Athena Career Academy

MAY 8, 2024

In the ever-changing world of education, where theory and practice come together, internships are essential for aspiring educators. For those pursuing a degree in early childhood education , internships offer invaluable hands-on experience that enriches academic learning and prepares individuals for the multifaceted role of shaping young minds. In this article, we’ll look at the significance of internships in enhancing your journey toward earning a degree in early childhood education.

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EvidenceCare

MAY 8, 2024

From Skepticism to Synergy: How to Build Trust around AI in Healthcare The medical field is on the cusp of a technological revolution, with artificial intelligence (AI) anticipated to revolutionize healthcare delivery. Yet, as excitement mounts, so does skepticism, particularly among frontline healthcare professionals. In our recent episode of The Better Care Podcast , we had the privilege of interviewing Dr.

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Forbes Healthcare

MAY 9, 2024

Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man contracted the virus from sick cows. Here’s why so many experts are worried about a possible new pandemic.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MAY 7, 2024

Since filing for bankruptcy Monday, Steward Health Care revealed it's carrying more than $1 billion in debt and said its entire hospital portfolio is for sale.

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The Healthcare Blog

MAY 7, 2024

By MIKE MAGEE If you talk to consultants about AI in Medicine, it’s full speed ahead. GenAI assistants, “upskilling” the work force, reshaping customer service, new roles supported by reallocation of budgets, and always with one eye on “the dark side.” But one area that has been relatively silent is surgery. What’s happening there? In June, 2023, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) weighed in with a report that largely stated the obvious.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 10, 2024

Busy nurses don ’ t always seek out professional organizations or groups dedicated to nursing, and for valid reasons. They need more time or energy to devote to a group, the meetings are inconvenient, or they see it as an extension of work. However, joining a nursing community is one of the most powerful personal and career moves a nurse can make. “The importance of community is relevant to nurses at all levels of their careers,” says Gloria E.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MAY 9, 2024

The legislation would extend a number of Medicare flexibilities through 2026. Lawmakers have until year-end to take action before the pandemic-era rules will expire.

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Physicians Practice

MAY 7, 2024

Exploring liability risks related to medications like Ozempic and presenting an action plan for physicians to protect themselves against malpractice litigation.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 7, 2024

This National Nurses Week, learn more about Mary Eliza Mahoney, America’s first professionally-trained Black nurse whose birthday lies on May 7, the second day of National Nurses Week. Mahoney’s journey to becoming a nurse in the 1800s was full of setbacks she couldn’t control, yet she persevered to create a decades-long career as a nurse known for compassion and bringing comfort to others.

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Forbes Healthcare

MAY 10, 2024

Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man contracted the virus from sick cows. Here’s why so many experts are worried about a possible new pandemic.

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MAY 9, 2024

The model, if finalized, will test whether putting hospitals on the hook for kidney transplant access and quality might improve the nation’s shoddy system of organ procurement and transplantation.

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The Healthcare Blog

MAY 8, 2024

By KIM BELLARD America is crazy about gambling. Once you had to gamble illegally with a bookie, or go to Atlantic City or Las Vegas; now 45 states – plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands – have state lotteries. Since the Supreme Court struck down PASPA , the federal ban on sports betting, 38 states – plus the D.C. and Puerto Rico – offer legal sports betting.

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Medical Economics

MAY 10, 2024

Research by CareCredit, a Synchrony solution, reveals that staff burnout in the healthcare industry is an issue impacting staff well-being and patient care. Insights from our 2023 CareCredit Staff Burnout Survey uncover common stressors and motivations among healthcare professionals. CareCredit utilized insights from this Burnout Survey in addition to insights from other sources to develop the "2024 Recognizing Burnout in Healthcare Staff and Ideas for Addressing It" white paper.

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Forbes Healthcare

MAY 9, 2024

Black participants experienced more discrimination and had higher rates of aging, but white people were more negatively affected by the impacts of discrimination, though they experienced it less.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MAY 6, 2024

As of November, eight states had blown past their projected disenrollment of adults, while 12 states exceeded their projected disenrollment of children, according to new research from the Urban Institute.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 10, 2024

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Intuity Medical, Inc., a medical technology company committed to making it easier to live with diabetes, announced today that its POGO Automatic® Blood Glucose Monitoring (ABGM) system, featuring one-step testing, is now covered by Medicare […] The article Intuity Medical’s POGO Automatic, the First and Only FDA-Cleared Automatic Blood Glucose Monitor, Now Covered by Medicare Part B appeared

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 6, 2024

Marlton, NJ-based Continuum Health Alliance has recently confirmed that it has experienced a security incident that exposed the data of 377,119 patients of its client, Consensus Medical Group, a physician-owned medical group in Evesham, NJ. Continuum identified unauthorized activity within its network on October 19, 2023, and after taking steps to secure its systems, third-party cybersecurity specialists were engaged to identify the suspicious activity.

