Legal Eye on Medical Assisting
MARCH 20, 2024
I recently received the following request for information from a medical group in South Carolina: We [need] to find out what tasks certified medical assistants can do and what uncertified medical assistants cannot do.
Athena Career Academy
MARCH 20, 2024
Medical assistants are vital in healthcare, supporting physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Their responsibilities often span clinical and administrative tasks, requiring a diverse skill set and a strong foundation of knowledge. For aspiring medical assistants, embarking on training is the first step towards acquiring these essential skills that are instrumental in building a successful career in healthcare.
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Emerging RN Leader
MARCH 20, 2024
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN To economize, many health systems are eliminating nursing leadership roles, impacting numerous loyal, hard-working nurse leaders. How do you leave a difficult job situation without conveying anger? I recently talked with a leader who found herself in this situation. She understood that the decision was not personal […] The post Planning a Graceful Exit appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
Forbes Healthcare
MARCH 18, 2024
Yet another large study finds that supplemental vitamin D and calcium aren't helpful. Cancer deaths did go down, very slightly, but deaths from heart disease went up slightly more.
Sensible Medicine
MARCH 18, 2024
Dear Readers, I publish the following opinion piece regarding the use of statin drugs in low-risk individuals without heart disease even though I disagree with most of the authors’ arguments. Since this is a rebuttal to an editorial I wrote, it would be helpful to first read the linked article in the lead sentence. I do like the authors’ conclusions.
Athena Career Academy
MARCH 22, 2024
Pursuing an Early Childhood Education (ECE) degree is a rewarding choice that can lead to a fulfilling career working with young learners. However, balancing the demands of school, work, and personal life can be a challenging task. Whether you're attending Athena Career Academy in Toledo, OH, or any other institution, it's essential to find a balance that allows you to succeed academically while also taking care of your well-being and professional responsibilities.
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Forbes Healthcare
MARCH 18, 2024
ChatGPT's expanded memory capabilities will improve clinical outcomes and revolutionize U.S. medicine, writes Robert Pearl, MD. Here are three potential breakthroughs.
Sensible Medicine
MARCH 19, 2024
One of the aspects of editing Sensible Medicine that I have truly enjoyed is receiving excellent, unsolicited manuscripts. 1 We published one of these a couple of weeks ago by Aleksi Raudasoja titled From Guideline Recommendations to Articulated Harms and Benefits. Even better is when one unsolicited manuscript leads to another. What follows is one of those written by Mariana Barosa.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MARCH 22, 2024
Two weeks after the FDA updated Wegovy’s label, Medicare changed its stance to allow people with a history of heart disease to receive treatment, a shift that could further boost access to the fast-selling medicine.
The Healthcare Blog
MARCH 18, 2024
By MATTHEW HOLT Okay, I can’t do it any longer. As much as I tried to resist, it is time to write about ambient scribing. But I’m going to do it in a slightly odd way If you have met me, you know that I have a strange English-American accent, and I speak in a garbled manner. Yet I’m using the inbuilt voice recognition that Google supplies to write this story now.
Forbes Healthcare
MARCH 18, 2024
Chrysotile asbestos—used in chlorine bleach—is the only form of the chemical still imported and used in the U.S., so this legislation will officially ban all forms of asbestos in the U.S.
Science Based Medicine
MARCH 17, 2024
Doctors portrayed those who tried to avoid the virus as pathetic, disordered weaklings, afflicted by irrational panic, fear, and anxiety. It only makes sense if you remember one thing, they wanted you infected. The post Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, April 2021: “The Central Problem Right Now I Think Is The Fear That People Still Feel About COVID.” first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
Doximity
MARCH 19, 2024
This Women's History Month, we honor the collective journey of women in medicine, emphasizing their resilience, achievements, and the challenges they continue to overcome. The narrative of women physicians is marked by groundbreaking achievements against the backdrop of systemic barriers, underscoring the need for mentorship, flexible working conditions, and strong advocacy for gender equity.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MARCH 18, 2024
Regulators seeking to erect guardrails around AI are facing a Sisyphean task, experts said at HIMSS. How do you oversee something that is constantly changing?
