Scrubs

JUNE 6, 2023

After a decades-long fight, nurse-midwives will soon be able to practice without physician supervision in the state of North Carolina. The requirement is being removed as part of a 47-page abortion bill that recently passed the state legislature. The 416 midwives in the state won’t need physician supervision starting in October. Once the law has gone into effect, there will only be two states in the country that still require physician supervision of certified nurse-midwives, according to the Am

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Emerging RN Leader

JUNE 25, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN This week marks the mid-point of the calendar year 2023. Most healthcare leaders had hoped that 2023 would be less turbulent, but most of the previous three years’ challenges continue. Here is what nurse leaders are talking about now: The financial margins for for-profit systems are improving. […] The post What’s Trending Now appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 8, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Rob Falbo, vice president of healthcare solutions, Imperva. In most industries, an IT service outage can lead to lost revenue. In the healthcare industry, disruption of network or application services impacts critical patient care. […] The article Healthcare Providers, Beware!

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Science Based Medicine

JUNE 12, 2023

Last week, an antivaxxer on Substack—where else?—tried to argue that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is not antivaccine by encouraging you to judge him by his own words. I agree. You should judge RFK Jr. by his own words, as they show definitively that he has been antivaccine since at least 2005. The post Is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. antivaccine? Judge him by his own words!

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Health Populi

JUNE 23, 2023

If you live in Massachusetts, Hawaii, and New Hampshire, you win a kind of state lottery for public health and well-being, based on this year’s read of the 2023 Scorecard on State Health System Performance from The Commonwealth Fund. Here’s a picture of the annual study’s top-line findings, a roster of the fifty U.S. states ranked by a mash-up of health system indicators.

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 12, 2023

As LGBTQIA+ nurses celebrate June’s Pride Month, they continue to advocate for accessible and safe care for the LGBTQIA+ community and for a nursing workforce that represents the populations they serve. Jeff Day, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, CNEcl, who is chair of the nursing section of GLMA and a medical provider at Callen-Lorde a New York City-based community health center and a global leader in LGBTQIA+ healthcare, says a diverse nursing workforce is essential to good patient care, but it also make

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Emerging RN Leader

JUNE 11, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I spent last week at the Gallup Work Summit. Researchers at Gallup have been studying workforce and workplace issues for more than 50 years. They are well-positioned to look at data across time and advise leaders on the future of the work. So when they report that […] The post Culture Shock appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 5, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Annalhees Elm, vice president, Nuance Patient Engagement. So many aspects of our lives happen on digital platforms these days. After the pandemic forced everyone to do more online, we’ve grown accustomed to using technology […] The article How AI Is Revolutionizing Digital Patient Engagement appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Science Based Medicine

JUNE 11, 2023

Three new studies tell us what we already knew- vaccine isn't perfect, but it's far safer than the virus for children. The post Three New Studies Show the COVID Vaccines Are Very Safe for Children first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Relias

JUNE 29, 2023

Supervision is necessary to ensure that practitioners are correctly implementing services and are developing professionally. The Behavior Analysis Certification Board (BACB) requires supervision for those seeking to become Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA) or Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analysts (BCaBA). The BACB also requires ongoing supervision for BCaBAs and for Registered Behavior Technicians (RBT).

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Health Populi

JUNE 14, 2023

The fast-growing adoption of telemedicine and remote patient monitoring from the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic led to hospitals and health systems launching new or expanding existing virtual care programs to accommodate a new reality for work-flow and patient care. Now that the worst of the coronavirus acute impact is in our rear-view mirror, it appears medical care providers are reassessing these implementations and may “rip [out] and replace” those systems, according to The G

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Scrubs

JUNE 15, 2023

Some people are naturally combative. As hard as you may try, you can’t always get away from these folks. The Internet is a veritable breeding ground for these people. Unfortunately, you may encounter a hostile patient from time to time. As physically incapacitated as some of these hostile people might be, there is one weapon in their arsenal that doesn’t rely on physical prowess: the threat of litigation.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JUNE 8, 2023

Following two weeks of trial testimony, a Travis County jury recently rendered a $10 million verdict in a novel corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) case. The jury found in favor of a physician hospitalist group that claimed a management company repeatedly broke its promise to comply with the state’s CPOM prohibition, putting profits over patients, among other wrongdoings.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 29, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Chantal Rainford, clinical director, Nevada Autism Center. The advent of telehealth has been a groundbreaking step in the global healthcare ecosystem, and even more so in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Treatments targeting […] The article Leveraging Telehealth For Revolutionary Autism Treatment appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Science Based Medicine

JUNE 4, 2023

My critics lack the courage to accurately quote me. That tells you everything about them and nothing about me. The post Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Responds to Words I Never Said first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 1, 2023

When we reflect on nursing, we don’t always consider the concept of justice. We may think about patients, patient care, medications, interventions, and hospitals, but justice might seem like the purview of lawyers, legislators, activists, human service agencies, and non-profit organizations. However, nursing and justice are more closely related than we think; thus, linking them in our consciousness is an important consideration.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 19, 2023

The specific story includes yet another failure of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) to provide benefit in the treatment of influenza. The larger story is why some therapies persist in the absence of any evidence of benefit. Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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Scrubs

JUNE 30, 2023

Nearly 2,000 nurses with National Nurses United at three Ascension healthcare facilities, including Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin in Texas and Ascension Via Christi St. Francis and Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph in Wichita, Kansas, say they aren’t allowed to return to work after carrying out a one-day strike on June 27, the largest nurses strike in both states.