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Forbes Healthcare

MAY 8, 2024

To deal with misinformation and lack of trust in science, scientists, especially those in public health, need to acquire skills in communication and advocacy

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MAY 8, 2024

Heightened antitrust scrutiny from state governments and regulators in Washington is having a chilling effect on deals, according to PitchBook analysts.

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The Healthcare Blog

MAY 6, 2024

By RICHARD FRANK Demand for GLP-1 medications soared last year and shows no signs of stopping in 2024. Employers and health plans are understandably anxious about how long they should expect to pay for these pricey drugs. They’re itching for an easy off-ramp. Some solutions are cropping up to pave the way. Many of them claim they can help patients reap the benefits of GLP-1s within a short time frame, and get them off the drugs within 12 months to save costs.

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Science Based Medicine

MAY 6, 2024

A poorly framed article on people who believe that COVID-19 vaccines injured them is being trumpeted by antivaxxerst. Where the New York Times and its reporter Apoorva Mandavilli go wrong? The post A poorly framed article on COVID-19 vaccine injury in the New York Times first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Forbes Healthcare

MAY 8, 2024

Your diet could impact your cancer treatment’s progress; a new preclinical study suggests more vitamin D could improve responses to checkpoint inhibitors.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MAY 8, 2024

Yale says Prospect allowed the conditions at three Connecticut hospitals — which it agreed to acquire in 2022 — to deteriorate. Prospect argues the lawsuit is an “11th hour attempt” to back out of the deal.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 8, 2024

Along with their trauma and flight nursing colleagues, burn nurses are now privileged to demonstrate their expertise in burn care with the new Certified Burn Registered Nurse (CBRN) exam from the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN). Introduced in the fall of 2023, CBRN certification spans the entire burn care continuum including prehospital care and initial management, acute and critical care, post-acute rehabilitation, outpatient and community care, and aftercare and reintegrati

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Medbridge

MAY 7, 2024

SEATTLE – May 7, 2024 – Nearly 50 percent of Americans will be impacted by musculoskeletal (MSK) pain in 2024, and the total economic impact of this is estimated at nearly $1 trillion. However, innovations and new ways of thinking have been limited in the MSK space for years. In their latest move to reduce […] The post MedBridge Establishes MSK Innovation Internship appeared first on MedBridge Blog.

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Forbes Healthcare

MAY 5, 2024

The charitable trifecta — juggernauts of medical funding and philanthropy — warned money and attention for global health problems is drying up around the world and that the world’s poorest will bear the brunt of the challenges to come.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MAY 7, 2024

The Medicare trustee’s new deadline for the trust fund’s insolvency is five years later than in last year’s report, but budget hawks warned action is still needed to shore up the insurance program’s finances.

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Science Based Medicine

MAY 8, 2024

Remember back in 1997, the Pokemon seizure episode? Hundreds of children reported symptoms, including seizures, after watching a specific episode of the Pokemon cartoon that includes a sequence of flashing alternating red and blue lights. The press reported the episode at face value, attributing the reaction to a known phenomenon of photosensitive epilepsy.

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Medbridge

MAY 6, 2024

On March 11, 2024, a new bipartisan bill was introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives that would make it easier for physical therapists (PTs) and occupational therapists (OTs) to screen and potentially treat patients at risk for falls. Known as the Stopping Addiction and Falls for the Elderly (SAFE) Act, the legislation would allow […] The post Proposed SAFE Act Would Expand the Role of Falls Screening and Prevention by PTs and OTs appeared first on MedBridge Blog.

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Forbes Healthcare

MAY 5, 2024

3.4 billion individuals live with a neurological condition, making disorders affecting the nervous system the leading cause of illness and disability globally.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MAY 8, 2024

The move ends a turbulent saga for AstraZeneca, which successfully developed a coronavirus shot but struggled to sell it amid competition and the emergence of rare but serious side effects.

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