Scrubs

JULY 15, 2024

Scrubs Magazine Exclusive In a literary landscape brimming with tales of redemption, heroism, and triumph over adversity, Michael Harbron’s debut novel, “An Interview with the Devil,” offers a refreshing, albeit haunting, perspective. Harbron, a name soon to be synonymous with contemporary fiction’s boldest voices, has crafted a narrative that dares to explore the profound and often unsettling questions of faith, morality, and the human condition.

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

JULY 17, 2024

I recently received the following question about California medical assisting law. I periodically receive this type of question about the laws of other states.

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Forbes Healthcare

JULY 29, 2024

A variety of backyard wildlife, such as rabbits, mice and bats, had SARS-CoV-2 infections, potentially making evolution of this virus more unpredictable.

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Sensible Medicine

JULY 25, 2024

Atle Freithem and colleagues report in the British Medical journal the results of a pragmatic randomized control trial. The take-home message is that wearing a surgical mask for 2 weeks during the winter season of 2023 reduced the spread of self-reported viral illness. According to some, the study proves masks work. First, I commend the authors for running a randomized control trial.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JULY 3, 2024

Experts predict a wave of litigation will follow the Chevron ruling, which raised the bar for healthcare agencies when implementing laws with unclear intent.

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Science Based Medicine

JULY 21, 2024

Actual death is worse than theoretical death. This didn't used to be controversial in medicine. The post Dr. John Ioannidis: Yet Another Doctor Who Treats Theoretical Death From The Vaccine With More Gravity Than Actual Death From COVID first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Medical Economics

JULY 26, 2024

Open meeting to be held online Aug. 1; independent pharmacies, PBM trade group offer responses to federal reviews.

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Forbes Healthcare

JULY 30, 2024

An older drug in the same GLP-1 class as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound appeared to protect the brain from shrinking and stave off dementia and Alzheimer’s, researchers found.

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KevinMD.com

JULY 5, 2024

It is no secret that we are making great strides in reducing the mortality of lung cancer. From improving screening rates which have reduced the chances of dying from lung cancer due to earlier detection, increased adoption of minimally invasive surgical techniques, and exciting new drugs that have been shown to improve survival even in Read more… Medicare’s 14-day rule is hurting cancer patients originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JULY 10, 2024

Antitrust regulators are poised to file suit against CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx over how they negotiate discounts for drugs, including insulin, according to the report.

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Sensible Medicine

JULY 22, 2024

I call it therapeutic fashion. Practice patterns. Beliefs. Ways of doing things. Examples: patients with new heart failure get coronary angiography; patients with chest pain without evidence of heart attack get stress tests; certain drugs and devices become favored over generics. The curious thing about many therapeutic fashions is their lack of evidentiary support.

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Scrubs

JULY 19, 2024

A drug has been shown to extend the lifespan of laboratory mice by nearly 25%, offering promising implications for human aging. Treated mice, nicknamed “supermodel grannies” for their youthful appearance, were healthier, stronger, and developed fewer cancers than their untreated peers. Researchers from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Science, Imperial College London, and Duke-NUS Medical School focused on interleukin-11, a protein that increases with age and contributes to inflammation.

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Medical Economics

JULY 10, 2024

It’s financial bad news, but there is renewed attention on primary care, according to physician groups.

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Forbes Healthcare

JULY 26, 2024

For Americans retiring abroad, discover top retirement destinations around the world offering affordability, healthcare, quality of life, and beautiful surroundings.

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The Healthcare Blog

JULY 28, 2024

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JULY 31, 2024

The insurer shrank its plan footprint for 2025 in a bid to improve margins. Now, Humana is giving market watchers loose guidance into how that reduction could affect its enrollment along with second quarter results.

