Mon.Aug 19, 2024

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Your Plastic Water Bottle May Be Making You Gain Weight: Microplastics

Forbes Healthcare

Microplastics in items like water bottles disrupt hormones, potentially causing weight gain, fertility issues, and other serious health risks.

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Employer healthcare costs projected to rise 9% in 2025: Aon

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Inflation, expensive specialty drugs and demand for pricey glucagon-like peptide 1 medications, or GLP-1s, are pushing costs higher, according to the professional services company.

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Walgreens Lands $100 Million U.S. Clinical Trials Partnership

Forbes Healthcare

Walgreens has signed a $100 million partnership with the U.S. government to conduct clinical trials to aid in future emergency preparedness.

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Phil Fasano, Recuro Health

The Healthcare Blog

Phil Fasano is CEO of Recuro Health. Phil was CIO at Kaiser Permanente in the glory years when it rolled out Epic/Health Connect, which was at the time the biggest roll out of an EMR and was instrumental in creating Kaiser’s system of virtual care. A decade+ later the concept of telehealth and virtual care has been battered around, notably in the stock price of Teladoc and others.

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When suicidal ideation and accountability for care collide

Medical Economics

Whole-person health underscores the importance of collaboration between primary care physicians and behavioral health professionals, and answers who is accountable when patients express suicidal ideation.

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Court strikes down HHS change to low-income payment formula in win for Texas hospitals

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The case centered on whether patients who receive funds from a pool of state funding for uncompensated care could be included in calculating hospitals’ disproportionate share funding.

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Healthcare bankruptcies slow after reaching five-year high in 2023: report

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The decline doesn’t mean the sector’s financial challenges have gone away, and case volumes could increase later this year, according to healthcare restructuring advisory firm Gibbins Advisors.

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Sloth Fever: What To Know About Potentially Dangerous Oropouche Virus After First Deaths

Forbes Healthcare

Scientists fear reports of the first human deaths from Oropouche fever and potential stillbirths or birth defects from infections during pregnancy signal a new and deadlier form of the insect-borne virus.

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Fixed indexed annuities can be great, but some agents make overly optimistic claims

Medical Economics

The devil is in the details with these multifaceted products

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Embrace the New: Practice Outgrows Its EHR and Searches for Something Better

Valant

When southwest Pennsylvania counseling and consulting practice Favored Wellness outgrew its practice management software, they had to take action, or risk limiting their growth. Favored Wellness was founded in 2020 on owner Danielle Vogan’s vision of expanding access to trauma-informed, holistic care in the region. The practice started with just two clinicians and eventually grew to more than 30 providers serving 1,000+ clients across two locations.

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Building Patient Trust: 7 Key Strategies

Performance Health

Building patient trust in healthcare is crucial; 80% of individuals who report high trust in their healthcare system also experience better health status. This foundational trust enhances patient-provider relationships and significantly boosts health outcomes, patient satisfaction, and retention. Below, we outline seven key strategies for effectively building trust in healthcare.

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Elevance, investment firm roll out Mosaic Health primary care initiative

Medical Economics

‘National care delivery platform’ was first announced in April.

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Massachusetts makes deal to force Steward hospital sales

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Gov. Maura Healey’s office has brokered agreements for Steward to sell five hospitals to other operators, ensuring they’ll remain open as the health system’s bankruptcy proceedings drag on.

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Essential Tips for Nursing School Success: What You Need to Know

Minority Nurse

Summer is almost over, and with the end of one season comes the start of another—nursing school. For first-year nursing students, the first semester can seem daunting and overwhelming. New classes mean new changes, workloads, and a new beginning for an exciting career. What should first-year nursing students expect? Since nursing students are starting their experience in the field, their first year is to introduce them to nursing prerequisites and clinicals.

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Companies aren’t as resilient against cyber risks as they think

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The ability to recover from catastrophic IT and security incidents has taken on added significance in the wake of the February ransomware attack against Change Healthcare.

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Cardiology Deserts: 46% Of U.S. Counties Do Not Have Any Cardiologists

Forbes Healthcare

A study found that 46% (or 1,454) of all counties in the U.S. in 2023 were cardiology deserts, meaning that they did not have a single practicing cardiologist in them.