Forbes Healthcare
MARCH 18, 2024
Led by billionaire founder and CEO Judy Faulkner, Epic is building a suite of 60 AI tools it hopes to sell to thousands of U.S. hospitals.
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 21, 2024
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Responses from Dr. David J. Sand, chief medical officer, ZeOmega. The healthcare industry is fraught with workflow challenges that impact care quality and costs, but tools like AI and ML have sparked a turning point. […] The article Optimizing Workflows with AI/ML In 2024 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Science Based Medicine
MARCH 22, 2024
The campaign against boosters was just a small part of a pathetic, pandemic-long pattern where doctors expressed grave concern about the mildest harms of measures to limit COVID, even purely theoretical ones, while being totally indifferent to literally anything the virus could do, including the deaths of children and young adults. The post Some Doctors Cared Much More About Sore Arms Than Cold Bodies first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MARCH 18, 2024
The CMS doesn’t require states to report data on outcomes or care denials, and has made “delayed” progress on plans to analyze the information and make it public, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Forbes Healthcare
MARCH 22, 2024
Given CDC's actions on isolation and masks, we should focus on improving ventilation and the economic impact that would have.
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 20, 2024
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Responses by Patty Riskind, CEO, Orbita. It might be a new year, but healthcare is dealing with old problems: Too much time spent on administrative tasks. Staff struggling to keep up with high call volumes. […] The article Automation and Digital Tools Help Address Provider Workflow Challenges appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
KevinMD.com
MARCH 18, 2024
I was faced with a stark question—one that, though I have spoken openly about women’s rights, somehow I had not distilled into the succinct question posed by a coming-of-age woman living and attempting to digest our country’s policies. Simply put: “Mom, so they don’t care if women die?” Oof! For a person who has a Read more… Do they care if women die?
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MARCH 22, 2024
In a Thursday letter, the American Hospital Association urged the HHS’ Office of Civil Rights to reduce possible “duplicative” breach notifications from the Change cyberattack.
Forbes Healthcare
MARCH 20, 2024
The industry has tried to solve staffing issues with band-aid solutions for two decades. Now, it has another predictable crisis, this time amid even tighter budgets.
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 19, 2024
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Selecting an inpatient drug rehab accepting Medicaid is vitally important to individuals looking for treatment, yet each facility offers different approaches and may impose different requirements upon individuals – some may need extra documentation or […] The article Choosing the Right Outpatient Drug Rehab That Accepts Medicaid appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Medical Economics
MARCH 22, 2024
Primary care physicians and their patients know broad rules for good health, but those can be overwhelming without personal assistance to integrate the principles into daily life.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MARCH 20, 2024
The health system has been hit with at least 35 lawsuits in the last year alleging issues ranging from unpaid bills and falsified checks to doctor kickback schemes.
Forbes Healthcare
MARCH 20, 2024
Varda Space Industries successfully manufactured a sample of HIV medication on board its spacecraft and returned it safely to Earth.
Electronic Health Reporter
MARCH 18, 2024
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Jennifer Devening, CEO, YourHealth. In the controlled chaos of the emergency room (ER), time and accuracy are of the essence. Not only do they impact care outcomes, but also quality, safety, costs, and patient […] The article Arming Patients with Accurate Medical Information To Improve ER Outcomes, Wait Times appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Minority Nurse
MARCH 20, 2024
This week honors GI Nurses and Associates Week , the annual tribute to GI nurses that the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA) has celebrated for more than a decade. Gastroenterology (GI) nurses treat and often diagnose patients who have symptoms and conditions related to the entire digestive tract. The spectrum of GI symptoms is nuanced and can have a big impact on quality of life for patients, so GI nurses listen carefully to help patients most effectively.
Medbridge
MARCH 18, 2024
With the completion of the first performance year (2023) under Home Health Value-based Purchasing (HHVBP), understanding how your agency performed will help you improve your future performance. We spoke to leading home health agencies to find out what they learned from the first year, but now it’s vital to take those lessons and learn how […] The post Three Actionable Strategies to Improve Your HHVBP Scores and Reimbursement appeared first on MedBridge Blog.
Forbes Healthcare
MARCH 19, 2024
Ketamine is a hallucinogenic drug used medically as an anesthetic and to treat mental disorders, and illegally for recreational use.
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