Science Based Medicine

JUNE 17, 2024

A few months ago, I wrote about how antivaxxers misrepresent vaccine safety studies to portray vaccines as dangerous, using a large study of outcomes in adults as an example. They're doing it again, but this time it's a large study of COVID-19 vaccines in children. The post How antivaxxers weaponize vaccine safety studies to falsely portray vaccines as dangerous, part 2: The children first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 17, 2024

Several states are expanding pharmacists’ scope of practice to allow them to prescribe amid a shortage of primary care physicians and other healthcare workers.

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 17, 2024

Robin Geiger, DNP, MSN, APRN, NP-C, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, is an accomplished, results-driven, board-certified nurse executive with over 20 years of hands-on clinical leadership experience. Dr. Geiger ’ s professional focus is on health equity and clinician advocacy. Through the ACT (Advocacy, Career, Tools) program for all clinicians within the Ingenovis Health brands, Dr.

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The Healthcare Blog

JUNE 17, 2024

Health Note takes the patient history from the patient and includes it in the EMR. It’s another piece of the puzzle in trying to fix the patient/physician encounter. Health note also does the basic information for intake that companies like Phreesia does but it also gets the patient to answer questions about their health so that the physician has more time in the encounter to focus on what to do about it.

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99MGMT

JUNE 17, 2024

The Physician Self-Referral Law, commonly referred to as the Stark Law, is a federal law passed in 1989 that prohibits healthcare providers from referring Medicare and Medicaid patients for “designated health services” to entities with which the provider has a financial relationship. This includes physician practice management companies, such as those that employ new physicians and offer administrative outsourcing.

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KevinMD.com

JUNE 17, 2024

I often find that many doctors come to me with doubts and are grappling with the idea that they don’t know how to manage the business aspects of their private practice. However, in working with them, most come to the realization that the truth is that the skills required to run a successful medical practice Read more… Integrating clinical expertise with business acumen for private practice success originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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The Healthcare Blog

JUNE 17, 2024

By KIM BELLARD NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang has become quite the media darling lately, due to NVIDIA’s skyrocketing market value the past two years ($3.3 trillion now, thank you very much. A year ago it first hit $1 trillion). His company is now the world’s third largest company by market capitalization. Last week he gave the commencement speech at Caltech , and offered those graduates some interesting insights.

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Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 17, 2024

Marten den Haring, CEO of Lirio, shares how he achieves hyper-personalization in healthcare by combining behavioral science and artificial intelligence.

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Health Populi

JUNE 17, 2024

You would assume that most people over 50 would be worried about the financial future of Medicare to cover health care as those middle-aged Americans age. But a surprising two-thirds of young Americans between 18 and 29, and 7 in 10 between 30 and 39 years of age, are concerned that Medicare’s solvency will worsen leading to their not being able to receive Medicare when eligible to receive it, discovered in the 2024 Healthcare in America Report from West Health and Gallup.

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Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 17, 2024

Congress would need to pass legislation for the warnings to be added.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JUNE 17, 2024

Explore the connection between orthopedics and rock music with Dr. Lew Schon on The Ortho Show. Discover how this pioneering surgeon ended up performing with the Foo Fighters in an inspiring episode hosted by Dr. Scott Sigman.

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Medical Economics

JUNE 17, 2024

How hope and optimism for technology can shape a more positive future for healthcare & how we can get there

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JUNE 17, 2024

The health system, one of the largest nonprofits in the country, lost access to its electronic health record, patient portal and some phone systems after the attack in early May.

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Medical Economics

JUNE 17, 2024

The top news stories in medicine today.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JUNE 17, 2024

Healthcare payers are leveraging automation and technology to build robust Medicare Advantage networks, overcoming challenges posed by changing deadlines and regulatory complexities.

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CollaborateMD

JUNE 17, 2024

All healthcare practices are focused on the same thing: achieving the best possible outcomes for their patients. It also requires paying attention to the business side of the healthcare practice–after all, if your practice is routinely running into cash flow issues and struggling to get paid on time, it’s going to be that much harder to accomplish your goals without a strong revenue cycle management system.

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Relias

JUNE 17, 2024

What is pre-acute care? Pre-acute care is a term that describes the care provided to patients before they need acute care services such as hospitalization or an emergency department visit. Like preventative care, pre-acute care aims to prevent the onset of acute conditions — such as infections, injuries, or exacerbations of chronic diseases — by providing more comprehensive and coordinated primary care.

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Trafft

JUNE 17, 2024

Technology has truly made our lives so much easier. With an abundance of apps for personal trainers and clients, staying fit and creating a functional work schedule is more effortless than ever. But how can you be sure you are getting the most out of what these apps can offer you? Well, the simple answer is to choose wisely. In the realm of personal training, where time is precious and efficiency is key, selecting the right app can make all the difference.

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Relias

JUNE 17, 2024

What is pre-acute care? Pre-acute care is a term that describes the care provided to patients before they need acute care services such as hospitalization or an emergency department visit. Like preventative care, pre-acute care aims to prevent the onset of acute conditions — such as infections, injuries, or exacerbations of chronic diseases — by providing more comprehensive and coordinated primary care.

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Performance Health

JUNE 17, 2024

The integration of AI in healthcare is transforming the way we diagnose, treat, and ensure patient safety. As we usher in this new era of technology-enhanced care, understanding its potential and challenges is crucial for advancing care delivery and patient outcomes. Read on to learn more about how AI enhances patient safety, addresses the concerns it raises, and explores the future of artificial intelligence in healthcare.

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Medical Economics

JUNE 17, 2024

A study found that using medical assistants to filter and triage patient portal messages was an effective time saver for physicians.

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Physicians Practice

JUNE 17, 2024

Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.

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Medical Economics

JUNE 17, 2024

There are times when walking away from a job or position is the right thing to do, and there is value in doing it well.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 17, 2024

The richer a society gets the higher the rates of atrial fibrillation. Obesity, lack of exercise, alcohol use and advancing age are the main drivers of AF. The AF-treatment market size in the US is measured in the billions of dollars. It’s expected to grow at high rates, powered largely by expansion of catheter ablation. The new technology in ablation of AF is something called pulsed field ablation or PFA.

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Medical Economics

JUNE 17, 2024

Modern analytics, automation, and AI technologies improve financial performance and free up time for patient care

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JUNE 17, 2024

Because of the cyberattack on Change Healthcare earlier this year, providers say they’re having difficultly getting the necessary information from plans required to kick off the dispute resolution process.

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Medical Economics

JUNE 17, 2024

While no state is malpractice-free, some are much more litigious than others.

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