Athena Career Academy

APRIL 30, 2024

The pathway to a successful career in healthcare often begins with foundational training, such as that provided by Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) programs. Specifically, in-person CMA courses offer immersive, practical experiences crucial for excelling in medical environments. This article highlights how accredited CMA programs can shape your career prospects and why selecting the right training program is essential.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 30, 2024

Walmart is closing its doctor-staffed Walmart Health centers and virtual care business, shuttering 51 centers over the next three months.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

APRIL 30, 2024

The unexpected closure of Walmart’s 51 health centers and virtual care business highlights the difficulty of providing healthcare at this moment in time.

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KevinMD.com

MAY 3, 2024

Today is the day I live for as a hematology/oncology fellowship program director. There are balloons filled on stage, dinner buffet stations brewing in the back of the conference room, and fellows entering with their proud families in tow for the graduation ceremony. On average, our graduating fellows have completed 14 years of education and Read more… Should we teach business literacy to medical trainees?

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Medical Economics

MAY 2, 2024

Generative AI offers many benefits for physicians, but also brings new risks of data breaches

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 29, 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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The Healthcare Blog

MAY 1, 2024

Walmart surprised us all and changed its mind about primary care yesterday. It’s out. Because so few people have seen it I want to show what Walmart ‘s head of health care said just 18 months ago (Nov 2022). Today they are finally killing off the 6th different strategy they’ve had (maybe it was 4). I guess (unlike CVS & Walgreens) they don’t have to write down investment in Oak Street or VillageCare, but they never worked out that primary care is only profitable if it

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Medical Economics

APRIL 30, 2024

Many physicians are eager to find a way to transform health care in a way that better benefits both patients and providers. They would be well served by enrolling in an MBA program designed for doctors.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 27, 2024

With Baby Boomers aging and nursing home care costs climbing, obscure old sleeper laws could come back to haunt the children of seniors who can’t pay for their own care.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

APRIL 30, 2024

Twenty percent of a typical healthcare organization’s sensitive data holdings are affected in a ransomware encryption event, compared with just 6% for an average organization.

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Practice Index

MAY 2, 2024

It’s just two weeks until the Primary Care Show at the NEC, Birmingham, where, in conjunction with the IGPM, we’re hosting an incredible stream of sessions tailored specifically for primary care managers On day one of the show (Wednesday 15th May), we'd love you to join us in the Business and Management stream, chaired by Kay Keane, Director of the IGPM and Practice Manager at Urban Village Medical Practice, for the following sessions: The new GP contract - What You Need to Know What do the ch

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Medical Economics

MAY 3, 2024

Technology has the ability to streamline administrative tasks, reduce medical errors

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 27, 2024

Information about the bird flu outbreak is rapidly changing. This post summarizes our current knowledge and gaps.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MAY 2, 2024

Walgreens’ decision to slash VillageMD’s clinical footprint has reverberated to the financial accounts of the primary care chain’s minority owner — Cigna.

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Science Based Medicine

APRIL 28, 2024

Is potential death worse than real death? The post Once a Doctor Has Minimized Literal Death for Young People, Should We Value Their Opinion on Any Topic Less Consequential Than Literal Death? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Medical Economics

MAY 1, 2024

In a world of high deductibles and copays, health insurance offers less protection from medical debt than it did a generation ago.

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Forbes Healthcare

MAY 1, 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 2, 2024

Legislators slammed Andrew Witty over the company’s lack of cybersecurity practices and the impact of the breach, which may have compromised the data of a third of Americans.

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Minority Nurse

APRIL 30, 2024

Dorma Liz Davila (Lizzy) RN, BSN, CPN, EMT never expected a quick volunteer weekend as a camp nurse to provide a transformative experience, but it did. And now she wants other nurses to know how helping kids at Paul Newman’s The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp can breathe new life into their nursing careers. The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp is an organization that provides what the organization calls “a different kind of healing” to thousands of seriously ill children and family mem

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Medical Economics

MAY 1, 2024

Many providers aren’t offering the online payment options patients increasingly prefer

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 29, 2024

Sleep's the bedrock of mental health, physical health and performance, according to Andrew Huberman, a podcaster / scientist. Here's 10 ways he suggests to sleep better.

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Physicians Practice

MAY 1, 2024

When healthcare practices scale rapidly, they tend to accumulate an unruly, disharmonious tech stack that can complicate administrative, communication and marketing efforts.

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Practice Index

MAY 2, 2024

Managing staff who are on long-term sick leave is challenging for Practice Managers. Can we contact them? How long is long enough? How can I get them back to work? In April's HR Clinic, Robyn Clark (aka JacksonR) and Susi O’Brien (HR Help advisor) answered all your questions on this tricky subject. Here is a summary of the questions we received, and the answers given.

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Medical Economics

APRIL 29, 2024

Study finds race-based disparities in offering empathy, communicating medical information

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 30, 2024

Booming demand for weight loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound has vastly outpaced Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly’s ability to produce the medication and supplies of smaller doses have been limited for months.

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Health Prime

MAY 2, 2024

May serves as Mental Health Awareness Month , highlighting the critical importance of mental well-being. This observance underscores the need for accessible and impactful mental health services, urging providers to reflect on their practices and explore avenues to enhance their influence in mental health care. According to The State of Mental Health in America 2023 , 28% of all adults with a mental illness reported that they were not able to receive the treatment they needed.

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Physicians Practice

MAY 3, 2024

Research suggests that incorporating power naps into your daily routine can profoundly benefit your productivity and overall well-being.

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Medical Economics

APRIL 30, 2024

Five-year test starts in 2025 to promote innovative, proactive approaches to care.

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Forbes Healthcare

MAY 1, 2024

Amazon, CVS Health, Walgreens and Walmart are pushing for more ways pharmacists can prescribe drugs.

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Valant

MAY 2, 2024

Navigating New Challenges For behavioral health practitioners starting their own private practice, navigating the financial side can often be daunting. After all, they’ve trained and specialized in behavioral health, not accounting. Understanding the intricacies of budgeting and financial planning for a private practice may seem like uncharted territory.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

APRIL 30, 2024

On Wednesday, hospitals will no longer be required to report COVID-19 admissions, capacity or occupancy data to the federal government.

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