Tue.Jan 07, 2025

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Aetna sues drugmakers over alleged price-fixing scheme

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The complaint alleges nearly two dozen pharmaceutical companies colluded to limit competition, causing costs for certain generic medications to skyrocket.

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Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Right About Fluoride? A Dentist Explains

Forbes Healthcare

As the debate over fluoride in water heats up, its important for the public to understand its benefits and concerns about overuse. A dentist explains.

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UnitedHealth, Amedisys delay close date of $3.3B merger

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The massive healthcare company and the home health provider have agreed to push back the timeline of their deal after the Department of Justice sued to block it.

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Getting A Colonoscopy? Ask Your Doctor About Using An AI Copilot

Forbes Healthcare

Lower detection of polyps leads to higher rates of subsequent colon cancer.

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Ardent Health acquires 18 urgent care clinics

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The health system plans to purchase additional urgent care centers in 2025.

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Screening patients for physical inactivity can decrease risk of chronic illness, study says

Medical Economics

Physical inactivity is a major risk factor for several chronic health conditions and should set off red flags during primary care visits.

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Medical, health care and business conferences 2025 – a slideshow

Medical Economics

Where will you go to meet fellow professionals this year?

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Avoid these estate planning mistakes

Physicians Practice

Avoid these common mistakes to protect your assets and make sure your wealth is distributed the way you want.

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HHS proposes rule to strengthen cybersecurity in U.S. health care sector

Medical Economics

Rule would modify HIPAA and require most providers to comply with more complex and thorough security guidelines.

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AI Won’t Replace Dental Hygienists, Here’s Why

Open Dental

Dental hygienists and dentists bring nuanced expertise and personal interaction that machines cannot replicate. This article explores why dental professionals are irreplaceable and what features to look for in dental AI programs. The post AI Wont Replace Dental Hygienists, Heres Why appeared first on Open Dental Blog.

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From challenge to change: Best practices for value-based care in physician practices

Medical Economics

Adopting a value-based approach to clinical, financial and administrative operations can help physician practices thrive in both FFS and VBC worlds

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Building a cyber-resilient practice

Physicians Practice

Key steps to protecting your data and your patients from cybersecurity threats.

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The first U.S. death from avian flu; HHS awards $306 million in avian flu monitoring and preparedness; children exposed to higher levels of fluoride have lower IQs – Morning Medical Update

Medical Economics

The top news stories in medicine today.

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Vitamin Sleep – Sleep-Tech Innovations from #CES2025

Health Populi

Sleep, or lack thereof, is a public health challenge around the world whatever your postal code or demographic profile. Can technology help us bridge the sleep deprivation gap, or is technology destined to ruin our mind-body-spirit health? At CES 2025, you won’t be surprised that it’s a bull market for sleep-tech across a growing portfolio of device and product types.

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The Affordable Care Act under the Trump administration

Medical Economics

Sheila P. Burke, chair, Government Relations and Public Policy Group, Baker Donelson Law Firm, discusses how she expects the Trump administration to approach the Affordable Care Act.

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On Euthanasia and Medicine

Sensible Medicine

Dr. Martin Greenwald has published some great essays on Sensible Medicine in the past and he runs the terrific substack, Socratic Psychiatrist. Months back, we had a conversation about whether assisted suicide should be allowed and, if so, what role physicians should play. I think we agreed on most points, but Martin had considered the issue more deeply than I had.

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You, Me, and Our Microbiome

The Healthcare Blog

By KIM BELLARD You may have heard about the microbiome, that collection of microorganisms that fill the world around, and in, us. You may have had some digestive tract issues after a round of antibiotics wreaked havoc with your gut microbiome. You may have read about the rafts of research that are making it clearer that our health is directly impacted by what is going on with our microbiome.

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Colon Cancer – Key Medical Terms

Medical Terminology Blog

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) , not counting some kinds of skin cancer, colorectal cancer, often referred to as colon cancer, is the fourth most common cancer in men and women. It is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Colon and rectum. The colon is also called the large intestine. It is approximately 5 feet in length.

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Phased Replacement of IMPAX Viewer - Central Zone Next

Connect Care Bytes Blog

As previously posted , Provincial Enterprise Imaging (PEI) is replacing the IMPAX system as the new Picture Archive and Communication System (PACS). The next phase of implementation will be in Central Zone, on January 21, 2025. With PEI implementation, OrthoView will also replace MediCAD as the orthopedic templating software. PEI Implementation After PEI implementation, medical staff will view diagnostic images and reports via the XERO Viewer in Connect Care.