August, 2024

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Referring to Medical Assistants as Nurses: A Misdemeanor in Georgia

Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

I recently received the following email: I have moved to Georgia, and I am encountering medical assistants being called nurses at almost all levels in this clinic. Medical assistants refer to themselves as nurses. The providers state, “My nurse will be back in to speak with you.

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EvidenceCare Makes the Inc. 5000 List for the 3rd Consecutive Year

EvidenceCare

Originally published on EIN Presswire BRENTWOOD, TN | August 13, 2024 Inc. revealed today that EvidenceCare , the innovative provider of EHR-integrated clinical decision support software, continues its impressive growth trajectory by landing on the INC. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America for the third consecutive year. The prestigious ranking provides a data-driven look at the most successful companies within the economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent, entrepreneur

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Accountability for Documentation

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN We are living in interesting times. Ethicists have commented that there has been a change in the willingness of individuals to accept responsibility. for their behavior. The culture has instead become one of blame. Recently, nurse leaders have talked with me about professional nurses who don’t document […] The post Accountability for Documentation appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Most Baby Foods Sold In US Don’t Meet International Nutritional Standards And Contain ‘Misleading’ Messaging, Study Suggests

Forbes Healthcare

Although fruit pouches were the fastest-growing products—with sales jumping 900% between 2010 and 2023—the researchers found they were the most unhealthy food items tested.

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The truth behind opioid use disorder

KevinMD.com

Anyone reading health care news today must be aware that American medicine – particularly pain medicine – is in crisis. Doctors are experiencing high levels of burnout due to administrative burdens, prior authorization demands, and a health care system that often prioritizes efficiency over patient care. This burnout is leading to mental health issues and, Read more… The truth behind opioid use disorder originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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More on Long COVID

Science Based Medicine

It’s interesting to follow the scientific exploration of a new clinical entity in real time. It reveals a lot about how medical science works, and how scientists nibble away at complex problems. This is partly why I have been closely following the story of long COVID as it has unfolded over the last few years. I also see patients with long COVID […] The post More on Long COVID first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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EvidenceCare Promotes Amy Deaton to President & COO

EvidenceCare

Originally published on EIN Presswire BRENTWOOD, TN | August 29, 2024 EvidenceCare , a leading healthcare technology platform for hospitals, today announced the promotion of Amy Deaton to President & Chief Operating Officer. In her expanded role, Deaton will continue to oversee the company’s operations while assuming additional responsibilities in strategic leadership and product-led company growth.

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Teaching Empathy

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Some of the most troubling conversations I have with leaders today concern a growing number of nurses who seem to lack empathy. Caring for patients in a way that projects concern and empathy has always been a core value in nursing. Leaders see an increasing number of […] The post Teaching Empathy appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Your Plastic Water Bottle May Be Making You Gain Weight: Microplastics

Forbes Healthcare

Microplastics in items like water bottles disrupt hormones, potentially causing weight gain, fertility issues, and other serious health risks.

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PBM executives threatened with fines and jail time for alleged perjury in House hearing

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Testimony from the heads of Express Scripts, Optum Rx and Caremark in July defending pharmacy benefit managers’ business practices could be coming back to bite them.

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Where a patient lives may be the biggest factor for a dementia diagnosis

Medical Economics

Study shows regional disparities in dementia diagnoses across the U.S.

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Stanford University will host a conference on pandemic planning featuring the usual (COVID-19) suspects

Science Based Medicine

This week, Stanford University announced a conference on pandemic policy that features several of the usual suspects who spread misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Truly, Stanford has become the "respectable" academic face of efforts to undermine public health. The post Stanford University will host a conference on pandemic planning featuring the usual (COVID-19) suspects first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Adam Cifu and Vinay Prasad are Both Wrong about A New Masking Trial

Sensible Medicine

Last week Adam Cifu and Vinay Prasad offered dueling interpretations of a randomized trial of masking. These posts were read by nearly a hundred thousand readers, and you can read them below. One reader, Ben Recht, a Berkeley Professor, thinks both of them are wrong. This is his column. Sensible Medicine Adam Cifu is Wrong About Masking In a recent post on Sensible Medicine, written on my phone while traveling, I criticized a randomized trial of masking in the BMJ that found Norweigans told to w

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Tiny Is Mighty

The Healthcare Blog

By KIM BELLARD I am a fanboy for AI; I don’t really understand the technical aspects, but I sure am excited about its potential. I’m also a sucker for a catchy phrase. So when I (belatedly) learned about TinyAI, I was hooked. Now, as it turns out, TinyAI (also know as Tiny AI) has been around for a few years, but with the general surge of interest in AI it is now getting more attention.

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Mpox And Mask Bans - A Recipe For Disaster

Forbes Healthcare

Masks could provide good protection against Covid-19, avian flu, influenza, and mpox. Yet nationally, there is a move to ban masks, as Nassau county just did.

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More than 700 rural hospitals at risk of closing: report

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

One challenge hospitals face is reimbursement from private payers, which doesn’t cover the higher costs of care in rural areas, according to a report by the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform.

