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This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The healthcare industry currently accounts for 14% of all US workers, employing about 22 million professionals across different sectors. However, despite this and the unquestionable importance of the industry, it is underfunded, understaffed, and underappreciated. […].
He had me at the statement, “I believe health data is medicine.”. Those were the words of Ardy Arianpour, CEO and Co-Founder of Seqster, when sharing with me how his company was founded. We met up last week at the DIA Europe 2022 meeting (Drug Information Association) in the cool SQUARE Conference Center in Brussels, Belgium (my current home base for work and life).
Having spent her career “truly on the front lines making a difference,” Gloria McNeal, PhD, MSN, ACNS-BC, FAAN, will receive an AACN Pioneering Spirit Award at the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) 2022 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition in Houston, May 16-18. McNeal’s award recognizes her efforts to bring healthcare directly to those most in need and introduce telehealth and remote monitoring to critical care.
In this, my first installment of Residency Chronicles, I want to share with you how I ended up buying a car. As many of you know, in March I found out that I matched into residency in the US, so starting July 1st, I’ll be a brand new PGY-1 on the East Coast! In the US, life without a car is really difficult, so I knew that I would have to start thinking seriously about procuring a vehicle a few weeks ago.
Revenue cycle management (RCM) is the financial process that makes it possible for most healthcare organizations to fulfill their mission of providing quality care for patients and communities. Without it, these organizations cannot survive. Poor revenue management can cause many organizations to struggle and experience financial difficulties or even disruption of services.
The GALE School package enables school districts to reduce absenteeism, improve healthcare for students and staff, and enhance provider engagement with parents. SAN MATEO, CA — April 28, 2022 — As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal government is providing funding for school districts to significantly expand the school healthcare services.
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Concussions are a growing concern globally, with many pushing for greater awareness and ongoing research being done with regards to managing the condition. There are many ways to cure post-concussion syndrome, but in recent years, […]. The article Technologies That Are Assisting Concussion Injury Management appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
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This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Concussions are a growing concern globally, with many pushing for greater awareness and ongoing research being done with regards to managing the condition. There are many ways to cure post-concussion syndrome, but in recent years, […]. The article Technologies That Are Assisting Concussion Injury Management appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
“It’s hard to be healthy in the U.S. today.” That is the underlying premise and reason for The Building H Index. Health happens outside of doctors’ offices and hospital operating rooms. Health is made in our homes, in our communities, in our daily lives as we go about working, playing, learning, and praying. Too often, in those daily life-flows, making a healthy decision is harder than defaulting to a less-healthy one.
Wound, Ostomy, and Continence (WOC) Nurse Week runs from April 17 to 23 this year and celebrates this nursing specialty and the nurses who dedicate their talents to this area of care. To find out more about what makes this career path so rewarding, Minority Nurse heard from Vanessa Maxwell MSN, RN, CWON, PLNC and owner of Wound Care Solutions by Vanessa, LLC.
“Let’s do a survey!” For many companies, this statement marks the beginning of their customer experience (CX) program. However, thinking only about the survey and questions to ask has businesses jumping in at the end of the planning process. It’s like picking interior paint colors before you even have the blueprint when building a new home. A sustainable CX program requires a blueprint too.
The Acute Care Hospital at Home model (ACHAH) provides traditional hospital inpatient acute-level services at home. Prior to the pandemic a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid pilot study yielded positive results with respect to hospital readmission rates and follow-up emergency department visits. The ACHAH model appears to be a feasible alternative to traditional inpatient acute care that can improve quality of care and patient satisfaction.
Back on the internet, you are looking for something to make you angry. It’s a habit you picked up as a researcher, stuck in your lab until sunset, walking home to those empty walls. It’s one you’ve kept as a medical student. It’s always the most belligerent takes that ignite you. The ones that leap Read more… On the internet, you are looking for something to make you angry originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Shannon Flynn is a freelance blogger who covers education technologies, cybersecurity and IoT topics. You can follow Shannon on Muck Rack or Medium to read more of her articles. Artificial intelligence (AI) has had major impacts in the health care […].
Inflation and rising prices are the biggest problem facing America, most people told the Kaiser Family Foundation March 2022 Health Tracking Poll. Underpinning that household budget concern are gas and health care costs. Overall, 55% of people in the U.S. pointed to inflation as the top challenge the nation faces (ranging from 46% of Democrats to 70% of Republicans).
The Oscar slap that overshadowed the Academy Awards ceremony was sparked by a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s lack of hair – with husband Will Smith objecting violently to comedian Chris Rock mocking the actress’s shaved head. Away from the recriminations over what could be perceived as a mean-spirited jibe and a disproportionate response , many people will sympathize with Pinkett Smith.
