in the United States, there are millions of cases of the common cold. Colds are minor viral nose and throat infections and are highly contagious. Although Sir William Osler famously said, “ The only way to treat the common cold is with contempt, ” most seek ways to relieve its symptoms. Click anywhere on the image below for more information from the American Lung Association on cold symptoms, prevention, and complications.

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Ep 42: Patient management challenges with Eve Cunningham, MD, of Providence

Medical Economics

Eve Cunningham, MD, chief of virtual health and digital care at Providence and founder of MedPearl, joins the podcast to discuss challenges with patient management and workflow.

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Creative Halloween Costumes for Nurses to Wear at Work

Minority Nurse

Halloween is around the corner, and that means getting the chance to work in fun costumes. However, finding appropriate workplace costumes can be challenging. You might discover that typical costumes aren’t always the best in healthcare, however, you can still be creative and celebrate on a festive holiday with your outfit. If you’re tired of seeing “sexy nurse” while googling for nurse costumes, find some ideas you can wear for the spooky season below. “Operation!

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Transforming Access to Care with Digital Care Management

Medbridge

In outpatient rehabilitation, maintaining patient engagement between clinic visits is an ongoing challenge. High drop-off rates, inconsistent adherence to home exercise programs, and limited follow-up opportunities can lead to poor patient outcomes. Digital care management offers you a solution by using digital health tools to support ongoing communication.

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Incident Reporting Solutions for Surgical Safety: Prevent Never Events

Performance Health

Preventing never events in healthcare is a critical factor for improving safety, specifically surgical safety , as these errors can have devastating consequences for patients. Incident reporting solutions play a pivotal role in identifying, analyzing, and addressing the root causes of these preventable events, stopping them from occurring all together.

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Health startups need consolidation after pandemic funding ‘sugar high’

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

M&A could allow startups to add products and capabilities in a more restrained funding environment, panelists said at HLTH.

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CVS Health names new president

Medical Economics

Stores are closing as nation’s largest drug store chain, large-scale competitors adapt to market conditions.

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What Are the Challenges Healthcare Administrators Face Every Day?

Northwest Career College

Healthcare administrators are the backbone of any medical facility, ensuring everything runs smoothly behind the scenes. Their days are filled with balancing long hours at a desk and spending time in the facility to ensure it operates efficiently. From attending meetings to delivering presentations on patient care, quality, and efficiency, healthcare administrators have many responsibilities.

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What they’re saying about expanded coverage of birth control

Medical Economics

Political, medical leaders react to the announcement of expanded coverage of reproductive health services.

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Countdown Checklist L9, T-minus 11: Anticipate Post-Acute Cutover

Connect Care Bytes Blog

Continuing a list of essential actions for Connect Care Launch 9 prescribers readying for launch November 2, 2024. Anticipate Post-Acute Cutover Cutover for post-acute care is a process through which key pieces of information about admitted patients are entered into Connect Care prior to launch. The primary concern for prescribers will be the management of medication and non-medication orders, and the translation of important information about patients’ clinical status from a paper record to Con

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Need more primary care physicians? Rethink how international medical grads are handled

Medical Economics

Resident and citizenship status can affect the specialty chosen by international physicians

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Practice tip of the week: Boosting your reimbursement

Physicians Practice

Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.

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Understaffed hospitals have higher rates of infection; Ozempic could treat alcohol, drug abuse; new child heart stent approved by FDA – Morning Medical Update

Medical Economics

The top news stories in medicine today.

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How to Assess Learners in a Competency-Based Education Teaching Model

Learning + Leading

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching was established in 1905. Its founder, Andrew Carnegie, created it to act as a general pension fund for universities in the United States, Canada and Newfoundland. Carnegie quickly realized there needed to be a way to determine which schools qualified as legitimate institutions of higher education, and thus which faculty members qualified for pensions.

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