October, 2024

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Interview with the Devil: Scrubs Magazine’s Book of the Year – Book Club

Scrubs

In a quaint little restaurant in Echo Park, an up and coming author is sitting in a baseball cap, black tee and lululemon joggers. He’s unassuming to say the least, but then most people who want to go unbothered in Los Angeles are the same. The location is Bacari, and it’s four p.m in the afternoon, and I’m interviewing Michael Harbron for Scrubs Magazine’s book club.

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This Startup Is Moving The Egg Donation Market Beyond College Students

Forbes Healthcare

Undergrads and recent grads—young, healthy, and debt burdened—are offered five figures to donate their eggs to other women undergoing IVF. Cofertility has a more grown-up model.

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Senate report slams Medicare Advantage insurers for using predictive technology to deny claims

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

UnitedHealth, CVS and Humana used technology to increase MA prior authorization denials for post-acute services, boosting profits, according to a report from a Senate subcommittee.

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Voting as a physician: How my parents’ story inspired me to advocate

KevinMD.com

My parents, both physicians, embody the American story. After completing medical school in Iran, they were recruited to the U.S. in 1968 to fill the gap left by doctors sent to Vietnam. Building a life from the ground up, they became pillars of their patients and communities — and our family, too. In 1992, they Read more… Voting as a physician: How my parents’ story inspired me to advocate originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Would you advise your son or daughter to go medical school?

Sensible Medicine

In a world where doctors are increasingly treated like cogs in a machine, the question arises: Would you recommend your son or daughter pursue the field? Recently, I saw this poll: I said ‘unsure’, but that is just a fragment of what I think. Here is my answer (leave yours in the comments). My answer is: it depends on who is asking. I would strongly encourage you to pursue medicine if… Your primary goal in a career is using your talents to improve the well being of others.

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Become a financial mastermind at Guidelines Live this November

Practice Index

Calling all Practice Managers! Ready to become the financial mastermind of your practice? Then don’t miss the management stream at the Guidelines Live event in London this November! As Practice Managers, you juggle the practice budgets, trying to cut costs while keeping patients and practice staff both happy and safe. The topics covered in the management stream will guide you through the complexities of managing practice finances, HR, estates, pensions and more!

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This AI Model Could Keep Thousands Of Cancer Patients From Getting Unnecessary Treatments

Forbes Healthcare

Startup Ataraxis, which emerged from stealth Thursday, has developed a model that can predict the risk severity of breast cancer up to 30% more accurately than current tests.

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AI could be a game changer, but healthcare needs to be ‘exceedingly careful’

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

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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The hidden medication putting Parkinson’s patients at risk

KevinMD.com

At the doctor’s office, in the ER, in the hospital, how many times are you asked about your drug allergies? A lot! And, as a common practice when in the hospital, you’ll even get a red bracelet or something to indicate such. There are strict rules around allergies; from techs to transport to MDs, hospital Read more… The hidden medication putting Parkinson’s patients at risk originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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The Ethics of Screening Mammography

Sensible Medicine

I appreciate this essay for its reframing of our debates about cancer screening; viewing them through an ethical lens. The speculation that we might eventually be able to identify individuals harmed by radiographic screening and how this would alter our approach is both intriguing and alarming. Adam Cifu Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication.

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I’m not a great Practice Manager – By Kay Keane

Practice Index

I have impostor syndrome: never thinking I’m good enough, always imagining that everyone else is doing a better, safer, stronger job than me. That everyone else is more organised, prepared and together, and I’m just about managing. You’d think that in conferences I’d be hiding in a corner, but you’d be surprised to hear that I actually love being there, speaking and chairing, but most of all, meeting all of you and knowing that we all feel exactly the same way!

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The Complex Path to Happiness: Balancing Pleasure with Purposeful Challenges

Intercoast

At InterCoast Colleges, we understand the intricate path to achieving true happiness. It’s a journey that involves indulging in pleasures that bring immediate contentment and embracing challenges that foster personal and professional growth. This blog post explores the nuanced relationship between comfort, struggle, and long-term fulfillment. Redefining Happiness: Beyond Comfort Happiness is often perceived as the absence of discomfort or struggle.

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Judy Faulkner Made $7.7 Billion From Healthcare Software. Here’s Her Unusual Plan To Give It Away.

Forbes Healthcare

Led by her youngest daughter Shana Dall’Osto, the Epic founder and CEO’s family foundation Roots & Wings will soon be granting around $100 million to hundreds of nonprofits each year.

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PBM model is a ‘dead man walking.’ What comes next?

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Executives from Amazon, Walgreens, Blue Shield of California and PhRMA weighed in on how to fix the much-scrutinized pharmacy benefit manager model during HLTH 2024.

