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JUNE 8, 2023

Corinea Stanhope, a healthcare provider, was terrified when she checked the footage on her backyard security camera. As a nature lover, she often records in the night to see what the local wildlife has been up to. But one night she found footage of what appeared to be “naked witches eating a carcass” near the back of her Canadian home. Stanhope then posted the video on social media to express her horror at the situation.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 8, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Rob Falbo, vice president of healthcare solutions, Imperva. In most industries, an IT service outage can lead to lost revenue. In the healthcare industry, disruption of network or application services impacts critical patient care. […] The article Healthcare Providers, Beware!

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Science Based Medicine

JUNE 4, 2023

My critics lack the courage to accurately quote me. That tells you everything about them and nothing about me. The post Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Responds to Words I Never Said first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JUNE 8, 2023

Following two weeks of trial testimony, a Travis County jury recently rendered a $10 million verdict in a novel corporate practice of medicine (CPOM) case. The jury found in favor of a physician hospitalist group that claimed a management company repeatedly broke its promise to comply with the state’s CPOM prohibition, putting profits over patients, among other wrongdoings.

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Scrubs

JUNE 7, 2023

Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez died on May 17 after she and her family spent over a week in a Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) facility. The agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility is looking into her death to find out what went wrong. Records show the child suffered from sickle cell anemia and heart disease, but the agency confirmed that Border Patrol officials and medical professionals allegedly repeatedly denied requests to send Reyes Alvarez to a hospital.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 5, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Annalhees Elm, vice president, Nuance Patient Engagement. So many aspects of our lives happen on digital platforms these days. After the pandemic forced everyone to do more online, we’ve grown accustomed to using technology […] The article How AI Is Revolutionizing Digital Patient Engagement appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Science Based Medicine

JUNE 5, 2023

Tech bro turned COVID-19 misinformation superspreader and antivaxxer has now fully embraced "old school" vaccine-autism conspiracy theories, demonstrating how anti-COVID-19 vaccine antivaxxers frequently become just antivaxxers. The post Steve Kirsch: How “anti-COVID-19 vaccine” antivax often becomes radicalized and just plain antivaccine first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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JUNE 7, 2023

The tech startup known as Neuralink just received approval from the Food and Drug Association to conduct its first human clinical trial. The company makes a cosmetically invisible microchip that’s implanted into the brain. The creators, including billionaire founder Elon Musk, believe it will soon let users control a computer or mobile device wherever they go.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 8, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. In the previous articles, we discussed the importance of healthcare interoperability and the factors hindering its progress. In this final part, we will explore potential solutions and future directions to accelerate the advancement of interoperability […] The article The State of Healthcare Interoperability: Solutions and Future Directions (Part 3) appeared first on electronichealthreporter

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 7, 2023

Marilyn “Nia” Wright, MSN, MHA, RN, CNOR, is a retired nurse who can’t stay away from the industry she loves. As a nurse student, Wright was nicknamed Nia, an acronym for Nurse in Action, because she was eager to care for people and often volunteered to do whatever she could for as many patients as she could, whether or not those patients were part of her assignment.

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Science Based Medicine

JUNE 7, 2023

Monoclonal antibodies are the medical scientific breakthrough you may never have heard of. The post The Monoclonal Antibody Revolution first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Medication 96

Scrubs

JUNE 6, 2023

Tommy Shaw, a well-established businessman in Maine, recently passed away from COVID-19 after a long, successful career. His last will and testament set aside one million dollars for the Maine Medical Center on the condition that the burn center be renamed after Isla Estabrook, the nurse who saved his life some 30 years ago. Shaw first met Estabrook in 1991 when he was 23 years old.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 6, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. In our previous article, we discussed the importance of healthcare interoperability and some of the challenges that impede its progress. In this second part, we will delve deeper into the factors that hinder the advancement […] The article The State of Healthcare Interoperability: Factors Hindering Progress (Part 2) appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Emerging RN Leader

JUNE 7, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Improving communication across departments is often a key concern when discussing conflict areas in leadership programs. With increasing patient volumes, throughput within a facility can be a major pain point in facilitating timely admissions, discharges, and transfers. Nurse leaders admit that nurses drag their heels with ADTs […] The post Using Gemba Walks to Improve Staff Communication appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 5, 2023

Editors note: The writer—me—inverted results of one of the trials used as an example. This post now contains the proper results. Thanks to an astute reader. The NEJM published this month a study on an important medical question that may upend the way we use medical evidence. This has nothing to do with the specific medical question. It has everything to do with how we interpret the results.

