Sensible Medicine
JULY 25, 2024
Atle Freithem and colleagues report in the British Medical journal the results of a pragmatic randomized control trial. The take-home message is that wearing a surgical mask for 2 weeks during the winter season of 2023 reduced the spread of self-reported viral illness. According to some, the study proves masks work. First, I commend the authors for running a randomized control trial.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 25, 2024
Members of the Australian women's water polo team contracted Covid-19 days before the Paris Summer Olympic Games. A look at the 2024 health protocols compared with 2021.
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Practice Index
JULY 25, 2024
On 31 st December 1999, I was at a New Year’s Eve party proudly wearing my plastic tattoo choker necklace (painful but worth it as it gave me that Goth youthful edge that I was hanging on to) with an array of pastel butterfly clips in my hair. My baggy pants, blue eyeshadow, crop top and worn-in Doctor Martens had been carefully put together. The fact that the boots were worn-in was important so that I could dance all night to the cheesy tunes, including Steps with ‘Better the Devil you Know’ an
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 25, 2024
Walmart is expanding its autoimmune-focused specialty pharmacy business to more than 30 locations across nine states.
Open Dental
JULY 25, 2024
There are many ways to take notes in Open Dental. We'll discuss creating templates, recording clinical notes, notes on patient communication, accounting, security, and more! The post Take Note: The Different Ways We Enter Notes in Open Dental appeared first on Open Dental Blog.
Health Prime
JULY 25, 2024
Promoting screenings for Hepatitis benefits medical practices by improving patient health outcomes, reducing long-term healthcare costs, ensuring compliance, and generating revenue. With World Hepatitis Day (July 28) around the corner, it’s an excellent time to shed light on Hepatitis, a silent yet potentially deadly infection affecting millions worldwide.
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Forbes Healthcare
JULY 25, 2024
What if we could repair fundamental parts of our bodies? Gene therapy promises just that.
Medical Economics
JULY 25, 2024
Study found that 80% of those surveyed are willing to stop one or more medications
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 25, 2024
Demand for ADHD assesments has ballooned over the last five years, leaving services accross the U.K. stuggling to cope.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 25, 2024
The revamp should help the department handle pressing challenges facing the healthcare sector, like cyber threats and the growth of AI, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said.
KevinMD.com
JULY 25, 2024
“You’ve got some guts starting your residency pregnant!” I was that intern. It was June 2011. A few months earlier, on Match Day—the day when the National Residency Matching Program releases results to applicants seeking residency in a specialty of their choice in the U.S.—I had found out that I’d gotten into my first-choice hospital Read more… It’s time to pass federally mandated paid parental leave originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 25, 2024
The health system reported a net income of $289.2 million for the second quarter, but relatively flat patient volume growth sparked analyst concerns during an earnings call Thursday.
Minority Nurse
JULY 25, 2024
National Disability Independence Day on July 26 honors the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26, 1990. With the passage of the ADA came opportunities for people with disabilities, including greater access to previously inaccessible public areas and job training skills for employment. With one in four Americans reporting having a disability, nurses with disabilities exist in the field while providing value in clinics, hospitals, and other areas of work by showcasing the
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 25, 2024
Deployments of the new electronic health record have largely been on hold, except for the recent launch at a medical center in Illinois. Agency and Oracle officials said the rollout went well.
Medical Economics
JULY 25, 2024
‘Chevron deference’ in legal interpretation falls in ruling expected to have far-reaching consequences across health care, other areas of governance.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 25, 2024
Tenet has an emerging “beat and raise” track record on Wall Street, analysts said, after the health system raised its full-year guidance for the second time this year.
Valant
JULY 25, 2024
Understanding Behavioral Health Messaging What Is Behavioral Health Messaging? Behavioral health messaging involves crafting targeted messages to promote mental health, encourage positive behaviors, and enhance patient engagement. It encompasses various communication channels, including secure electronic messaging. The Importance of Effective Messaging Clear, empathetic communication fosters trust, encourages treatment adherence, and reduces stigma.
Practice Index
JULY 25, 2024
Three weeks after Labour’s landslide victory in the general election and there’s no let-up in the chat about primary care in the UK. From Wes Streeting’s visit to a GP practice on his first full day in the role – and his commitment to increased funding for the “family doctor service”, as he likes to say, to the return of Alan Milburn to the fold, and even talk of a 5.5% pay rise for certain NHS staff – our day-to-day world is never far from the headlines.
Valant
JULY 25, 2024
Definition CPT Code 90846 is a procedure code used by licensed behavioral health providers. It specifically refers to Family psychotherapy (without the patient present) and involves sessions lasting 50 minutes. During these sessions, the therapist interacts with family members without the identified patient (IP) being present. The goal is to address family dynamics, communication, and relationships.
Practice Index
JULY 25, 2024
CrowdStrike crisis highlights concerns about IT backups The NHS needs to find an improved way of backing up its IT systems following the havoc caused by the CrowdStrike failure last week, a senior GP has said. Practices kept going with pen and paper last Friday and continued to struggle with a backlog of appointments and other work this week. The CrowdStrike problems affected Microsoft systems around the world, impacting travel services as well as healthcare systems and the EMIS services used by
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 25, 2024
The incidence rates continue to surge.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 25, 2024
The California-based insurer also outlined how it remains acquisitive, despite the ConnectiCare deal announced earlier this week.
Medical Economics
JULY 25, 2024
‘HHS must be agile, accountable, and strategic to meet the needs of this moment,’ Secretary Becerra says.
Practice Management Institute
JULY 25, 2024
Practice Management Institute (PMI) was thrilled to host a workshop at University Medical Center (UMC) in Lubbock, Texas. Led by PMI faculty member Jan Hailey, the session focused on Management and Leadership in the Medical Practice and drew 63 medical practice professionals.
Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management
JULY 25, 2024
HealthDay News — Nurses reported improved workplace conditions in 2023 versus 2022, according to a study published online July 18 in JAMA Network Open. Christopher R. Friese, Ph.D., R.N., from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and colleagues sought to identify changes in practicing registered nurses’ employment plans and workplace assessments between the 2022 and 2023 surveys.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 25, 2024
John Sackett will step into the role on Aug. 4.
Physicians Practice
JULY 25, 2024
What health care can learn from recent DOJ actions.
Medical Economics
JULY 25, 2024
The top news stories in medicine today.
Health Populi
JULY 25, 2024
Globally, patients are growing consumer muscles leaning into trust that’s building on communications that connect with them, based on insightful research from Smart Communications. This consumer research was fielded by Toluna and Harris Interactive in February and March 2024. In The State of Customer Conversations , the report assesses input from global consumers from the APAC region (Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Singapore), German-speaking markets (Austria
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