Sensible Medicine
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Dr. Marty Makary has a powerful new book, BLIND SPOTS: When medicine gets it wrong and what it means for our health , that came out on Tuesday and instantly hit #2 bestselling book on Amazon. I loved the book and highly recommend it. In this piece, he discusses one of those blind spots of the modern medical establishment—America is getting sicker right before our eyes.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Throughout modern medical history, Americans have underestimated or dismissed emerging health threats until the consequences became impossible to ignore.
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Scrubs
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
In a bold move, Kapi‘olani Medical Center has locked out its nurses amidst a heated labor dispute. This aggressive tactic comes after the Hawaii Nurses’ Association (HNA) threatened a strike over inadequate staffing ratios and alleged unsafe working conditions. The hospital is using a legal maneuver to preemptively strike back, bringing in temporary staff to replace the locked-out nurses, signaling their readiness to maintain operations without conceding to the union’s demands.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
The Commonwealth Fund analyzed the healthcare systems of 10 nations and found the U.S. ranked last in access to care, health outcomes and overall. The U.S. “really is in a class by itself,” one researcher said.
Sensible Medicine
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Dr. Milyavsky submitted this piece in response to my most recent Friday Reflection. It looks at similar issues from a different angle -- the ground floor ER rather than the 3 rd floor medicine clinic -- and comes to subtly different conclusions. Adam Cifu Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
The COVID XEC variant, a recombinant of the KS.1.1 and KP.3.3 COVID-19 variants has been been spreading and has already appeared in 27 different countries.
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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The bill would extend pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities in Medicare for another two years, averting a looming year-end deadline.
Sensible Medicine
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024
I learned a lot from Elizabeth Fama’s multipart series on the back-to-sleep recommendation for infants. She agreed to put the entire series into an audio file. Here you go. JMM Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Plus: The story behind the award-winning science that led to Ozempic, the next astronaut launch and why homework is good for kids.
The Healthcare Blog
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
By TREVOR VAN MIERLO Let’s face it: for the past 25 years, digital behavioral health has struggled. Yet, we keep reinventing (and funding) the same models over and over again. How It All Started In the beginning (mid-1990s), a handful of developers, researchers, and investors envisioned high reach, lower-cost, highly tailored, anonymous interventions reaching millions of people with limited healthcare access.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The reductions will affect roughly 5,400 members, mostly in Florida, according to a notice to marketing agents.
Medical Economics
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
To transform the promise of value-based care into reality, the health care industry must truly work together and accelerate the implementation and adoption of this impactful care model
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Air pollution from wildfires is a growing problem with many health harms, particularly for Blacks and Latinx. You can protect yourself with masks and filters.
The Healthcare Blog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
David Dyke is the Chief Product Officer of Relatient, which is one of the biggest players in the up and coming area of direct patient scheduling. As anyone who has been stuck in a phone tree or tried to reach a live human just to get an appointment at a doctor’s office knows, scheduling in health care is way behind the eight ball compared to booking a restaurant, massage, or basically anything else online.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Providers using telehealth face an evolving landscape, and they must balance complexities around insurance, regulatory compliance and data privacy, argues one legal expert.
KevinMD.com
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024
America has a systemic and pernicious problem: health care without primary care. Just a century ago, primary care physicians were the trusted cornerstone of the U.S. health care system, providing the first point of entry into health care, addressing most ailments, and managing patients across a lifespan. This primary care “first” system has gradually eroded Read more… America’s “sick” secret and the need for a primary care czar originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
By fighting HIV, TB and malaria, UN member states can save millions of lives, billions of dollars, and create a more equitable world.
Medical Economics
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Insurers are using AI to deny claims – so isn’t it time to start using AI to get them approved?
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
The major pharmacy benefit manager said its lawsuit is necessary to protect against misinformation about the controversial drug middlemen, while the FTC promised to defend its research.
KevinMD.com
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
When a physician signs on at a new hospital, a signing bonus is often included in the compensation package. This bonus can range from a small perk to a significant percentage of income, and its structure can be either straightforward or confusing. The signing bonus is one of the items in a physician’s compensation contract Read more… The secrets of physician signing bonuses originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
This work expands on the existing partnership between both companies.
Medical Economics
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Commonwealth Fund experts consider value-based care, but it’s likely not a magic bullet to reduce administrative costs or friction.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The agency brought action against Caremark, Express Scripts and Optum Rx on Friday, arguing their “anticompetitive and unfair” rebating practices “artificially inflated” the list price of life-saving insulin drugs.
KevinMD.com
SEPTEMBER 14, 2024
I have a problem with some of the continuing medical education courses offered by large health care institutions, even those like Harvard and Mayo, which have outstanding reputations for evidence-based medicine. That’s because what they teach, although scientifically sound and in line with the Department of Health and Human Services and CDC recommendations, can get Read more… Doctors beware: the hidden legal risks of following CME guidelines originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024
There continues to be much debate about whether or not social media truly harms the mental health of teens and adolescents, and whether or not it conclusively causes p.
Relias
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Did you know that while only 10% of professionals across industries report experiencing disruptive behavior in the workplace, healthcare professionals report rates that are three times higher? In fact, horizontal violence — also known as lateral violence or workplace bullying — is alarmingly prevalent in nurse-to-nurse interactions, with estimates suggesting that between 46% and 100% of nurses experience or witness this behavior at some point in their careers.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
At a Google Cloud panel this week, information security officers from major health systems said the sector needs to assess their vendor risks to prevent disruptive cyberattacks.
Medical Economics
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Commonwealth Fund experts offer examples that could improve ‘failing U.S. health system.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Learn how to build a trusted healthcare brand by first embodying trust, by meeting the needs of younger generations, and by accounting for what matters to the individual.
Relias
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
At Relias, individual stories of growth and achievement are not just celebrated—they are central to our identity. We sat down with Meredith Tobias, Enterprise Client Executive, whose career embodies the expansive opportunities and developmental culture at Relias. From her start in entry-level sales to becoming a top-tier enterprise client executive, Meredith’s sales success at Relias is a testament to ambition, resilience, and the supportive environment we foster.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
About half of employers said they would make cost-cutting changes to their plans next year, like increasing deductibles or other cost-sharing provisions, according to a report from consultancy Mercer.
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