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The hidden $935 billion problem in U.S. health care no one is talking about—and how to solve it

KevinMD.com

“Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly.” – Thomas Edison The escalating challenge of waste in U.S. medicine The U.S. health care system is struggling with inefficiencies and waste that weaken its effectiveness, thus reducing accessibility Read more… The hidden $935 billion problem in U.S. health care no one is talking about—and how to solve it originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Masking Mistakes – Fall 2024 Edition

Sensible Medicine

It is my pleasure to introduce this article by Joseph Marine, MD in response to mandatory masking policies in a number of California hospitals. There is simply no randomized evidence to support these policies, and they make little sense in 2024. I worry about the mental abilities of the public health officers who instituted these policies, and that their actions will further erode trust in public health.

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What Are Psychoeducational Groups?

Valant

Psychoeducational groups are structured therapy sessions designed to educate participants about specific mental health conditions, coping strategies, and life skills. These groups combine elements of traditional therapy with educational components, providing a supportive environment for learning and growth. What Happens in Psychoeducational Groups Structure Typically led by mental health professionals, psychoeducational groups follow a structured format, often including presentations, discussion

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Risk assessing the possibility of sexual harassment in your teams – By Susi O’Brien

Practice Index

Workplace sexual harassment is rightly being discussed more seriously these days. It blights the professional lives and careers of (mostly) female UK employees by the thousands every year. One poll from 2023 suggested that three in every five female employees have experienced it, and previously in my career I’ve witnessed the impact that sexual harassment can have on male victims.

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Google DeepMind’s John Jumper On Winning The Nobel Prize And The Future Of AlphaFold

Forbes Healthcare

While language models are getting better at performing tasks like writing poetry and emails, Jumper is looking forward to an era where AI solves problems humans never could on their own.

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AMA sues MultiPlan, insurers alleging ‘cartel’ to fix physician prices

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MultiPlan, which denies the allegations, has been sued dozens of times over concerns the company is conspiring with health insurers to underpay doctors for out-of-network care.

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The surprising struggles of retirement no one warned you about

KevinMD.com

It took me forever to retire—three years or so. It took so long that my nurses got tired of bringing me purple cakes decorated with whipped cream stethoscopes, but I did it. Now, a few years later, I can tell you that the things I worried about were not the ones that gave me trouble. Read more… The surprising struggles of retirement no one warned you about originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Publication Bias and Therapeutic Fashion

Sensible Medicine

The story begins in Nottingham UK in 1980. It was a small study at one hospital. But its lessons are large. First the background. I believe the CAST trial (1991) was the most important trial in all of modern medicine. It showed that the common practice of using drugs to suppress rhythm disturbances (anti-arrhythmics) in patients after heart attack (myocardial infarction) led to higher death rates.

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EcoHealth Alliance Fights Back

Science Based Medicine

The organization scapegoated by the lab leak-promoting GOP-led House Covid subcommittee publishes its defense The post EcoHealth Alliance Fights Back first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Dear payers: People living with early Alzheimer’s disease are ‘worth it’

Medical Economics

Medicare’s restrictive coverage policies are denying patients with early Alzheimer’s disease access to novel treatments. And private payers are following suit.

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How Hurricane Helene Deepfakes Flooding Social Media Hurt Real People

Forbes Healthcare

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, AI generative deepfake images of destruction and human suffering flooded social media, and this hurts real people now and in the future.

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Microsoft unveils new healthcare AI tools

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The products include a service that helps healthcare organizations build their own AI agents that could be used for appointment scheduling, clinical trial matching and patient triage.

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Medbridge Acquires Rehab Boost, Launches Medbridge Motion Capture as Part of Medbridge AI

Medbridge

Bellevue, WA – October 21, 2024 – Medbridge, a leader in healthcare technology solutions, today announced its acquisition of Rehab Boost, a pioneering motion capture and movement-based artificial intelligence (AI) company. The acquisition will relaunch Rehab Boost as Medbridge Motion Capture, a key component of Medbridge AI, providing Medbridge with in-house motion capture and AI […] The post Medbridge Acquires Rehab Boost, Launches Medbridge Motion Capture as Part of Medbridge

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We Need to Try a Tax Credit to Help Fix the Kidney Shortage

Sensible Medicine

Dr. Satel is a bit of a regular here on Sensible Medicine. Today she returns to a topic that she wrote about in January 2023 , changing our organ donation laws to increase organ availability. Adam Cifu Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. If you support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. What if we could solve the organ donor shortage with a simple tax credit?

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Widespread Use of Dietary Supplements Linked to Liver Damage

Science Based Medicine

Millions of Americans are taking herbal remedies that may be toxic to the liver. The post Widespread Use of Dietary Supplements Linked to Liver Damage first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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How drug and soap commercials are manipulating you

KevinMD.com

Having worked as a copywriter and creative director at some of the world’s top ad agencies, including McCann Erickson (now McCann Worldgroup), I am vehemently critical of new advertising. Why? I know the tricks and how they manipulate well — think the old TV series Mad Men. Leading the list of ads that I hate Read more… How drug and soap commercials are manipulating you originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Influencers Are Telling Teens That Selling Their Eggs Is Easy Money. It’s Not That Simple.

Forbes Healthcare

The United States has few rules governing egg and sperm donation, a Wild West being supercharged by influencers peddling it as a cash-cow to millions of young followers.

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