When it comes to ensuring your organization provides better care to persons served, there are few options better than creating a culture of learning. To truly embrace this cultural shift, your organization needs to provide staff with the tools necessary to learn and embrace their curiosity. This is where a learning management platform comes in. A learning management platform makes it more convenient for your staff to learn, while streamlining reporting, course enrollment, and other administratio
To improve yourself as a medical assistant, it is important to be aware of how you can contribute to the success and growth in your field. One way this could happen would be by being more prepared for client calls with detailed patient information at hand so that when they do come into contact one on one there will not only have to be enough time spent getting acquainted but also making sure everything has gone according to plan from start-to-finish!
I awake each day, looking for the sunlight to brighten my life, just as you may do. I wonder who I will meet today who might have an impact on my life, just as it may be for you. I organize in my mind my “to do” list for the day … all the things Read more… Me is who I am originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Yoni Nevo, CEO, Sweetch. Obesity comes in many forms and for many reasons. Among the various options for treatment, different approaches work for different people. But no matter the approach, treatability and successful treatment […]. The article For Obesity Management To Work, It Must Be Proactive and Empathetic appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
As health care industry stakeholders and policymakers have begun to recognize and address the underlying drivers of peoples’ health, there’s another acronym that is taking hold in health care beyond SDoH: that is ESG, standing for. E nvironment. S ocial, and. G overnance pillars of responsibility and activity. To mark this Earth Day 2022, I’ve written a brief primer on ESG for the health care community published today in the Medecision Liberate Health blog.
Two recent papers by UIC College of Nursing faculty found that microaggressions – common, subtle indignities – can be just as harmful as a major discriminatory event, contributing to negative mental and physical health outcomes in bisexual women. Associate professor Wendy Bostwick , PhD, MPH, and assistant professor Ariel U. Smith , PhD, RN, were co-authors on both papers, one published in the Journal of Bisexuality and the other in Psychology of Sexual Orientation Gender Diversity , a publ
Specialized wound care education reaps financial and human rewards that can give you a trackable return on investment. The human side focuses on positive patient outcomes, naturally, but benefits also include clinician engagement and retention. Financial rewards of wound care education flow outward from the human benefits. Your business model revolves around competent clinicians, care quality, and reimbursements.
If you constantly feel like you don’t have enough time to achieve certain things in your life, then I think this exercise in time management is really the place to start. A lot of people are very inaccurate when it comes to estimating how much time they have for activities. I bet if you asked a random group of people why they don’t learn a new language, someone will reply that they “don’t have time,” but this exercise might go to show you that you do, in fact, have
One of the difficulties faced by those of us who are chronically ill (which includes chronic pain) is that others don’t understand what we’re going through. Our culture does a poor job of educating people about health challenges even though they’re a natural part of the human condition. We wish with all our hearts that Read more… 4 things the chronically ill wish others understood originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Joey Cavanaugh, RN, chief operations officer, Zotec Partners. The American healthcare system has long been burdened by interoperability issues preventing easy access to and sharing of important patient health data. Amid the ongoing COVID-19 […].
Too many dollars, stimulated by an influx of COVID-19 government stimulus, are chasing too few goods in economies around the world. Couple this will labor, material shortages, and disrupted supply chains, the exogenous shock of the Ukraine crisis amplifying cost increases and shortage driving higher prices for food and commodities, and global consumers are faced with strains in household budgets.
Minority Nurse recently caught up with David Nguyen, an early career nurse in Boston who decided when he was young that a career in nursing was his path. After graduating from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Nguyen jumped full time into a role at Boston Medical Center where he enjoys working on a diverse team that provides care for a diverse population.
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Why should doctors become involved in social media? I asked myself this same question a few years ago. My answer was, “I don’t know.” I saw no redeeming reason to get involved with social media as a physician. At the time, I just saw it as a social platform for posting cute family photos, funny Read more… They didn’t teach social media in medical school originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Inato, a clinical trial platform for community sites, today announced the appointment of Liz Beatty to its Board of Directors. Beatty brings decades of experience in leadership and clinical trial management, along with over three […]. The article Inato Appoints CSO Liz Beatty To Board of Directors appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Four in five U.S. physicians were using telehealth to care for patients at the end of 2021. Among those doctors who were not providing telehealth by late 2021, just over one half never did so during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2021 Telehealth Survey Report from the AMA. This report provides insightful context for the upcoming annual ATA Conference for 2022 , being held in-person in Boston kicking off May 1st.
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