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Mayo Clinic launches digital health product pipeline

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The program aims alleviate the cost and difficulty digital health companies face in selling to hospitals, while making it easier for hospitals to find and integrate useful tools.

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Get ahead for the new annual leave year

Practice Index

Unbelievably, April is just around the corner - and, for many of us, this means planning a new year of annual leave for our teams, which is an ideal time to look at ways to streamline the process. Do you find yourself sinking under a pile of holiday requests every week? Is it difficult to keep track of who wants to book summer holidays and time off over Christmas - and did they take the same time off last year?

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27 Types of Life Coaching: Your Roadmap to Perfect Niche

Trafft

Google “life coaching services” and the search engine throws more than one million results at you. As a life coach, you may be left wondering, how can people hear me above all the noise in a growing industry full of potential? You need to focus and amplify your life coaching business by directing your skill set and knowledge toward a specific type of life coaching.

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Celebrating World Sleep Day 2024 – Sleep Equity for Global Health

Health Populi

On the long list of things people can do to bolster their well-being, sleep ranks third after eating well and being physically active. We are calling out sleep as a key ingredient for health today, World Sleep Day 2024. Yes, it’s a real thing, and this year speaks to the theme of Sleep Equity for Global Health. The data point here comes from Datassential ‘s latest consumer survey conducted across all adult age groups in the U.S.

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Kids With ADHD Have Atypical Brain Wiring, NIH Study Finds

Forbes Healthcare

Researchers found unusual, increased neural connections in the brains of children with ADHD in a large National Institutes of Health study published Wednesday.

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Negotiating the physician identity in an era of complexity and connectivity (Part 1)

Sensible Medicine

Continuing our commentary on Lisa Rosenbaum’s recent work, today we have the first of a two part piece by Dr. Cory Rohlfsen who has written terrific, thought provoking pieces for Sensible Medicine in the past. Adam Cifu Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. If you appreciate our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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Senators grill HHS Secretary Becerra on nation’s next health care spending plan

Medical Economics

Department is seeking more than $1.7 trillion for mandatory programs, $130.7 billion in discretionary spending.

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User Favorite Open Dental Tips

Open Dental

We love sharing tips with you that help you do more! Here are some user-favorite Open Dental tips and features that have been game-changers. The post User Favorite Open Dental Tips appeared first on Open Dental Blog.

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The burnout paradox: How addressing SDOH can reduce provider stress

Medical Economics

Solutions involving social determinants of health may seem counterintuitive, but they can be effective.

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How Can Your HR Department Help You?

Minority Nurse

Nurses help people all day long. Whether it’s a colleague who needs a hand or a patient who needs support, a nurse will evaluate what’s needed and find a way to make that happen. But when nurses need something, they are frequently reluctant to ask for help. But a nurse’s human resources (HR) department can help with professional help and often has extensive assistance available.

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Seven dispute resolution tips for physicians leading care teams

Medical Economics

How to deal with the day-to-day conflicts that your team may encounter

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11 EHR Benefits for Large Behavioral Health Practices

Valant

Efficient operations are the foundation of success for large behavioral health practices. As practices scale up, they often encounter unique complexities in managing patient care, administrative tasks, and regulatory compliance. Electronic health record (EHR) systems provide benefits that can play a pivotal role in optimizing practice operations and improving patient care delivery.

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Primary care news round-up (7th to 13th March 2024)

Practice Index

Imposed contract is a risk to stability Practice managers believe the new contract for GPs poses a risk to the “stability” of general practice, and the IGPM says it’s been inundated with comments from its members. The IGPM says the key problem is the limited uplift in funding at 2%, while the National Living Wage has been increased by 9.8%. In a statement, it commented: “The Government seems to have an agenda for general practice that they seem unwilling to share or understand.

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An Important Strategy for a High Reliability Organization: Effective Nurse Shift Timetables

DropStat

Patients and their families expect large hospitals and healthcare organizations of all types to provide the safest care despite being high-risk environments. How can they achieve this? The concept of high-reliability organizations (HROs) originated in the naval aviation and nuclear power industries and has positively impacted the healthcare world. HRO principles have greatly enhanced healthcare’s ability to provide higher-quality care with fewer accidents than could be anticipated.

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The updated CQC Handbook 2024

Practice Index

Updated in line with the rollout of the single assessment framework, the 2024 CQC (Care Quality Commission) Handbook [PLUS] is now available to download. This must-have document is packed with information and links to additional resources. Now featuring Quality Statements, the handbook guides you through everything you need to ensure your practice is compliant.

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DANB Reveals Three Essential Qualities of a Dental Assistant

ACI Medical & Dental School

The Dental Assisting National Board (DANB) recently featured an article on the Three Essential Qualities for a Dental Assistant. At ACI Medical & Dental School, conveniently located in Eatontown, NJ, you can train to become a Dental Assistant in under four months with certification by the DANB. As an added value to our students, our program also includes Dental Radiology licensing.

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Is the National Living Wage affordable?

Practice Index

As April looms, practices are facing yet another squeeze on their finances; the National Living Wage (NLW) hike will come into effect soon. The 9.8% rise from £10.42 to £11.44 per hour, for anyone aged 21 and over, may not sound a lot, but as an ongoing extra cost, managers are sure to feel the increase. The impact of the rise is all the harder to swallow when it looks like the Government will impose a 1.9% baseline uplift to the GMS contract – an offer that’s being challenged by the BMA, which

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Tracking maternal deaths; the head and the heart; federal budget and health care – Morning Medical Update

Medical Economics

The top news stories in medicine today.

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Navigating employees’ charged behavior in the health care workplace

Physicians Practice

Health care employers have the obligation to protect their employees and their patients, while also complying with applicable state and federal laws.

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Optimization Training - March/April Sessions Available

Connect Care Bytes Blog

We previously posted that the CMIO Training team is now offering Optimization classes (previously called Thrive classes), where Connect Care prescribers can learn how to take full advantage of the features of the clinical information system, to help maximize their productivity and spend more time with patients. The Optimization classes are 30 to 60 minutes in length each, and focus on completing common workflows more efficiently.

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My new secret weapon for learning from my customers

Physicians Practice

This is the first product the author has seen that combines both quantitative and qualitative feedback from patients.

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Congress and health care: Stopping opioid overdoses

Medical Economics

Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, offers a physician’s perspective on health care and Washington, D.C.

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Most overweight and obese cities: a slideshow

Medical Economics

WalletHub tallies cities based on body metrics, health consequences and food availability.

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Congress and health care: Burnout and young doctors

Medical Economics

Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, offers a physician’s perspective on health care and Washington, D.C.

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The top 10 patient safety concerns in 2024

Medical Economics

What are the biggest safety challenges patients face?