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Integrating behavioral health with primary care benefits people and communities who need it most

Medical Economics

Providing behavioral health services through primary care can help solve the mental health crisis.

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An Open Letter to the President of Stanford, Jonathan Levin: Don’t Censor Drs. Scott Atlas, John Ioannidis, Sunetra Gupta, Marty Marky, Monica Gandhi, Jay Bhattacharya, and Vinay Prasad. Amplify Their Voices.

Science Based Medicine

I trust you'll have the intellectual integrity to play videos of these speakers. Anything less, would be misinformation and censorship. The post An Open Letter to the President of Stanford, Jonathan Levin: Don’t Censor Drs. Scott Atlas, John Ioannidis, Sunetra Gupta, Marty Marky, Monica Gandhi, Jay Bhattacharya, and Vinay Prasad. Amplify Their Voices. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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For Academic Institutions, Silence is Golden

Sensible Medicine

Editors note: a shortened version of this post was originally submitted to the New England Journal, but it was rejected. Refusing to host debates is why journals will die. By Joseph Marine, MD In a recent NEJM Perspective piece , Drs. Mullen, Topol, and Verghese argue “in support of institutional voices” to take public positions on matters of public controversy “when it concludes that a faculty member’s opinion could cause public harm.” Their essay (ironically publi

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Fake News from MedPac on Medicare Advantage Needs to Be Corrected, Pt 1

The Healthcare Blog

By GEORGE HALVORSON MedPac has just released a report on Medicare Advantage that’s incorrect on multiple key points that need to be corrected. Medicare Advantage currently enrolls the majority of Medicare members in the country, and it’s now the new basic plan for the Medicare program because of that majority enrollment level. That’s very good news for Medicare because the average cost for those members is significantly less than those members would’ve cost under fee-for-service Medicare — and w

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Vaccine Maker Shares Soar After WHO Declares Health Emergency Over Africa Mpox Outbreak

Forbes Healthcare

Danish firm Bavarian Nordic, which manufactures the preferred vaccine for use against mpox, has said it can meet booming demand for its shot after the WHO declared an emergency.

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Unsealed court filings offer details of DOJ investigation into Prospect Medical

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The documents, released Tuesday, say Prospect is under federal investigation for possible False Claim Act violations, as well as state investigations for failing to safeguard patients’ personal data before a ransomware attack last year.

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We must protect access to prescription drugs for marginalized seniors

Medical Economics

America's poorest seniors could soon find it much harder to get the medicines they need.

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How conspiracy theories like COVID-19 “lab leak” harm science and public health

Science Based Medicine

Ever since COVID-19 first emerged in 2020, evidence-free claims that it had arisen due to a "lab leak" have proliferated. A recent paper argues that this conspiracy theory has been very harmful to science. I argue that it's more than just lab leak that is harmful. The post How conspiracy theories like COVID-19 “lab leak” harm science and public health first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Screening for Cancer Costs Billions - I Doubt it is Worth it

Sensible Medicine

I would like to live a long life. Surely you do as well. You can improve your chances by eating well, exercising, avoiding smoking and too much alcohol. There is also the matter of luck. The question today is whether modern medical screening can improve on those basic lifestyle choices. People believe it can, obviously. The screening industry is a money-making machine.

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Fake News from MedPac on Medicare Advantage Needs to Be Corrected, Part 2

The Healthcare Blog

By GEORGE HALVORSON Special Needs Plans Change Lives for The Lowest Income and Highest Need Patients The people who benefit the most from Medicare Advantage are clearly the very low-income and high health-need people who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid as programs and who enroll as members in the Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plan programs.

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Mpox Vaccine Maker’s Shares Continue Rising As Concern Over Virus Outbreak Grows

Forbes Healthcare

There are several vaccines approved to use against mpox and stock for the favored shot have risen more than 40% this week.

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Average cost of healthcare data breach nearly $10M in 2024: report

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Though expenses declined since last year, healthcare is still the costliest industry for data breaches — a spot the sector has held since 2011.

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Generative AI in health care: How far do we have to go and what can we do to accelerate progress?

Medical Economics

Generative AI has a large number of health care use cases, but the road to maturity is a long one. Here is an analysis on AI’s near-term potential in chronic condition management, with thoughts on bias and regulation.

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Dr. Vinay Prasad Opposed The Pediatric COVID Vaccine Before There Was A Pediatric COVID Vaccine

Science Based Medicine

Dr. Vinay Prasad started treating vaccine side effects as a fate worse than death in February 2021, before these was a COVID vaccine for children. The post Dr. Vinay Prasad Opposed The Pediatric COVID Vaccine Before There Was A Pediatric COVID Vaccine first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Generation Z Want Careers in Healthcare

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC The Good News There is some very good news as we look at the future of the healthcare workforce. Generation Z high schoolers now indicate that they want a career in medicine or health-related fields (46%) compared to science and engineering now coming in at a distant second […] The post Generation Z Want Careers in Healthcare appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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