Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 4, 2024
In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, AI generative deepfake images of destruction and human suffering flooded social media, and this hurts real people now and in the future.
Sensible Medicine
OCTOBER 2, 2024
This post continues yesterday’s. If you have not read Part I, I suggest you read it first. Adam Cifu Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. Please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. There was a time when, right or wrong, there was a consensus within medicine regarding what kind of person would make a good doctor. It was believed that being a doctor meant you had to remember a great number of obscure things, and so we designed tests that heavily weighted memorization
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Scrubs
OCTOBER 1, 2024
The months-long nurses’ strike at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) in New Brunswick, New Jersey, has come to a potential resolution after a tentative agreement was reached between the hospital and the United Steelworkers Local 4-200, which represents approximately 1,700 nurses. The strike, which began in early August, centered around key issues such as nurse-to-patient ratios, wage increases, and benefits, with both parties struggling to reach a compromise.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Covering topics from digital health to financial management, these are some of the notable events and dates for executives at hospital systems, payers and technology firms to watch.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
With no plans to retire, medical records billionaire Judy Faulkner tells Forbes about her plans to ensure Epic remains independent and employee-owned in perpetuity.
Sensible Medicine
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
JAMA-IM has published an observational study that sought causal effects from stopping blood-pressure-lowering drugs in older adults who were in long-term care. The UCSF-led team asked a specific question: did deprescribing of BP-lowering meds lessen cognitive decline? They didn’t write their question that specifically; instead they wrote that their purpose was to investigate the association of deprescribing antihypertensive medication with changes in cognitive function in nursing home resi
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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Nearly 40% of healthcare organizations reported it took more than a month to recover after an attack, according to the survey by cybersecurity firm Sophos.
Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Plus: Here’s how Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner will keep her medical records company private, independent and employee-owned forever.
Sensible Medicine
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
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Medical Economics
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Medicare’s restrictive coverage policies are denying patients with early Alzheimer’s disease access to novel treatments. And private payers are following suit.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
OCTOBER 2, 2024
The health system has been hit with a combined $895 million in damages this year related to alleged child abuse at some of its behavioral health subsidiaries.
Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Vance talks of placing people with chronic conditions into separate insurance pools. Insurers may then charge higher premiums for people with pre-existing conditions.
KevinMD.com
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
Recently, an elderly patient at my practice unexpectedly began to miss her monthly appointments. I was alarmed. The patient has atrial fibrillation—a condition characterized by irregular heart rhythms and an increased risk of stroke. The condition demands consistent and timely medical care. For elderly patients like the one in our care, these appointments are not Read more… How drivers of health screenings led to immediate patient impact and practice sustainability originally appeared in KevinMD
Medical Economics
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Burnout is not due to a lack of resilience
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Mike Waters’ resignation comes after other leadership changes at the telehealth vendor, including the departure of Teladoc’s former CEO this spring.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
NVIDIA has always sought to invest in valuable innovation.
Intercoast
OCTOBER 4, 2024
At InterCoast Colleges, we understand the intricate path to achieving true happiness. It’s a journey that involves indulging in pleasures that bring immediate contentment and embracing challenges that foster personal and professional growth. This blog post explores the nuanced relationship between comfort, struggle, and long-term fulfillment. Redefining Happiness: Beyond Comfort Happiness is often perceived as the absence of discomfort or struggle.
Medical Economics
OCTOBER 4, 2024
The relationship between patients and providers lays the foundation of each patient's care experience.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
OCTOBER 1, 2024
CVS is cutting 1% of its workforce as the healthcare behemoth pursues a massive cost-cutting plan — and considers a potential breakup of its businesses, according to reports.
Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Among ten peer nations, Americans live the shortest lives and are the least healthy, despite the U.S. spending the most on healthcare, according to a new study.
Valant
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
In the rapidly evolving landscape of behavioral health, teletherapy has become an essential tool for mental health professionals. However, with this digital transformation comes the critical need for HIPAA compliant teletherapy platforms. These platforms ensure that patient privacy and data security remain paramount in the virtual therapy environment.
Medical Economics
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Practice strategies for physicians to prevent lawsuits
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Only 25% of Humana members will be in plans with four stars or above next year, down from 94% this year, the insurer disclosed Wednesday. The downgrade could wipe out Humana’s profits in 2026.
Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Plus: A powder stronger than steel, mapping a fruit fly’s brain, physicists observe ‘negative time’ and bringing quantum computing applications to market.
KevinMD.com
OCTOBER 2, 2024
In the shadow of America’s maternal health crisis, Medicaid mothers are fighting an uphill battle against systemic neglect. Many of these mothers are facing a cruel reality: the more they need help, the harder it is to get. It is far from uncommon for new mothers in the United States to find themselves thrust into Read more… A lack of specialized care continues to shortchange Medicaid moms who face the greatest threat from the maternal mental health crisis originally appeared in KevinMD.co
Medical Economics
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
Governor signs bill sponsored by physician-lawmaker to improve care, increase doctors and create jobs.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
OCTOBER 4, 2024
A handful of plans owned by the nation's largest MA payer are the latest to ask the court to help raise their valuable quality scores.
Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 1, 2024
The intersection of politics and healthcare today has made the delivery of healthcare increasingly complex. Patients' voices and votes are needed.
Physicians Practice
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Key takeaways from the OIG report on remote patient monitoring.
Medical Economics
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Protecting your practice starts with some basic strategies
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
The news comes days after the Senate voted to hold Ralph de la Torre in criminal contempt for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena.
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