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Scrubs

JUNE 8, 2023

Over 70 staff members want to suspend all surgeries at Kaiser Zion Medical Center, a San Diego hospital, after strange particles were found on a series of surgical trays. They signed a petition urging management to cancel all procedures until the matter has been resolved, but it’s not clear what is causing the contamination. “There are black/gray/brown particles of an unknown substance dusting the interiors of our surgical trays, in addition to black greasy smears of a known, but not surgically-

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 6, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Scaling up is a crucial step in the development of biotechnology processes, particularly in upstream biotech development. It involves transitioning from laboratory-scale production to larger volumes, enabling the efficient production of biopharmaceuticals and other biotech […] The article Scaling Up For Success: Challenges and Solutions In Upstream Biotech Development appeared first on elect

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Emerging RN Leader

JUNE 4, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I recently coached a young leader who acknowledges that she is burned out. I asked her about the most frustrating part of her role. She told me the following story: For a long time, I thought my burnout was all about my frustrations with staffing and scheduling. […] The post Leadership Burnout from Over Apologizing appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Science Based Medicine

JUNE 9, 2023

The surge in viral infections last year appears to be to blame for a significant increase in cases of brain abscesses in children. They remain rare, and panic is not warranted, but they are a life-threatening complication of common bacterial infections that should be taken seriously. The post A Perhaps Not-So-Unexpected Spike in Pediatric Brain Abscesses first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Scrubs

JUNE 5, 2023

The U.S. is facing a crippling mental health crisis. According to the American Psychological Association, around 75 percent of adults experience stress levels that impact their mental health, and around a quarter of all adults have so much stress that they can barely function. Research shows that men are less likely to seek out professional help than women when it comes to managing their mental health.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JUNE 5, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. There’s nothing wrong with carrying devices that help you in your tasks better, be it hearing aids or walking canes; however, they make many individuals feel self-conscious. Consequently, gadgets like hearing aids have undergone a […] The article The Latest Trends in Hearing Aids Design appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 6, 2023

Even after 26 years on the Third Coast, I remain at heart a skeptical New Yorker. I think that is why I was quick to embrace the skepticism of critical appraisal when I first learned the skills as a resident. Not to date him, but David Rind was one of the faculty members who first taught me how to critically read the medical literature. In this essay he counsels us on when to moderate our skepticism and recognize that our understanding of an illness or therapy might need to change.

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Science Based Medicine

JUNE 8, 2023

Artificial Intelligence can't make pseudoscience real The post Homeopathy + AI = Still Nonsense first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Scrubs

JUNE 7, 2023

Obesity has been a worldwide health problem for decades, so much so that the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared it a global epidemic for the past several decades. Recently, obesity rates have nearly doubled around the world. In America, approximately two out of three adults struggle with excess weight, and over 300,000 people die annually due to obesity-related issues.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2023

In health care, one of the “gifts” inspired by the coronavirus pandemic was the industry’s fast-pivot and adoption of digital health tools — especially telehealth and more generally the so-called “digital front doors” enabling patients to access medical services and personal work-flows for their care. Two years later, Experian provides a look into The State of Patient Access: 2023.

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Walker Info - Patient Experience

JUNE 8, 2023

Data without action is: Noise Trivia Of little value All of the above To avoid the correct – and potentially costly – answer of number four, Insights Discovery is a critical component of the Experience Management (XM) process. Proper pre-planning, execution of the analysis (Insights Discovery), and distribution of the results will help produce actionable outcomes.

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Science Based Medicine

JUNE 6, 2023

FDA approves a new treatment for macular degeneration: the good, the bad, and the disappointing. The post Pegcetacoplan, a new treatment for macular degeneration first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Scrubs

JUNE 6, 2023

If you have a scientific mind and a compassionate heart, a healthcare profession may be the perfect match for you; however, there are far more roles than you might realize when looking from the outside in. Not only are there particular specialties, such as obstetrics or oncology, but there are multiple roles beyond just nurses and doctors, including today’s topic: physician assistants, also known as PAs.

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Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2023

It’s time for the annual ASCO conference, currently convening the American Society for Clinical Oncology in Chicago. Starting 2nd June, there have been dozens of positive announcements updating research and therapies bringing hope to the 2 million new patients who will be diagnosed with cancer in the U.S. in 2023, and millions of more people worldwide.

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19 Labs

JUNE 7, 2023

Redwood City, CA – June 7, 2023 – In December 2022, Guyana’s government launched a national telemedicine program to transform health and provide equitable healthcare to all of Guyana’s citizens. New locations were added across Regions 1, 8, and 9 to expand this successfully running program. Adding these locations to the program required traveling via plane through some of the lushest interiors of Guyana to reach the remote locations, set up connectivity, and install the GALE telemedicine units.

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Minority Nurse

JUNE 7, 2023

Join Kaiser Permanente for a free webinar, “Increasing Nurse Retention, Engagement, and Certification Pass Rates in a Post-Pandemic World,” on Tuesday, June 13 at 2 pm EST. Register here. Discover how healthcare organizations are putting solutions in place to address nurse burnout and retention in the post-pandemic era. Join us as we delve into the success story of Kaiser Permanente’s Nurse Scholars Academy.

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