Scrubs

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The months-long nurses’ strike at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) in New Brunswick, New Jersey, has come to a potential resolution after a tentative agreement was reached between the hospital and the United Steelworkers Local 4-200, which represents approximately 1,700 nurses. The strike, which began in early August, centered around key issues such as nurse-to-patient ratios, wage increases, and benefits, with both parties struggling to reach a compromise.

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Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Vance talks of placing people with chronic conditions into separate insurance pools. Insurers may then charge higher premiums for people with pre-existing conditions.

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Insurance 133

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

OCTOBER 1, 2024

CVS is cutting 1% of its workforce as the healthcare behemoth pursues a massive cost-cutting plan — and considers a potential breakup of its businesses, according to reports.

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Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Health insurance companies including CVS Health's Aetna, Cigna and Humana are pulling back slightly on their Medicare Advantage footprints after years of expansions.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Nearly 40% of healthcare organizations reported it took more than a month to recover after an attack, according to the survey by cybersecurity firm Sophos.

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Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The intersection of politics and healthcare today has made the delivery of healthcare increasingly complex. Patients' voices and votes are needed.

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Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Keeping one or more guns in the home—particularly if one is kept readily available for protection—poses a greater threat to members of the household than to an intruder.

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Unitek College

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Navigating the Path to Leadership in Nursing. Nurses have long been the cornerstone of healthcare, traditionally recognized for their vital role in providing direct patient care, administering medications, and ensuring comfort and safety. However, the landscape of nursing had and continues to rapidly transform. With advancements in medical technology, evolving healthcare policies, and the increasing […] The post 8 Essential Skills for Aspiring Nurse Leaders appeared first on Unitek College

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Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Don’t get overwhelmed by the healthcare industry’s challenges: get inspired. Learn six strategies for seeing and acting on new opportunities.

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Medical Economics

OCTOBER 1, 2024

POTUS election outcomes don’t typically affect stocks long term, but their uncertainty often has short term impacts.

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Physicians Practice

OCTOBER 1, 2024

You’re a great leader, and you run your practice like a well-oiled machine. But what happens when you’re gone?

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Medical Economics

OCTOBER 1, 2024

How physicians can help close the awareness gap and support families to screen for type 1 diabetes

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Threatened with steep sanctions and loss of its agreement with Medicare and Medicaid, Johnson & Johnson is rolling back a plan to give hospitals after-the-fact rebates for drugs in the 340B drug discount program.

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Hospital 80

Medical Economics

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Protecting your practice starts with some basic strategies

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Medication 110

Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Glenview Capital Management denies it is pushing for a break up of CVS Health.

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Medical Economics

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Practice strategies for physicians to prevent lawsuits

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Practice Index

OCTOBER 1, 2024

A summary of the HR and H&S updates issued in September 2024. HR Updates Red alerts UPDATE: New statutory Code of Practice in force for dismissal and re-engagement (fire and re-hire) Amber Updates No longer a requirement to elect employee representatives in small TUPE situations Care Assistant was unfairly dismissed by employer after being charged with murder The post HR and H&S Updates – September 2024 appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog.

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Medical Economics

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Burnout is not due to a lack of resilience

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UVM Larner College of Medicine

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Meet longtime Standardized Patient (SP) educator Shirley McAdam, who joined the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine Clinical Simulation Laboratory in 2004. In the following blog post, Janet Essman Franz writes about McAdam’s background, her role at Larner, and what she enjoys to do outside of work.

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Medical Economics

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Establishing new panels to limit prices of expensive drugs sounds great politically but has terrible unintended consequences.

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Open Dental

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The healthcare industry has evolved with ePrescribing and biometric authentication, enhancing security and efficiency, ensuring HIPAA compliance and patient safety. The post Securing Healthcare by Strengthening Identity Verification appeared first on Open Dental Blog.

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Accepted Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Show Summary In this episode, Dr. Valerie Ratts, the Associate Dean for Admissions at The Washington University School of Medicine, offers an overview of the unique program. She describes the “Gateway Curriculum” which provides early clinical exposure and flexibility for students to explore different areas of medicine, including research, innovation, advocacy, and education.

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Medical Economics

OCTOBER 1, 2024

A look at 5 REIT categories

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Outbound faxes sent directly from Connect Care (including eFaxed prescriptions) are handled by the RightFax application. RightFax will be unavailable on Thursday October 3, 2024, from 05:00 to 06:00 , in order to accommodate a software upgrade. Connect Care will still be available, but faxes will not be transmitted from Connect Care during this time.

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Medical Economics

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Study shows that some AI tools aren't worth much

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CareerStep

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Author: Kylie Connell In today’s competitive job market, certifications can provide a way for learners to validate specific skills that align with industry demands. Higher education institutions play a key role in equipping learners with not just theoretical knowledge, but also the practical skills needed in their chosen careers. Certifications may offer a means to bridge the gap between academic learning and workforce requirements.

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Medical Economics

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Patient advocacy group launches campaign to bring medical debt to forefront of voters’ minds when they go to the polls.

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 1, 2024

What is valued in medical education and residency selection has changed enormously since I was a student. We used to value things that were easy to measure even if they had only a tenuous relationship to the ability to doctor. Now, we seem to be unable, or unwilling, to assess what we now value in students. Dr. Van Cleve writes about why letters of recommendation are not helpful in assessing residency applicants.

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Medication Patient Safety Billing 101

Medical Economics

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The top news stories in medicine today.

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Medication 52

Medical Economics

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Are you burned out on fee-for-service?

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