Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 7, 2025

Plus: Ancient tool use, reducing AIs big power draw, Firefly lands on the Moon and more.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 6, 2025

There are two groups of workers at hospitals and medical centers. There are those of us who, at times in our daily work, come into contact with blood, s**t, p**s and pus and there are those who don't. The first time I put my hand in blood was when I was a medical student and didn't see the pooling puddle on the patient’s bed. The last time I came into contact with p**s was on rounds in the last month.

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Science Based Medicine

MARCH 3, 2025

Measles is back, and so are all the old antivax tropes about the disease and the vaccine. Unfortunately, there's an antivaxxer in charge. The post Measles is back, and so are all the old antivax tropes about it first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MARCH 6, 2025

Software companies like Epic and Oracle say they’re weaving AI into clinicians’ workflows to meet client demand, keep up with competitors and improve the productivity of a swamped healthcare system.

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Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 1, 2025

RFK Jr. is gearing up for changes in vaccine policies, with respect to messaging and the composition of the advisory panel that makes recommendations to the CDC.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 3, 2025

Co-editor of Sensible Medicine Vinay Prasad and two colleagues published a remarkable study last week regarding the length of antidepressant drug trials vs duration of therapy in the real world. The median trial duration was 8 weeks while real-world use of these drugs is 5 years. Few trials lasted long enough to monitor for withdrawal symptoms or included taper protocols.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MARCH 7, 2025

The struggling retail pharmacy chain entered an agreement to be purchased by private equity firm Sycamore Partners, which could end its nearly 100-year run as a public company.

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Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 7, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has faced enormous challenges in his ability to communicate health information to the public just one month into his appointment as secretary of HHS.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 7, 2025

FH is a 66-year-old woman who comes in for an urgent visit because she has been feeling woozy for two days. She is very anxious, almost distraught, because she thinks these symptoms are the same as the ones that her sister had before she died of a hemorrhagic stroke. Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. If you appreciate our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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Medication Diagnostics 185

Science Based Medicine

MARCH 4, 2025

"RFK Jr. switching sides on vaccines now is like an arsonist urging people to put out the fire he started." The post RFK Jr.: Vaccines Not Only Protect Individual Children From Measles, But Also Contribute To Community Immunity first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MARCH 4, 2025

Experts at HIMSS say the adoption of futuristic artificial intelligence products doesn’t necessarily mean leaving smaller, cash-strapped providers behind.

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Hospital 115

Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 6, 2025

Walgreen Boots Alliance will become privately held in a $10 billion takeover by the investment firm Sycamore Partners.

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Medical Economics

MARCH 5, 2025

A Florida Atlantic University study paired high school students with older adults to improve tech literacy and health tracking.

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Science Based Medicine

MARCH 5, 2025

"Journalist" Paul Thacker defends Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and the Great Barrington Declaration by rehashing the same old deceptive rhetoric. The post Paul Thacker relitigates criticisms of Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and the Great Barrington Declaration first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MARCH 3, 2025

The news is a step forward on multimodal AI, or algorithms that understand non-text inputs, and should make Vertex AI Search faster and more helpful, Google said.

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Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 5, 2025

Cuts to the largest insurance program would directly impact the 72 million people who depend on it, and also our nation's collective health and economic strength.

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Insurance 252

Physicians Practice

MARCH 4, 2025

How evolving workplace attitudes are transforming healthcare staffing, as COVID-19 accelerates trends like remote work, mental health support, and modernized technology.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 7, 2025

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Electronic health record (EHR) vendors are accelerating their adoption of artificial intelligence, aiming to enhance clinician workflows, improve patient care, and remain competitive in an evolving healthcare landscape. Leaders including Epic and Oracle are integrating […] The article EHR Vendors Embrace AI to Transform Healthcare Workflows appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Patient Care 91

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MARCH 3, 2025

The tech giant is trying to differentiate its new assistant, called Dragon Copilot, by billing it as an all-in-one tool for clinicians drowning under administrative work.

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Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 3, 2025

For the fifth consecutive year, tennis participation in the U.S. increased. This has prompted the USTA to invest $10 million more into new tennis courts and facilities.

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Medical Economics

MARCH 7, 2025

Company adds ability to analyze tables, charts and diagrams

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The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 2, 2025

By GABRIELLE GOLDBLATT Highly relevant, high-resolution data streams are essential to high-stakes decision making across industries. You wouldnt expect an investment banker making deals without full market visibility or a grocery store to stock shelves without data on whats selling and whats notso why are we not leaning more into data-driven approaches in healthcare?

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MARCH 5, 2025

Beneficiaries who earn more than four times the federal poverty level wouldn’t be eligible for any subsidies on marketplace plans if the enhanced premium tax credits expire at the end of the year.

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Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 5, 2025

Pharmacy benefit managers take considerably different approaches to managing patient access to biosimilars, or cheaper versions of biologics such as Humira and Stelara.

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Emerging RN Leader

MARCH 2, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Current research indicates that the overall number of nurses evaluating themselves as emotionally healthy has only improved slightly since 2021. While some of this can be attributed to the turbulent healthcare work environment, there is now emerging research that younger staff under the age of 35 have […] The post The Impact of Lower Baseline Mental Health appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Communication 78

The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 5, 2025

By ARIEL FRISTOE As the artistic director of Out of Hand Theater, an arts organization that promotes anti-racism, social activism and health equity, I believe the recent appointment of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK) as Secretary to the Department of Health and Human Services is beyond concerning. RFK is not a doctor, nor is he a scientist, yet he has been very vocal about his vaccine skepticism and has promoted misinformation about vaccine safety.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MARCH 6, 2025

Vendors say their AI scribes and assistants will save doctors time. But the need for careful oversight, along with hospitals motivated to see as many patients as possible, could mean clinicians schedules’ won’t be freed up by AI tools.

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Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 2, 2025

With his new book 'Everything Is Tuberculosis,' celebrity author John Green is breathing new life into tuberculosis advocacy

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Emerging RN Leader

MARCH 5, 2025

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I am proud to announce the publication of my newest book, Nursing Leadership in the New World of Work: New Strategies and Tools for Success. This book provides a new roadmap for navigating the changes in our work, workforce, and workplaces. In an easy-to-read format, each chapter […] The post Nursing Leadership in the New World of Work appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 4, 2025

Stuart Blitz is COO and founder of Hone Health. He comes from a long career in health tech, notably at diabetes device pioneer Agamatrix. Stuart’s been working on his aggressive social media career, but in the background he launched Hone Health in the male health online telehealth/pharmacy space in March 2020 (great timing!). It’s now raised real money ($33m last month), has expanded to the other half of the population (women, too!

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MARCH 5, 2025

The all-stock deal gives CVS a strategic minority investment in value-based care services firm Wellvana.

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