Scrubs
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
The twenty-first century is dominated by the revolution in technology. Digital tools have a big impact on education, that much is obvious. Consider a student who doesn’t use the Internet, computers, or other electronic gadgets. It’s hard, if not impossible. Students can send and receive emails from their lecturers and have access to network libraries’ resources.
Emerging RN Leader
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Many aspects of routine nursing care were skipped during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurse leaders are now trying to do a reset on care as they look at declining quality and safety measures. Consider the story a nurse manager recently shared on a webinar: I have been shocked […] The post The Normalization of Missed Nursing Care appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
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Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Most U.S. consumers will continue to spend their disposable incomes on connected consumer devices, but will be looking for more balance in their digital lives according to Deloitte’s fourth annual 2023 Connected Consumer Survey. In this year’s update, the Deloitte Center for Technology, Media & Telecommunications found that most households use five key digital devices daily: above all, smartphones, followed by laptop and desktop computers, tablets, and computer monitors.
Science Based Medicine
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
COVID-19 "contrarians" like Dr. Vinay Prasad have long complained about being labelled "antivaccine," which they view as unfair. Why, then, do they embrace antivax messages like "do not comply," even if they don't use the exact words? The post Dr. Vinay Prasad fully embraces the antivax message of “do not comply” first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Kyle Bachman, senior recruiter, Goshen Health. It can be hard to see any silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic. But as impacted organizations re-focused on their basics in order to survive – if not […] The article What COVID Taught Us About a Train-and-Hire Program To Recruit Frontline Workers appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Sensible Medicine
SEPTEMBER 16, 2023
Recently, I saw a tweet from World Lung Conference. A presenter lamented differences in Lung cancer screening rates by race. Black and Hispanic patients had lower rates of lung cancer CT screening than whites, and the speaker argued that we needed targeted efforts to improve this disparity. But lung cancer screening doesn't work, as I described in a prior post.
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Emerging RN Leader
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A blog reader recently asked me whether I thought some aspects of “nursing professionalism” might be racial or generational constructs. It was an excellent point because ideas about professionalism are tied to our cultural upbringing and experiences. Leaders often talk to me about what they perceive as […] The post Rethinking Nursing Professionalism appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Three in four nurses working in hospitals care about the success of their institution — “they show up and gown up…yet only 57% feel a sense of ownership in their hospitals, leaving leaders to expect 100% quality to be delivered by about half of the nursing workforce.” This is the key finding in a study from PRC on the implications of nurses’ dis-engagement from their work.
Science Based Medicine
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Doctors who repeatedly predicted herd immunity in 2020 and 2021, mocking and berating those who disagreed, now treat herd immunity as a taboo phrase. The post When Did “Herd Immunity” Become a Taboo Phrase? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Will O’Connor, M.D., chief medical information officer, TigerConnect When the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that COVID-19 was no longer a global pandemic, everyone breathed a maskless sigh of relief and tried to put […] The article The Crucial Link: How Nurses and Patients Benefit from Enhanced Clinical Communication appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Sensible Medicine
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
We are living in a time of growing distrust in science and scientific institutions. According to a 2022 Pew surve y, “Trust in scientists and medical scientists, once seemingly buoyed by their central role in addressing the coronavirus outbreak, is now below pre-pandemic levels. Overall, 29% of U.S. adults say they have a great deal of confidence in medical scientists to act in the best interests of the public, down from 40% who said this in November 2020.” Subscribe now At the same
Minority Nurse
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
In the world of nursing, consistent rates of students graduating from nursing programs, becoming licensed, and successfully entering the workforce are critical to the long-term viability of the nursing profession and the healthcare system itself. As the true lifeblood of healthcare delivery, nurses are central to patient care, from long-term and public health to acute care and home health.
19 Labs
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Messias Soares's radio interview on Radio Cultura FM 97.9 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, offers a deep dive into the world of telemedicine and its transformative power in Latin America. Together with Guillermo Schor Landman, a Lawyer specializing in Telecommunications Law and Telemedicine and President of Fundación Iberoamericana de Telemedicina , Messias sheds light on innovative solutions, real-life cases, and the growing importance of telemedicine in the region's healthcare landscape.
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
One-half of clinicians working in the U.S., doctors and nurses alike, are considering leaving their current role in the next two to three years. That 1 in 2 clinicians is significantly greater than the global 37% of physicians and nurses thinking about leaving their roles in the next 3 years, according to the report Clinician of the Future 2023 from Elsevier.
Science Based Medicine
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Measles and COVID are different, of course, but they are not categorically different. With both viruses, unvaccinated children suffer the most. Yet, doctors who rightly said "measles can be a devastating childhood illness" also said it was "breathless fear-mongering" to acknowledge that COVID can also be a devastating childhood illness. The post Doctors on Measles: “NEVER Listen to the Anti-Vax Cult When They Say This ‘Natural’ Disease is Harmless”.
Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Bjoern Sjut, co-founder and CEO, Finc3. It is challenging to ignore mobile smartphones’ influence on our day-to-day lives. Sometimes it’s the first thing you see in the morning and the last at night. The […] The article How Mobile-First Websites Can Influence More Patients to Reach You appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Sensible Medicine
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Let’s do a thought experiment about the tricuspid valve. The TCV controls blood flow from the right atrium to the right ventricle. Background : A common TCV problem occurs when the leaflets don’t close properly during systole and there is too much regurgitation of blood back to the right atrium. We call this TR or tricuspid regurgitation.
Minority Nurse
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Every organization or workplace in healthcare or any other industry has a workplace culture , whether those working there are conscious of it or not. The best workplace cultures are consciously and proactively created by everyone involved, and the worst cultures exist without a shred of intention. But what exactly is workplace culture, and how do you know your organization’s culture?
Relias
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
From 2000-2021, suicide rates increased by 36% in the United States. In 2020, suicide was the second cause of death among people aged 10 to 14 and the third leading cause of death for people aged 15 to 24. An issue that has gone largely unexplored until recently, however, is the alarming rise of suicide rates among Black youth and the general state of mental health in this group.
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
In U.S. health care’s negative-sum game, stakeholders who survive and win that game will have to deliver value-for-money, we learn from Trilliant Health’s 2023 Trends Shaping the Health Economy Report. “Report” is one word for this nearly 150-page compendium of health care data that is a treasure trove for health service researchers, marketers, strategists, journalists, and those keen to explore questions about the current state of health care in America.
Science Based Medicine
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
Once a doctor has minimized *literal death*, how can we take them seriously when they scold us for minimizing something not as severe as say, *literal death*? The post Part 1: “Don’t Minimize Myocarditis From The Vaccine”, By the Author of “Don’t Fear Literal Death From COVID”. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Chris Martini, chief provider officer, PatientPoint. In today’s U.S. healthcare system, patients often find themselves in a perplexing situation where the quality of clinical care can be excellent, but the overall patient experience may […] The article The Role of Digital Tools In Enhancing the Patient Experience and Value-Based Care appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Sensible Medicine
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
Investigators from Leipzig Germany called the trial ECLS-SHOCK. It studied the use of extracorporeal life support in patients with cardiogenic shock due to acute myocardial infarction. ECLS-SHOCK delivered shocking results. First some background. Cardiogenic shock is medical jargon to describe the really bad situation when the heart cannot deliver enough blood to the body.
Minority Nurse
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
SWAT RNs serve as expert consultants and mentors to nurses working as bedside leaders in various clinical settings. With clinical practice experience of five or more years in the areas of critical care, emergency nursing, and flight nursing, these nurses enjoy the adrenaline rush that comes with quickly assessing patients at risk for condition deterioration.
Amber Pharmacy
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
OMAHA, Neb. (Sept. 14, 2023) – In honor of Amber Specialty Pharmacy’s 25th anniversary, the specialty pharmacy provider has launched Vitality, a new six-month transplant recovery program to help support patients and caregivers during the post-transplant period, which is considered the most critical time for those patients. The new Vitality program helps support patients through billing, medications, dietitian support and patient outreach.
Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Workers in America are worried about the potential impacts that artificial intelligence (AI) could have on the workplace and jobs, according to Work in America: Artificial Intelligence, Monitoring Technology and Psychological Well-Being , a study from the American Psychological Association (APA). For many years, we’ve been tracking APA’s Stress in America studies gauging Americans’ mental health before the pandemic and during the pandemic.
Science Based Medicine
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
The fifth installment in the grand debunk the antivaxxer book “Turtles All the Way Down”: Chapter 5. The post The Grand Debunk of the antivaxxer book “Turtles All the Way Down” (part 5/10) first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
Electronic Health Reporter
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Health Level Seven (HL7) International, the global authority on interoperability of health information technology with members in 55 countries, announced the 2023 class of John Quinn HL7 Fellows and the 2023 recipients of the W. Edward […] The article Health Level Seven Announces New John Quinn Fellows and W.
Sensible Medicine
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
You had two choices in the lottery for senior science class. Mr. Flexner taught science in the old way. As a reductionist, he had his students learn basic physiology as that would explain human disease. If you did the work, which was hard, you got a good grade. Mrs. Onderdonk focused on the mechanics of science. Her students actually did science. They thought about questions; designed experiments to answer these questions, and assessed the results.
Emerging RN Leader
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A nurse manager recently noted during a webinar that the new graduates they hired in June already seem restless and they are not even finished with their residency program. She observed that “recent graduates come into her health system, complete their residency program and then leave to […] The post Do Stay Interviews Now with Your New Graduate Nurses appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
Relias
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
The increasing rates of suicide in the United States has been an issue for decades. As with many mental health conditions, American society has unfortunately applied stigma to suicide and those coping with suicidal ideation. To overcome the U.S. mental health crisis and decrease the yearly rates of suicide, we must address these stigmas. What is suicide stigma?
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