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Health Populi

JUNE 30, 2023

Health care cost trend will spike up another percentage point to 7.0% in 2024, according to the annual report from the PwC Health Research Institute, Medical cost trend: Behind the numbers 2024. Every year, the PwC HRI team goes behind those numbers to assess cost inflators and deflators which underpin annual medical inflation. As the first line chart illustrates, the peak of medical trend in the last 18 years was in 2007 when the U.S. saw double-digit cost growth of nearly 12%.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 28, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Branden Neish, chief product and technology officer, Weave. Economic challenges are causing small healthcare practices to reduce spending and rework balance sheets. Yet, some healthcare leaders are cutting funds in areas that may end […] The article Trim Spending and Improve Experiences in Your Small Healthcare Practice appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Science Based Medicine

JUNE 18, 2023

Though calls for "debates" are made by unserious people, unserious people can do serious damage when they are willing to spread disinformation about vaccines, all because a doctor with principles isn't willing to play his part in their absurd theater. The post The Pandemic As Spectacle first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 28, 2023

With all the talk about a nursing shortage, nurse satisfaction is a key priority in healthcare, and uncovering and addressing issues for nurses is more critical than ever. Minority Nurse recently launched a Nursing Satisfaction Survey to learn more about nursing education and career topics beneficial to our readers and help boost talent retention and create a more productive workforce.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 15, 2023

Over 5000 people have retweeted and over 4 million have seen a new preprint that claims that the shingles’ vaccines reduces the risk of dementia. The vaccine purportedly lowers the risk of shingles by 1 percentage point over 7 years; Apparently, it also lowers the absolute risk of dementia by 5.6% in women (Bigger effect!) and essentially nothing in men, according to this paper.

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Scrubs

JUNE 29, 2023

Some 22.3 million people in the U.S. play pickleball, a mix of ping-pong and tennis, making it America’s fastest-growing sport. It’s relatively easy to learn compared to other recreational activities and highly popular among all age groups, but it can also leave players in pain, especially older adults. A new analysis from UBS shows that the sport’s growing popularity has led to higher injury rates and increased healthcare costs.

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Emerging RN Leader

JUNE 21, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nursing leadership is hard today. Unsurprisingly, using interim leaders to fill a void for these hard-to-recruit positions is rising. Sometimes the leader has been placed by an executive recruiting firm, but more often, they are internal candidates who still need to be offered or are unwilling to […] The post The Challenge with Using Interim Leaders appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 28, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. AGS Health, a leading provider of tech-enabled revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions and strategic growth partner to healthcare providers across the U.S., has been named a Leader in Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Operations by Everest […] The article AGS Health Recognized As an RCM Leader By Everest Group appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Science Based Medicine

JUNE 24, 2023

The amount of energy needed to refute b t is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it. The post Steve Kirsch and Brandolini’s law first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 5, 2023

Many nurses feel stuck and need help figuring out why. Alright, no worries. I can reassure you that you are not the only nurse feeling this way. Here are some reasons you may feel stuck and how to get out of that rut. Lack of Career Advancement and Growth You may not be experiencing growth in your current position. Or you are not getting the opportunities you want due to different circumstances.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 5, 2023

Editors note: The writer—me—inverted results of one of the trials used as an example. This post now contains the proper results. Thanks to an astute reader. The NEJM published this month a study on an important medical question that may upend the way we use medical evidence. This has nothing to do with the specific medical question. It has everything to do with how we interpret the results.

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Scrubs

JUNE 29, 2023

Nurses all over the country have been going on strike to demand lower nurse-patient ratios and safer working conditions. Dozens of nursing unions have used this tactic to get hospitals to make concessions. But what happens when the hospital fails to hold up its end of the bargain after the strike is over? That’s what happened at New York City’s Mount Sinai.

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Emerging RN Leader

JUNE 18, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN In a study released by Incredible Health, 94% of health executives outside of nursing now describe the nursing shortage as critical, and 68% note they would now be unprepared to handle another health emergency like COVID. Their data indicates that 53% of nurses working in health systems […] The post Team-Based Nursing Care – Getting Started appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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