Mpox And Mask Bans - A Recipe For Disaster
Forbes Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2024
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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Referring to Medical Assistants as Nurses: A Misdemeanor in Georgia
Legal Eye on Medical Assisting
AUGUST 14, 2024
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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The Moment I Realized AI Will Introduce a Brave New World for Medicine
Sensible Medicine
AUGUST 16, 2024
I’d been certain that all would be well in medicine in the age of AI. I had been telling myself that the addition of AI to medical practice would be a net positive. AI would assist with some of the drudgery that is part of every doctor’s job. We would also incorporate AI into our decision making. AI would help us read X-rays or pathology specimens.
EvidenceCare Makes the Inc. 5000 List for the 3rd Consecutive Year
EvidenceCare
AUGUST 12, 2024
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
Mpox Vaccine Maker’s Shares Continue Rising As Concern Over Virus Outbreak Grows
Forbes Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2024
There are several vaccines approved to use against mpox and stock for the favored shot have risen more than 40% this week.
The truth behind opioid use disorder
KevinMD.com
AUGUST 12, 2024
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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Where a patient lives may be the biggest factor for a dementia diagnosis
Medical Economics
AUGUST 16, 2024
Study shows regional disparities in dementia diagnoses across the U.S.
Vaccine Maker Shares Soar After WHO Declares Health Emergency Over Africa Mpox Outbreak
Forbes Healthcare
AUGUST 15, 2024
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.
Unsealed court filings offer details of DOJ investigation into Prospect Medical
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
AUGUST 14, 2024
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.
Improving Your Critical Appraisal Skills #7
Sensible Medicine
AUGUST 13, 2024
This is the seventh installment in my occasional series on improving your critical appraisal skills. I hope you find it helpful. Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. To receive access all posts, consider becoming a paid subscriber. A review article can take many forms.
Integrating behavioral health with primary care benefits people and communities who need it most
Medical Economics
AUGUST 14, 2024
Providing behavioral health services through primary care can help solve the mental health crisis.
Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2024
Forbes Healthcare
AUGUST 13, 2024
This Forbes list highlights 25 venture-backed companies likely to become unicorns. Learn more about the founders and investors behind these fast-growing tech startups.
Complex work, shifting tasks: Why nurses might need their own AI documentation tools
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
AUGUST 15, 2024
Shiv Rao, CEO and co-founder of AI notetaking company Abridge, discusses the company’s product geared toward nurses and what’s next for the documentation market.
Matching the right patient engagement strategy to your specialty
Physicians Practice
AUGUST 15, 2024
Patient engagement should go beyond just administrative work and scheduling appointments.
The 2024 Physician Report is live: Exclusive data on physician pay, practice finances, and more
Medical Economics
AUGUST 14, 2024
Our 95th annual Physician Report covers the latest data on practicing physicians, including salaries, practice financial health, productivity, malpractice rates, the state of the profession and more. Free regisration required to view.
Is A Covid-19 Outbreak Happening At The Paris Olympics?
Forbes Healthcare
AUGUST 10, 2024
So far, at least 40 Olympic athletes have tested positive for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). But is it the tip of the Covid-19 iceberg?
Medicare Advantage prior authorization denials increased in 2022: KFF
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
AUGUST 14, 2024
More than 80% of denied requests were overturned when appealed, but few beneficiaries formally questioned the decisions.
Are rapid weight loss drugs hiding the real obesity problem?
KevinMD.com
AUGUST 10, 2024
According to some academics, in 2019, a ban on junk food advertising across London’s entire public transport network—foods and drinks high in fat and salt and ads for foods–resulted in the prevention of 100,000 obesity cases. Yet the U.S. love affair with the new semaglutide-based weight loss drugs like Ozempic gives junk food advertising and Read more… Are rapid weight loss drugs hiding the real obesity problem?
Medicare announces $6B savings for 2026 through drug price negotiations
Medical Economics
AUGUST 15, 2024
Beneficiaries are projected to save $1.5 billion in out-of-pocket spending next year.
‘Slapped Cheek’ Virus Rising In US, CDC Warns—Here’s What To Know About Human Parvovirus B19
Forbes Healthcare
AUGUST 14, 2024
Cases of the highly contagious seasonal respiratory infection fell during the COVID-19 pandemic as people reduced contact and implemented safeguards.
Kaiser Permanente rolls out Abridge’s AI documentation tool
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
AUGUST 15, 2024
The product, which uses AI to summarize medical information from conversations between patients and clinicians, is now available across Kaiser’s 40 hospitals and more than 600 medical offices.
Take My Gun, I Mean, Phone, Please
The Healthcare Blog
AUGUST 14, 2024
By KIM BELLARD I understand that states are “ racing ” to pass laws designed to help protect school-aged kids against something that has been a danger to their mental and physical health for a generation now, as well as adversely impacting their education. Certainly I’m talking about reasonable gun control laws, right? Just kidding. This is America.
How virtual nursing can help medical practices address nursing shortage challenges
Medical Economics
AUGUST 14, 2024
Virtual nursing has emerged as a promising solution that can provide much-needed support to on-site nursing teams
Mpox Could Be Declared A Public Health Emergency Today—Here’s What To Know
Forbes Healthcare
AUGUST 14, 2024
A deadlier form of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has been spreading across Africa, sparking fears of a more dangerous pandemic than when the virus spread globally in 2022.
Steward to sell physician group to private equity firm for $245M
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
AUGUST 13, 2024
It’s a major win for bankrupt Steward, which has sought to offload its physician group since December.
ChatGPT Vs. Magic 8 Ball: Who Can Solve “The HealthCare Crisis”?
The Healthcare Blog
AUGUST 15, 2024
By MICHAEL L. MILLENSON Long before ChatGPT, whose question-answering choices still remain somewhat of a black box, there was an equally mysterious, question-answering black ball. I decided to ask them each of them how to solve the cost, quality and access issues labeled for more than half a century as “the healthcare crisis.” The hard, plastic Magic 8 Ball was invented in 1946 , two years before a landmark Supreme Court decision spurred a boom in employer-sponsored health insurance.
Generation Z Want Careers in Healthcare
Emerging RN Leader
AUGUST 11, 2024
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.
Higher Drug Costs, Less Choice: How PBMs Affect Everyday Americans’ Healthcare
Forbes Healthcare
AUGUST 15, 2024
How do these allegations and lawsuits against PBMs affect everyday Americans? In short: significantly, even if they don’t know it.
Nonprofits’ cash on hand hit 10-year low in 2023: report
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
AUGUST 12, 2024
S&P Global also found no "meaningful" improvement in cash flow for providers between 2022 and 2023.
How medical AI can alleviate the pain and accelerate prior authorization
Medical Economics
AUGUST 13, 2024
To take advantage of new accelerated prior authorization timelines, providers must step up their internal processes to ensure they can scale while maintaining quality control over prior auth requests and denial appeals
From conviction to appeal: a doctor’s opioid case sparks debate
KevinMD.com
AUGUST 14, 2024
A doctor in Virginia named Joel Smithers was serving a 40-year sentence in an Atlanta prison when he won his appeal to the 4th Circuit. No, he didn’t shoot someone. That’s probably 25 years. He treated patients in pain. Now, he will get a new trial where he will be bludgeoned again with false metrics Read more… From conviction to appeal: a doctor’s opioid case sparks debate originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
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