Fri.Sep 13, 2024

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Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa Suffers 3rd Concussion Of NFL Career

Forbes Healthcare

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered the third diagnosed concussion of his NFL career after a collision with the Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin Thursday night.

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Elevance to acquire Indiana University Health’s insurance business

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

IU Health Plans will operate under the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield brand after the deal closes, which is expected at the end of 2024.

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Two And A Half Decades Later, OxyContin Marketing Is Still Deadly

Forbes Healthcare

Purdue Pharma launched OxyContin in 1996, and soon began an aggressive marketing campaign for this powerful and addictive drug.

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More Evidence Supports Infant RSV Shot Safety and Effectiveness

Science Based Medicine

As RSV approaches, some "real world" data out of France provides even more support for the RSV antibody shot for babies. The post More Evidence Supports Infant RSV Shot Safety and Effectiveness first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Medicare Advantage bonuses poised to drop this year for first time since 2015, KFF says

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Still, plans are expected to rake in $11.8 billion in bonuses, with half of that tranche going to just two insurers: UnitedHealthcare and Humana.

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Patti Scialfa's Cancer Diagnosis: What To Know About Multiple Myeloma

Forbes Healthcare

Patti Scialfa, Bruce Springsteen’s Wife and E Street Bandmate, has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Find out more on this rare cancer and its evolving treatments.

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Is Alzheimer’s Disease More Likely To Be Inherited From Mom Or Dad?

Forbes Healthcare

New research suggests that familial risk of Alzheimer's disease may be higher depending on which parent is affected.

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Where healthcare AI startups are raising venture capital funding

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Just over 5% of companies selling AI to health systems have matured beyond seed and early-stage funding rounds, according to an analysis by Flare Capital Partners.

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7 ways coding automation can help capture reimbursement

Medical Economics

Automation can play a large role in your coding strategy.

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How Environmental Health Education Empowers Minority Nurses

Minority Nurse

Minority nurses are uniquely positioned to leverage their influence to help combat racial disparities in the healthcare industry. As climate change increasingly and disproportionately affects people of color, empowering minority nurses through environmental health education is becoming imperative. Through educational initiatives, minority nurses can help counter environmental racism and its associated adverse health outcomes.

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Open enrollment is here: Boost staff participation with text messaging

Medical Economics

Both staff engagement and health insurance benefits are important for retaining good employees. Here are ways to combine the two so your staff understand coverage options and deadlines.

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Friday Reflection 44: Diagnostic Enigma

Sensible Medicine

PJ is a 53-year-old woman referred for a consultative visit. For the last 12-18 months she has been suffering from fatigue, headache, joint pain, and rashes. She has been seeing a primary care internist and has had consultations with a neurologist, a dermatologist, and a rheumatologist. She presents with a folder of records and codes for outside EMRs.

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Apple’s Latest Event Highlights Its Continued Bet On Healthcare

Forbes Healthcare

The latest innovations include sleep apnea detection and clinical grade hearing aids.

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Communities, patients, health care executives all play a role in getting out the vote

Medical Economics

Physician founder of Vot-ER discusses health outcomes and reactions when physicians promote voter registration in health care settings.

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The rose, the thorn, and the bud: Implications for health care

Physicians Practice

Sometimes, we need to reflect on the joys and benefits of a medical practice.

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Countdown Checklist L9, T-minus 49: Complete Basic Training

Connect Care Bytes Blog

Continuing a list of essential actions for Connect Care Launch 9 prescribers readying for launch November 2, 2024. Complete Basic Training All Connect Care users must demonstrate basic proficiency (based on basic training ) before gaining access to the Connect Care clinical information system (CIS) and undertaking personalization and mobility training.

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Is a Criminal Justice Program Expensive?

Northwest Career College

If a criminal justice career is what you are considering, among the very first questions you would probably want to get an answer to is, “ How much will it cost? ” Education is indeed an investment in your future, but of course, you need to know the costs before you decide on anything. Criminal justice courses vary in cost, depending on which school you choose and whether they are online or in-class.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

Thank you for continuing to check the Connect Care update blog for prescribers (ideally, subscribe to multiple channels; see instructions ). Recent additions to this blog and its various channels are listed below. Reminder that a camera icon in a blog post on any of our channels indicates that there is an accompanying screenshot - just click the icon to view.

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Burnout: Time for a new job or a change in mindset?

Medical Economics

How to know whether you are burned out to the point where you need to look for a new job.

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SDOH: What every physician needs to know about social drivers of health. Part 1: An introduction

Medical Economics

Two experts discuss The Physicians Foundation and its efforts to affect the factors that affect health outside the doctor's office.

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Navigating the pros and cons of selling your medical practice to private equity

Medical Economics

What you need to know before making the sale

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Greater risk of psychosis; immune system vs. cancer; it’s Friday the 13th – Morning Medical Update

Medical Economics

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