Scrubs

OCTOBER 28, 2024

In a case that has captured public attention for its bizarre and chilling details, a British general practitioner, Thomas Kwan, recently pleaded guilty to attempting to kill his mother’s long-term partner, Patrick O’Hara, through a calculated plan involving forged documents, a nurse’s disguise, and a fake COVID-19 vaccine. This shocking crime, motivated by a family inheritance dispute, led to Kwan’s elaborate scheme and has had severe, life-threatening consequences for O’Hara.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Artificial intelligence tools could help solve workforce challenges. Implementation, however, can be difficult, pushing organizations to consider less risky administrative and back-office tasks first.

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Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The "middlemen of medicine" have become obstacles to progress, often perpetuating inefficiencies and exacerbating healthcare's existing problems.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Google, Microsoft and GE Healthcare say they’ll power the next wave of AI advancement. But executives are split on how to offer the tools to providers responsibly — and whether all clinicians are equally ready for them.

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Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Preliminary data implicates slivered onions used on Quarter Pounders as a possible source, and recent testing rules out beef patties, according to the company.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement went live in December with five Qualified Health Information Networks, and two more were added early this year.

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The study of the week will take a short break. I head to Curitiba Brazil tomorrow for the Brazilian EP society meeting. I have five lectures. I will be back next week. And there will be plenty of studies to choose from because we are entering the fall season of medical meetings. This week, Sensible Medicine features a guest column from Zachary R. Caverley, a Cardiology Physician Assistant working in the Northwest coast of Oregon.

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The HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The majority of healthcare data breaches reported in the past few years are due to hacking incidents but many of these security incidents do not involve the exploitation of vulnerabilities in software and operating systems for initial access. Far more common is the exploitation of human vulnerabilities, where healthcare workers are tricked into providing cyber actors with access to internal systems and sensitive data.

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Emerging RN Leader

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Little research exists about the stress of technology on nurses in practice today. I would encourage you and your staff to participate in this research. Study Link The post Participate in Technostress in Nursing Research appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Medical Economics

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Blue Shield of California and Salesforce look to grant prior authorization answers in near real-time come January 2026.

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We Care Online

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Telehealth, the practice of delivering healthcare services remotely through digital platforms, has grown tremendously in recent years. This technology-driven approach has opened new doors for both patients and healthcare providers, allowing greater access to care, especially in underserved areas. Telehealth saw a significant surge during the COVID-19 pandemic, it remains a vital option in modern medicine and one of the handful of places nurses can work.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Laboratories face a series of upcoming deadlines to comply with stricter FDA oversight of in-house tests. Here are five strategies labs can take to be ready.

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Medical Economics

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The approach offers bilingual support, mailed outreach, and no-cost screening.

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The HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted the Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance Through HIPAA Security 2024 conference after a 5-year absence. Attendees learned about the current cybersecurity landscape in healthcare, how compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule can help HIPAA-regulated entities combat cyber threats, and were provided with practical tips and techniques for implementing the r

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Medical Economics

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Corporate Transparency Act, part of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021, requires disclosure of all beneficial owners of entities, with harsh penalties for those businesses who ignore this requirement.

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Performance Health

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Risk management information systems (RMIS) are becoming essential tools for healthcare organizations aiming to prevent medical errors , which pose significant challenges globally by impacting patient outcomes and operational costs. These errors, ranging from medication mistakes to diagnostic oversights, can result in serious consequences, including prolonged hospital stays, unnecessary treatments, and even fatalities.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Southern University’s College of Nursing and Allied Health is shattering barriers and making headlines in extraordinary ways. According to WBRZ-2 News, this Baton Rouge, LA-based Historically Black College and University (HBCU) has reached a historic milestone by welcoming its largest cohort of Black male nursing students—33 ambitious individuals ready to transform the healthcare landscape.

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Medical Economics

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Congressional action needed before premium tax credits expire at end of 2025.

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Northwest Career College

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Patient scheduling is the process of ensuring that patients get the required care at the appropriate time. Effective scheduling enables dental professionals to manage their time effectively. This also helps avoid long wait times, miscommunication, or overbooking. When the dental administrative assistant (i.e., dental front office, receptionist, etc.) knows how to handle scheduling properly, the office runs so much smoother.

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Medical Economics

OCTOBER 28, 2024

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

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Continuing a list of essential actions for Connect Care Launch 9 prescribers readying for launch November 2, 2024. Unburden where and when Possible Many clinical services have limited abilities to control patient numbers or clinical workloads. However, each Launch 9 zone is implementing strategies to ease launch pressures in ways that befit their units and capabilities.

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Medical Economics

OCTOBER 28, 2024

SullivanCotter data show doctors’ pay is back to historical average growth.

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Northwest Career College

OCTOBER 28, 2024

If you are considering pursuing a career in medical billing and coding, you may have questions like where you will be able to work after receiving your certification or license. Many healthcare settings require the services of medical billing and coding specialists for record organization and management, insurance claims, and billing. Medical Billing and Coding careers are in high demand, and one study predicts an outstanding 8.7 growth in this field through 2033 —much faster than the average fo

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Physicians Practice

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.

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Medical Economics

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Breach is the largest ever reported the federal government

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Science Based Medicine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

In a post on X/Twitter, antivaxxer turned Trump supporter Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. declared MAHA war on the FDA, should Trump be elected. What would this actually mean in practice? The post RFK Jr. declares MAHA war against the FDA first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Medical Economics

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The top news stories in medicine today.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Today marks eight days before #Election2024 in the U.S. While many political pundits assert that “health care is not on the ballot,” I contend it is on voters’ minds in many ways — related to the economy (the top issue in America), social equity, and even immigration (in terms of the health care workforce). In today’s Health Populi blog, I’m digging into Access Denied: patients speak out on insurance barriers and the need for policy change , a study conducted

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