Walmart To Close Health Clinics In Latest Blow To Retail Healthcare
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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A Discussion with Dr. Dena Zeraatkar regarding analytic flexibility in observational studies
Sensible Medicine
APRIL 30, 2024
Gosh was this a great conversation about her recent paper on specification curve analysis of nutritional observational studies. Here is Dr. Zeraatkar’s bio: Dena Zeraatkar, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Anesthesia and Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI) at McMaster University. She earned her doctoral degree at McMaster University in the Health Research Methodology graduate program.
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How CMA Classes Can Lead to a Successful Healthcare Career
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.
Walmart Health shuts down
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.
Bird Flu (H5N1) Explained: USDA Will Test Ground Beef Samples From Grocery Stores
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.
Improving Your Critical Appraisal Skills #4
Sensible Medicine
MAY 1, 2024
If RCTs are the most useful study design, and articles about case control studies are my favorite to read, the use and interpretation of diagnostic tests and the articles that define test characteristics are my favorite to think about, talk about, and teach. I think this is because diagnosis is so core to what a general internist brings to health care.
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CVS slashes 2024 outlook — again — as Medicare seniors drive spending
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MAY 1, 2024
Runaway inpatient spending in particular caused CVS’ insurance costs to snowball after returning “to patterns we have not seen since the start of the pandemic,” its CFO said.
Why You Might Be Responsible For Paying Your Parents’ Medical Debts
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.
Protecting your practice: cybersecurity defenses in the age of generative AI
Medical Economics
MAY 2, 2024
Generative AI offers many benefits for physicians, but also brings new risks of data breaches
What’s behind all these assessments of digital health?
The Healthcare Blog
APRIL 29, 2024
By MATTHEW HOLT A decent amount of time in recent weeks has been spent hashing out the conflict over data. Who can access it? Who can use it for what? What do the new AI tools and analytics capabilities allow us to do? Of course the idea is that this is all about using data to improve patient care. Anyone who is anybody, from John Halamka at the Mayo Clinic down to the two guys with a dog in a garage building clinical workflows on ChatGPT, thinks they can improve the patient experience and impro
Ransomware attacks on healthcare impact nearly five times more sensitive data: report
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.
Bird Flu H5N1—What We Know So Far About Its Spread To Cows
Forbes Healthcare
APRIL 27, 2024
Information about the bird flu outbreak is rapidly changing. This post summarizes our current knowledge and gaps.
The benefits of a physician MBA program
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.
What Walmart said & What Walmart Did: Not the same thing
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
Cigna writes down VillageMD investment amid shrinking value
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.
Bird Flu (H5N1) Explained: Grocery Store Baby Formula, Other Dairy Products Are Safe, FDA Says
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.
AI: A powerful tool for improving health care efficiency and safety
Medical Economics
MAY 3, 2024
Technology has the ability to streamline administrative tasks, reduce medical errors
Join us at the Primary Care Show!
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
Congress grills UnitedHealth CEO over Change cyberattack
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.
Wegovy Is Available Again After Shortages, FDA Says—But Supplies Are Still Limited
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.
BakerHostetler Report Identifies Healthcare Data Breach and Litigation Trends
The HIPAA Journal
MAY 2, 2024
BakerHostetler has released the 10 th edition of its Data Security Incident Response Report , which shares data from the incidents the law firm has helped to manage. The report provides insights into the current cyber threat landscape and litigation trends. Data Breach Insights Healthcare accounted for 28% of data breach incidents, followed by finance and insurance (17%), business and professional services (15%), and education (13%).
Insurance doesn’t always protect patients from medical debt. Here’s how providers can help.
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.
A Camp Nurse Volunteer Shares the Joy
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
10 Drug-Free Ways To Sleep Better According To Andrew Huberman
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.
Health Data Analytics Firm Reports 1.1-Million Record MSP Data Breach
The HIPAA Journal
APRIL 29, 2024
A Portland, ME-based accounting and consulting firm has recently reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General that involved the personal information of 1,107,354 individuals. Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker, LLC (BerryDunn) provides health data analytics services to healthcare providers, health insurers, and government regulatory and healthcare policy agencies and its clients provide BerryDunn with personal and health data to allow the firm to perform its contracted services.
Modern payment methods are key to healthy practice cash flow, patient satisfaction
Medical Economics
MAY 1, 2024
Many providers aren’t offering the online payment options patients increasingly prefer
Expanding your practice? Here’s how to manage an unruly tech stack
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.
Covid-19 Pandemic Led To Growing Acceptance Of Doctors Withholding Treatment
Forbes Healthcare
APRIL 27, 2024
According to a new study there is a steadily growing acceptance of the view that it could be ethically acceptable for doctors to refuse care.
FTC Issues Final Rule Updating Health Breach Notification Rule
The HIPAA Journal
APRIL 29, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule on April 26, 2024, that updates the FTC Health Breach Notification Rule. The update includes revised definitions that encompass health apps and other technologies not covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), clarification of what the FTC considers a breach of security, new requirements for the content of breach notifications, changes to the timeframe for issuing notifications, and an expansion of the permit
Doctors less likely to engage Black caregivers in shared decision-making
Medical Economics
APRIL 29, 2024
Study finds race-based disparities in offering empathy, communicating medical information
5 strategies to increase visits in your mental health practice
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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