Athena Career Academy

APRIL 30, 2024

The pathway to a successful career in healthcare often begins with foundational training, such as that provided by Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) programs. Specifically, in-person CMA courses offer immersive, practical experiences crucial for excelling in medical environments. This article highlights how accredited CMA programs can shape your career prospects and why selecting the right training program is essential.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 30, 2024

Booming demand for weight loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound has vastly outpaced Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly’s ability to produce the medication and supplies of smaller doses have been limited for months.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

APRIL 30, 2024

The unexpected closure of Walmart’s 51 health centers and virtual care business highlights the difficulty of providing healthcare at this moment in time.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 30, 2024

Experts are theorizing on the cause of recent bird flu outbreaks that have affected cow herds in almost 10 states, with some pointing to chicken feces used in cow feed as a potential culprit.

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Medical Economics

APRIL 30, 2024

Many physicians are eager to find a way to transform health care in a way that better benefits both patients and providers. They would be well served by enrolling in an MBA program designed for doctors.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 30, 2024

Walmart is closing its doctor-staffed Walmart Health centers and virtual care business, shuttering 51 centers over the next three months.

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Minority Nurse

APRIL 30, 2024

Dorma Liz Davila (Lizzy) RN, BSN, CPN, EMT never expected a quick volunteer weekend as a camp nurse to provide a transformative experience, but it did. And now she wants other nurses to know how helping kids at Paul Newman’s The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp can breathe new life into their nursing careers. The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp is an organization that provides what the organization calls “a different kind of healing” to thousands of seriously ill children and family mem

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 30, 2024

A new study highlights a pervasive government failure to prevent hospital mergers that give providers excess pricing power. Price transparency is unlikely to compensate.

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Sensible Medicine

APRIL 30, 2024

Gosh was this a great conversation about her recent paper on specification curve analysis of nutritional observational studies. Here is Dr. Zeraatkar’s bio: Dena Zeraatkar, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Anesthesia and Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI) at McMaster University. She earned her doctoral degree at McMaster University in the Health Research Methodology graduate program.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 30, 2024

As Walgreens and Walmart scale back their investments in physician-staffed health clinics, they are forging ahead into the lucrative business of specialty pharmacy.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 30, 2024

The medical device manufacturer Livanova, the Massachusetts community behavioral health center Aspire Health Alliance, and Santa Rosa Behavioral Healthcare Hospital in California have experienced ransomware attacks that exposed patient data. Livanova, London, UK Livanova, a UK-headquartered medical device manufacturer specializing in cardiac surgery and neuromodulation devices, has suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted portions of its IT systems.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 30, 2024

Inside this week's $200 million funding deal of Blackrock Neurotech: Where will the money go, and what does it mean for the industry?

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MedCerts

APRIL 30, 2024

What Will the MOS Certification Teach You? MedCerts’ MOS certification is a streamlined and comprehensive process accommodating various learning styles and schedules. Our seven-week program is expert-led and video-based. It follows a structured curriculum that covers the following aspects of Microsoft Office: Word : Ideal word processing application, allowing you to prepare and edit documents easily.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 30, 2024

Muscles are the engine of the body. But with age, we begin to lose muscle mass, leading to frailty and reduced mobility. Proteins called myokines may provide a solution.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 30, 2024

The Cypress, CA-based revenue cycle management company, Designed Receivable Solutions (DRS), has recently confirmed the details of a data breach that was reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights on March 23, 2024, as involving the protected health information of 129,584 individuals, and the Maine Attorney General as affecting 498,686 individuals.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 30, 2024

Celebrity chef Vikas Khanna cares deeply about three things: food, family and friends.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

APRIL 30, 2024

On Wednesday, hospitals will no longer be required to report COVID-19 admissions, capacity or occupancy data to the federal government.

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Connectivity

APRIL 30, 2024

The Power of "Always On": How AI Responds to Customer Reviews 24/7, 365 In the age of online reviews, every customer interaction is a moment of truth. Positive reviews can boost your brand reputation, while negative ones can leave a lasting negative impact. The key to harnessing the power of reviews lies in personalized communication. But with the sheer volume of reviews businesses receive, crafting individualized responses can be a daunting task.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

APRIL 30, 2024

Congressional inaction regarding health privacy laws robs Americans’ control of ownership of their health data, according to Senator Bill Cassidy, ranking member of the Senate HELP committee.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 30, 2024

Children who have chronic ear infections are at an increased risk for language processing delays and hearing impairments.

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Medical Economics

APRIL 30, 2024

Five-year test starts in 2025 to promote innovative, proactive approaches to care.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 30, 2024

Swallowing magnets can be hazardous to your health.

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Medical Economics

APRIL 30, 2024

Request to CMS is prompted by unexpected spike in catheter prices from some suppliers

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

APRIL 30, 2024

Failing to turn on multifactor authentication, a common cybersecurity safeguard, “underscores pure negligence on the part of UnitedHealth,” one expert said.

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Medical Economics

APRIL 30, 2024

Having behavioral health professionals working closely with primary care physicians helps patients overcome any reluctance to get counseling.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 30, 2024

Bay Oral Surgery & Implant Center (Bay Oral), a network of oral & maxillofacial dental surgery centers serving the Green Bay, Marinette, and Niagara communities in Wisconsin, has recently reported a data breach to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that involved the protected health information of 13,055 patients. On February 27, 2024, Bay Oral identified suspicious activity in an employee’s email account.

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Practice Builders

APRIL 30, 2024

The combination of social media and SEO (search engine optimization) is now more important than ever for healthcare practices in the ever-changing world of digital marketing. Healthcare providers that want to grow their online presence and establish meaningful patient connections must learn how to integrate social media into their SEO strategies as we approach new trends in 2024.

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Valant

APRIL 30, 2024

Treatment plans are an often-overlooked element of quality mental health treatment. Some providers see them as inefficient busywork, a necessary evil to meet compliance standards. But take another look. Treatment plans in counseling have value far beyond compliance. They can actually enhance patient care and benefit your practice’s efficiency. If you’re skeptical about their value, keep reading.

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Performance Health

APRIL 30, 2024

Leapfrog safety scores serve as a key metric in determining the safety performance of a hospital. Healthcare organizations can improve Leapfrog safety scores by implementing several strategies aimed at improving patient safety.

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Open Dental

APRIL 30, 2024

Learn how to offset confusion, rising costs, and unexpected expenses to help make lifetime dental care more accessible for your patients. The post A Lifetime of Smiles: Helping make care possible across a patient’s life appeared first on Open Dental Blog.

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Physicians Practice

APRIL 30, 2024

Physicians Practice offers practical, proven solutions to the real-world concerns physicians and medical practices face every day.

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