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The Surprising Ability of Medical Therapy in Coronary Heart Disease

Sensible Medicine

This winter I showed the seminal trials comparing coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) vs medical therapy. These were done in the 1970s and 80s. Two of the big three trials found no mortality benefit from CABG. Most of these patients had normal ventricular function. Along with my colleagues Andrew Foy and Mohammed Ruzieh, we have recently reviewed these trials over at the Cardiology Trials Substack.

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Feeling Bored? Avoid Switching Between Reels & Videos Online, Study Says

Forbes Healthcare

If you try to escape boredom by switching between short videos and reels on YouTube, Netflix, or TikTok, that behavior will paradoxically intensify your boredom.

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Nurse Leader Coach Workshop on September 18, 2024

Emerging RN Leader

I am proud to once again partner with New England ONL to provide the Nurse Leader Coach Workshop. Gallup researchers and other experts now advise leaders that a coaching mindset is key to leadership success with the younger workforce. In this workshop, you will learn key coaching skills that will help you more effectively retain […] The post Nurse Leader Coach Workshop on September 18, 2024 appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Walgreens’ Potential Sale Of VillageMD Yet Again Signals The Challenges Of Care Delivery

Forbes Healthcare

Walgreens is not alone in this journey; CVS and Walmart have faced similar challenges in recent years.

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Crochet Gone Viral: Where Art Meets Science

UVM Larner College of Medicine

Amber Goerner is a master’s degree candidate in the cellular, molecular, and biomedical sciences (CMB) program at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine. In the following blog post, she reflects on her journey from pathogen research to pursuing science in new ways.

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FTC noncompete ban suffers another blow

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The ruling — which applies only to one Florida-based real estate broker — comes just weeks before the ban is slated to take effect.

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Revisiting “integrative oncology”: The battle to integrate quackery with oncology continues

Science Based Medicine

Nature Reviews Cancer published a propaganda piece disguised as commentary promoting "integrative oncology," or what I like to call "integrating" quackery with oncology. The post Revisiting “integrative oncology”: The battle to integrate quackery with oncology continues first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Do patients think their medical records are accurate?

Medical Economics

A survey from Carta Healthcare found that patients mostly believe their records are accurate, but do they know how to access them?

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Celebrating Our Monthly Tuition Reimbursement Winner: A Bright Future Ahead!

We Care Online

We are thrilled to announce our latest winner of the monthly tuition reimbursement drawing, Genevieve B.! At 18 years old, our winner has already shown incredible dedication to pursuing a career in the medical field. Fresh out of high school, she is eager to embark on this exciting journey, and we couldn’t be prouder to support her ambitions. Here’s what she had to say about her experience: “I’m 18 and I just graduated high school.

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Risk in scientific experimentation; bariatric surgery parameters; ‘generally recognized as safe’ (we hope) – Morning Medical Update

Medical Economics

The top news stories in medicine today.

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The Future of Medicine Starts with Each of You

UVM Larner College of Medicine

With the beginning of the 2024 academic year, a message from Larner College of Medicine Dean Page to the community.

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Mastering Social Media in Healthcare: 12 Essential Tips

99MGMT

Did you know that over 90% of consumers use social media to help make health-related decisions? In today's digital age, social media in healthcare has become a powerful tool for professionals to connect with patients, share valuable information, and build trust. However, navigating the social media landscape in the healthcare industry requires a strategic approach to ensure compliance with regulations and to maintain professionalism.

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Practice tip of the week: Becoming a superstar practice manager

Physicians Practice

Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.

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Mastering Social Media in Healthcare: 12 Essential Tips

99MGMT

Did you know that over 90% of consumers use social media to help make health-related decisions? In today's digital age, social media in healthcare has become a powerful tool for professionals to connect with patients, share valuable information, and build trust. However, navigating the social media landscape in the healthcare industry requires a strategic approach to ensure compliance with regulations and to maintain professionalism.

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How to Set Up Credit Card Processing for Medical Practices

DrChrono

In the world of medical billing, every detail matters. Inefficiencies can lead to all sorts of problems. Delayed payments, unhappy patients, adverse health outcomes, and more. That’s why creating a truly efficient payment system is integral to your success. And part of this is introducing credit card processing for medical practices. Credit cards are the single most popular payment method in the United States.