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Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2024

Forbes Healthcare

This Forbes list highlights 25 venture-backed companies likely to become unicorns. Learn more about the founders and investors behind these fast-growing tech startups.

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How medical AI can alleviate the pain and accelerate prior authorization

Medical Economics

To take advantage of new accelerated prior authorization timelines, providers must step up their internal processes to ensure they can scale while maintaining quality control over prior auth requests and denial appeals

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Mpox Declared A Public Health Emergency In Africa: Why That’s A Concern For Other Nations

Forbes Healthcare

The African CDC has declared a public health emergency due to the surge in cases of mpox. In 2024, there have been 17,500 cases and 460 deaths, more than all of 2023.

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Recommendations for Capturing Social Determinants

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Janet Campbell, Chair, EHR Association Social Determinants of Health & Health Equity Task Force A patient’s risk within social determinant of health (SDOH) domains is typically assessed by social care and healthcare professionals through […] The article Recommendations for Capturing Social Determinants appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Texas women say hospitals violated EMTALA by denying emergency abortions

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The complaints to the HHS allege two Texas hospitals denied them emergency abortion care for ectopic pregnancies, risking their lives and damaging their future fertility.

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Medical Terminology Crossword: Endoscopy

Medical Terminology Blog

Endoscopy Crossword Endoscopy dates back to Hippocrates (460-375 BC), who mentioned using a speculum to look into the rectum. By the end of the nineteenth century, cystoscopy, proctoscopy, and esophagoscopy were well established. Click HERE for more information. Helpful Hints endoscopy describes the direct examination within the body e ndoscope is the instrument used to perform the examination e ndo, scope , and scopy are word parts used to build the terms Solve the crossword!

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Health care company owned by private equity firm buys Steward Health Care’s primary care practices

Medical Economics

Announcement comes as bankruptcy court case continues; lawmakers demand answers.

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Kaiser’s operating margin rises to 3.1% in second quarter

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The nonprofit healthcare giant's results represent a strong quarter and a solid end to the first half of the year, one analyst said.

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Ways Your Business Can Benefit from Data Backup and Disaster Recovery Services

Open Dental

Learn how a disaster recovery solution safeguards your practice against revenue loss, service interruption, and damage to your reputation. The post Ways Your Business Can Benefit from Data Backup and Disaster Recovery Services appeared first on Open Dental Blog.

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Improving Your Critical Appraisal Skills #7

Sensible Medicine

This is the seventh installment in my occasional series on improving your critical appraisal skills. I hope you find it helpful. Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. To receive access all posts, consider becoming a paid subscriber. A review article can take many forms.

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Anxiety and Depression: The Impact on the Healthcare System and Professionals

Minority Nurse

Anxiety and depression are prevalent in the United States. Approximately 9.5% of American adults suffer from a depressive illness, and about 18% of people ages 18- 54 have an anxiety disorder. These are significant statistics, making it essential for us to understand the impact anxiety and depression have on not only the healthcare system but also healthcare professionals.

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Patient access myths specialty practices should ditch today

Physicians Practice

Don't let these pervasive patient access myths get in the way of your practice.

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Netcare Scheduled Downtime - Thursday August 15, 2024 at 21:00 to Friday August 16, 2024 at 04:00

Connect Care Bytes Blog

The Alberta Netcare Portal will be unavailable from Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 21:00 to 04:00 on Friday, August 16, 2024 in order to accommodate system maintenance and a software upgrade. Connect Care will still be available, but Connect Care users will not be able to launch the Alberta Netcare Portal during this time. Users who are logged in during this time will be disconnected and will need to re-authenticate following the outage period.

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Routine lab tests ineffective in diagnosing Long COVID

Medical Economics

Study shows patients can have severe Long COVID with normal lab results

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Patients like mail-order drugs; dangers of binge drinking; surgery to lengthen the legs – Morning Medical Update

Medical Economics

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