Sensible Medicine
JULY 22, 2024
I call it therapeutic fashion. Practice patterns. Beliefs. Ways of doing things. Examples: patients with new heart failure get coronary angiography; patients with chest pain without evidence of heart attack get stress tests; certain drugs and devices become favored over generics. The curious thing about many therapeutic fashions is their lack of evidentiary support.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 22, 2024
Semaglutide—the brand name for Ozempic and Wegovy—was the most prescribed GLP-1 in 2023, and accounted for over 88% of all new prescriptions.
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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 22, 2024
The bankrupt health system did not receive any qualified bidders in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 22, 2024
Is Pickleball Good exercise? Here's a data-driven analysis of the sport comparing it to racquetball, tennis, and squash to see just how good a workout Pickleball really is.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 22, 2024
The three payers were cut out of the state’s first round of contracts divvied out in April.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 22, 2024
As scientists gather in Munich for the International AIDS Conference, an art exhibition highlights the intersection of art and science.
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Forbes Healthcare
JULY 22, 2024
Second quarter profits of the largest health insurers - Elevance Health and UnitedHealth Group - are an indication the industry is weathering Medicare Advantage issues.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 22, 2024
The take-private deal would help the firm scale its documentation products to more providers and health systems, CEO Manny Krakaris said.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 22, 2024
Checkpoint inhibitors can treat many different types of cancer. Its key to success lies in blocking one of cancer’s main defenses: checkpoint proteins.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 22, 2024
Agents and brokers connecting consumers with Affordable Care Act plans now have to jump new hurdles to change their coverage, following mounting complaints about unauthorized plan switching.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 22, 2024
Explore Case Kenny's journey into mindfulness and journaling. Discover how his techniques are empowering athletes to achieve peak performance and mental resilience.
KevinMD.com
JULY 22, 2024
On my outpatient clinical rotations last year, I saw ample management of heart disease and smoking cessation counseling. I also saw the annual physicals and checkups. But what surprised me was how many patients were on medications that were just now becoming more mainstream. I’m sure you’ve heard of one in particular—Ozempic. But it wasn’t Read more… How weight loss drugs are creating a medical dilemma originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Medical Economics
JULY 22, 2024
ACO advocates outline steps for CMS to communicate and change rules regarding patient engagement.
KevinMD.com
JULY 22, 2024
The wait is over! The highly anticipated 2024 MGMA DataDive, a federally recognized gold standard for physician compensation data, has finally arrived. This comprehensive analysis offers unparalleled insights into physician and advanced practice provider (APP) compensation, making it a crucial resource for staying informed in today’s health care landscape.
Physicians Practice
JULY 22, 2024
Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.
Patients Rising
JULY 22, 2024
Patients face surprise out-of-pocket expenses and limited medication options due to opaque Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) practices.
Medical Economics
JULY 22, 2024
Navigating the promise and perils of health data interoperability
Mobius MD
JULY 22, 2024
Many providers are looking for ways to save time and speed up charting. If you type clinical notes but are considering switching to medical dictation, you’re probably wondering, “Which is faster?” We did the math to help you decide between typing vs. dictation for your EMR workflow. Whether you type or dictate patient notes, it is ultimately a matter of minutes.
Performance Health
JULY 22, 2024
Improving patient safety relies on the effective management of incident reporting in healthcare. By carefully documenting errors, healthcare leaders can reduce the chance of future incidents in their facilities. One in 20 patients suffer from preventable medical harm a year , so strategic use of incident reporting in healthcare is imperative. The effectiveness of incident reporting in healthcare depends on its design and implementation.
Connect Care Bytes Blog
JULY 22, 2024
The Marquette Universal System for Electrocardiology (MUSE) receives patient tests from ECG carts, monitors, the Holter system, and the Exercise Stress system, and ECG Web is used to view and print data from MUSE. There will be a scheduled outage for MUSE and ECG Web, on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, from 20:00 to 21:00, affecting North, Central, Calgary and South Zone Connect Care users only.
Medical Economics
JULY 22, 2024
A look at the vice president’s positions and accomplishments in office.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 22, 2024
COVID has now defeated two second-term presidential campaigns. A cautionary reminder of the pathogen’s staying power over two presidencies.
Minority Nurse
JULY 22, 2024
Every human being sees the world through a variety of lenses. There are lenses of family roles (e.g., mother, father, child, grandparent), lenses of identity (e.g., gender, sexual orientation, race, citizenship, religion), and many others, including lenses of profession and career. How we see the world is filtered through the lenses we wear, most of which we wear simultaneously.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 22, 2024
Feared as a potential cause of another pandemic, Nipah has no treatments or vaccines, and the virus kills as many as three out of every four people it infects.
The Healthcare Blog
JULY 22, 2024
By KIM BELLARD If you had on your political bingo card that our former President Trump would survive an assignation attempt, or that President Biden would drop out of the race a few weeks before being renominated for 2024, then you’re playing a more advanced game than I was (on the other hand, the chances that Trump would get convicted of felonies or that Biden would have a bad debate almost seemed inevitable).
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