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KevinMD.com

JULY 2, 2024

This is a strange time in America. While tools for treating pain and addiction, unchanged essentially from the late 1800s to the early 2000s, are now being developed, daring to try to utilize these medications and the science we have learned about them can be a huge risk. Not for the patient but for the Read more… Why doctors risk jail time to treat pain and addiction originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Scrubs

JULY 5, 2024

As a nurse, you’ve honed your skills in patient care, communication, and critical thinking—assets that are highly valued across many sectors. But have you ever considered how these capabilities could catapult you into a thriving career in the biotechnology industry? This burgeoning field is not just for scientists with PhDs; nurses have a distinct skill set that can be incredibly beneficial in biotech.

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Medical Economics

JULY 29, 2024

Getting to know Teresa A. Hubka, DO, new president of the American Osteopathic Association.

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Forbes Healthcare

JULY 22, 2024

Feared as a potential cause of another pandemic, Nipah has no treatments or vaccines, and the virus kills as many as three out of every four people it infects.

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Patients Rising

JULY 23, 2024

American healthcare reads like a dystopian novel. A crisis, born from unchecked power consolidation, threatens the foundation of patient care and access to essential medications. At the heart of this […] The post Statement for the Record to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Ending the Big PBMs’ Predatory Grip on Patient Access and Affordability appeared first on Patients Rising.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JULY 17, 2024

Fourteen executives received over $1 million in total compensation the year before Steward entered Chapter 11 restructuring, bankruptcy documents show.

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The Healthcare Blog

JULY 30, 2024

By JOSHUA SEIDMAN In 2023, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy boldly declared that our country has a “loneliness epidemic.” In the Surgeon General’s public health advisory, “ Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation ,” he draws on decades of empirical evidence demonstrating the tremendous toll that loneliness has on people’s quality of life, and how it also increases the risk of premature death by 26%.

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Scrubs

JULY 1, 2024

The success of any healthcare institution or private practitioner depends largely on the competence and work ethic of nurses. Ensuring the best possible outcomes for patients won’t be possible when providers lack expert support. However, more than expertise, it also matters to invest in nursing staff that can produce quality work. Then again, this is the sort of challenge that continues to hound healthcare providers for ages.

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KevinMD.com

JULY 18, 2024

As the world emerges from COVID-19, we must remember there is a silent yet devastating health crisis: our diets. In this era, convenience reigns supreme, with ultra-processed foods infiltrating everyone’s lives, leading to surges in preventable diseases and deaths. This crisis is more than individual food choices; it is a systemic issue affecting millions, especially Read more… How ultra-processed foods are devastating public health originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Forbes Healthcare

JULY 21, 2024

The landmark study provides more data on the benefits of universal basic income, the OpenAI founder’s favored solution for a future in which AI takes everyone's jobs.

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Medical Economics

JULY 26, 2024

Remote care services offer opportunities for early intervention and reduce the need for in-person visits, unnecessary hospitalizations or emergency department visits.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JULY 22, 2024

The bankrupt health system did not receive any qualified bidders in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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The Healthcare Blog

JULY 17, 2024

I had the chance earlier this week to talk with Craig Behm, CEO & President of Crisp Shared Services (CSS), and Britteny Matero, Partner & SVP at Innsena. The topic is the upgrading public health IT infrastructure which was exposed by the pandemic as a bit of a mess. CSS, Innsena and partners are one of four new centers set up with a $255m CDC grant to help public health departments upgrade their technology and get on the same page about reporting for all the good reasons we heard about

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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 8, 2024

Palomar Health Medical Group has warned patients that they may have been affected by an April 2024 cyberattack, and DaVita has learned that tracking tools on its website and mobile app may have sent user data to third-party vendors. Palomar Health Medical Group Announces April 2024 Cyberattack Palomar Health Medical Group, a provider of primary and specialty care to communities in North San Diego County, has informed patients about a recent cyberattack that exposed some of their protected health

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KevinMD.com

JULY 25, 2024

“You’ve got some guts starting your residency pregnant!” I was that intern. It was June 2011. A few months earlier, on Match Day—the day when the National Residency Matching Program releases results to applicants seeking residency in a specialty of their choice in the U.S.—I had found out that I’d gotten into my first-choice hospital Read more… It’s time to pass federally mandated paid parental leave originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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