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Caught But Not Saved: The Limits Of The ER’s Safety Net

Forbes Healthcare

Emergency rooms are well-known as the safety nets of the healthcare system. They are required to treat all patients with medical emergencies, but countless others with non-emergent needs are left behind.

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CMS ordered to recalculate UnitedHealthcare’s 2025 MA stars

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

A Texas federal judge has sided with UnitedHealthcare in determining regulators messed up calculating its Medicare Advantage quality scores for next year. The decision could have big implications for similar pending cases.

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Patients support safe and transparent nuclear medicine

Medical Economics

On behalf of Patients for Safer Nuclear Medicine, we object to the content of Cathy Sue Cutler’s column dismissing efforts to improve nuclear medicine safety and transparency.

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The Value of Reanalysis of a Clinical Trial

Sensible Medicine

When a clinical trial is published, people are relieved. The researchers did the work, analyzed the data, published the report and surely feel a sense of completion. Clinicians are relieved because we have more evidence to use in patient care. The question is how certain we should be about the trial’s result. In April, I covered the work of Dena Zeraatker , from McMaster University, who elegantly showed that there were thousands of ways to analyze data from observational studies.

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AI could be ‘transformational’ for payers, experts say

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Insurers could save 20% in administrative costs and 10% in medical costs by harnessing the technology, experts said during a panel hosted by Healthcare Dive last week.

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Why Choosing a Licensed Practical Nursing Career Can Be the Smart Choice for Aspiring Nurses

MedQuest College

For many aspiring healthcare professionals, choosing a career path in nursing is an exciting first step toward making a difference in people’s lives. Within the nursing field, there are various roles, from Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to Registered Nurse (RN), and each has its distinct education and job responsibilities. A Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) career stands out as a flexible, cost-effective, and rewarding pathway into nursing, making it an ideal choice for aspiring nurses.

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Factors Driving the Projected Growth in Electrician Employment Opportunities

Intercoast

The electrical industry is undergoing significant transformation, leading to a potential increase in employment opportunities for people entering the electrical industry. Technological advancements, infrastructure development, and renewable energy initiatives influence this growth. Understanding these factors offers insight into the evolving demands for skilled electricians and highlights their important role in modern economies.

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Improve Salon Customer Experience: Tips and Tricks

Trafft

Any business owner can tell you that good customer experience can transform your business, but how can you achieve this in a salon setting? The key lies in knowing how to improve salon customer experience at every touchpoint. From the moment someone books an appointment to the minute they leave your salon, each step plays a crucial role in shaping their impression.

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Blueprint for Zero Harm: Innovative Approaches to Safer Patient Care

Performance Health

Despite considerable advances in patient safety , healthcare systems still face significant challenges in achieving “ zero harm ”—a commitment to eradicate preventable harm that affects approximately 400,000 hospitalized patients every year. Achieving zero harm , however, requires more than just following existing protocols. It calls for a transformation in culture, leadership, and innovation.

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What Does Nursing Look Like to You?

Minority Nurse

Many nurses love nursing because of the multitude of career choices that it offers. Although the myth persists that hospital nursing is the only “real” nursing out there, most of us now recognize that it doesn’t matter where someone works or what they do — if they have a nursing license and see themselves as a nurse, they’re indeed a nurse.

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Is a lack of understanding driving alcohol-related deaths in the U.S.?

Medical Economics

Researchers find an alarming rise in alcohol-related deaths and a lack of public understanding of the risks from drinking

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Interview With CEO Ram Krishnan About The Behavioral Health Company

Valant

Bridging the Gap: Addressing Mental Health Access & Client-Therapist Fit with Ram Krishnan – Episode 335

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Your patients’ browsing habits may be driving their negative moods

Medical Economics

Poor mental health can be driven by online browsing choices - but a free tool can help

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CMIO Prescriber Virtual Drop-In Centre - Updated Hours

Connect Care Bytes Blog

As of this week, hours for the Virtual Drop-in Centre ( virtualhelp.connect-care.ca ) have slightly decreased. It remains open Monday–Friday until December 6. Below are the hours for the Drop-in's final two weeks: November 25–29 : 08:00–18:00 December 2–6 : 08:00–18:00 More information on the Virtual Drop-in Centre (including how to access and a full schedule of hours during the launch support period) can be found at launchhelp.connect-care.ca.

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GLP-1 RA antiobesity medications: an introduction

Medical Economics

A physician researcher and author discusses the latest information on GLP-1 RA antiobesity medications.

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All User Bulletin - Microsoft Sharepoint File Collections Upgrade and Reporting Broken Links

Connect Care Bytes Blog

All-user-bulletins highlight stumbling blocks that all prescribers need to be aware of when using the Connect Care clinical information system. Internet Links to SharePoint Assets - Reporting Breaks Users of Connect Care blogs ( blogs.connect-care.ca ) and the Clinician Manual ( manual.connect-care.ca ) may find broken resource links in the coming weeks as Alberta Health Services updates its instance of Microsoft Sharepoint, where many resources are stored.

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Exclusive: Google Cloud’s Life Sciences Leader Believes Gen AI Will Transform In 2025 In These 4 Ways

Forbes Healthcare

Gen AI has significant potential to augment life sciences work.

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Practice tip of the week: Barriers to value-based care

Physicians Practice

Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.

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AMA president-elect has a brain tumor; Musk and Ramaswamy could cut funding to VA Medical Services; physician pleads guilty to Medicare fraud – Morning Medical Update

Medical Economics

The top news stories in medicine today.

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Antivaxxers, grifters, and quacks: RFK Jr.’s MAHA takes over federal health agencies

Science Based Medicine

President-Elect Donald Trump has now announced most of picks to lead critical federal health agencies. These picks predictably prioritize grift, quackery, and antivax ideology. The post Antivaxxers, grifters, and quacks: RFK Jr.’s MAHA takes over federal health agencies first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Trump announces CDC, FDA and surgeon general nominations

Medical Economics

Dave Weldon, MD, Marty Makary, MD, MPH, FACS, and Janette Nesheiwat, MD, are the President-elect’s picks for CDC director, FDA commissioner and surgeon general.

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Stick to the Science

The Healthcare Blog

By KIM BELLARD A year ago I wrote about disturbing news from the Pew Research Center that trust in science, and in scientists, had fallen since the pandemic. I am slightly relieved to report that a new follow-up study by Pew indicates that trust is up slightly – but still way below where they were pre-pandemic. Overall, 76% of Americans express fair or a great deal of confidence in scientists to act in the public’s best interests (versus 87% in April 2020).

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The leaders of health care in the new Trump administration

Medical Economics

President-elect Donald Trump's nominations for to lead HHS, CMS, CDC, FDA and surgeon general.

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