Scrubs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The tragic story of Melissa Jubane, a 32-year-old nurse from Beaverton, Oregon, took a heartbreaking turn when she was found dead on September 7, 2024, just days after returning from her wedding in Hawaii. Jubane, a nurse at St. Vincent Hospital, had gone missing on September 4 when she failed to show up for her morning shift. Concerned coworkers and family immediately contacted the police, who initiated a welfare check at her apartment.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The leaders of Caremark, Optum Rx and Express Scripts had until Wednesday to walk back statements they made in July — or face potential legal action. However, the executives are sticking to their guns.

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Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Italy didn't allow field trials for genetically modified crops for twenty years — until this year. But anti-GMO activists destroyed it, repeating echoes of history.

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Doximity

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

As healthcare continues to evolve, digital health is playing a crucial role in transforming how we deliver and receive care. Meet some of the top clinicians who are at the forefront of this change, using technology to enhance patient care, improve access, and develop innovative solutions. These professionals are making strides in fields like oncology, mental health, and population health, while also sharing their expertise on social media.

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Scrubs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Being a nurse means you are in one of the most demanding professions that exist today. Undoubtedly, the field is challenging, even more so for night-shift nurses. The irregular hours, lack of natural daylight, and disrupted sleep cycles make it difficult to maintain a balanced lifestyle. For night-shift nurses, finding effective strategies to care for both their physical and mental health is essential for personal well-being and to provide quality patient care.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

More than 300 telehealth and provider groups say time is running out for regulators to propose a rule before pandemic-era flexibilities expire at the end of the year.

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The Healthcare Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

By KIM BELLARD For several years now, my North Star for thinking about innovation has been Steven Johnson’s great quote (in his delightful Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World ): “You will find the future where people are having the most fun.” No, no, no, naysayers argue, inventing the future is serious business, and certainly fun is not the point of business.

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Scrubs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Hawaii’s healthcare industry is facing significant turbulence as the Hawaii Nurses’ Association (HNA) and Kapi‘olani Medical Center continue their contentious contract negotiations. At the heart of this dispute are issues that have long plagued the nursing profession nationwide: unsafe staffing levels, worker burnout, and retaliatory practices. The potential fallout is a looming strike that could leave the hospital scrambling to fill critical care gaps, with the nurses alleging unfair labor prac

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Though CVS Caremark holds a dominant share of the commercial, Medicare Part D and Medicaid managed care markets, each large pharmacy benefit manager seems to be focusing on one particular arena.

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Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Public health experts are sounding the alarm as whooping cough cases increase nationwide. Numbers of cases of the vaccine-preventable disease have quadrupled this year.

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Medical Economics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

When possible, patients prefer to recover in their own beds instead of hospital beds, according to a new survey. National health care policy needs to catch up to patient need.

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Science Based Medicine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Bhattacharya, Atlas, and Makary are also set to speak at Stanford next month The post Hopkins Business School to Platform COVID-19 Contrarians at Health Policy Symposium first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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KevinMD.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

As long as you live, you will never hear an article from news media contending that “America Runs On Duncan.” Why? Because the line is a marketing allegation created by the advertising company and designed to sell product. Yet news media repeat medical claims from drug makers found in journals like they are news––which gives Read more… Why isn’t medical advertising regulated like other advertising?

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Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Newly updated 2024-2025 Covid-19 vaccines are available across the United States. Vaccines represent the best protection against sever illness and hospitalizations.

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Medical Economics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Let’s continue to celebrate women’s advances in medicine, science, law and other fields. But we also must recognize that the shortage of men in health care professions is becoming a critical issue.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Just over 5% of companies selling AI to health systems have matured beyond seed and early-stage funding rounds, according to an analysis by Flare Capital Partners.

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Practice Index

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Data. It’s a word that sends a shiver down many a Practice Manager’s spine. And with the imposed 2024/25 contract requiring practices to provide data on eight metrics, it’s no wonder. As one Practice Manager put it to us, “Data is one of those classic areas where the NHS simply can’t stop itself.” Now, with the data-sharing mandate about to take effect, the need to submit digital telephony data is causing a stir among Practice Managers, who are grappling with the implications of submitting data

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Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Almost 50 million people have obtained healthcare coverage through marketplace exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act since its enactment more than a decade ago.

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Medical Economics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Value-based care is the future of medicine. Health care organizations must adapt technology, venues, primary care and prevention to survive and thrive.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Iowa Total Care, a subsidiary of the St. Louis-based payer, can continue doing business in Iowa’s managed care program, which paid it $2.8 billion in the last fiscal year.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

I only read two articles last week (Labor Day, a wedding, having to debate, and then write and article with Vinay…). At first glance they seem very different, but they actually have quite a bit in common. Both were “suggested to me” -- one by a Sensible Medicine reader and one by a twitter-colleague. Both relate to topics I have expressed pretty strong opinions about, opinions that I fully recognize might be wrong.

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Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Data from an early stage clinical trial suggests Novo Nordisk’s new weight loss pill amycretin could produce greater and more rapid weight loss than its popular obesity injection Wegovy.

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KevinMD.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

I want to express my frustration with the state of health care in the United States, particularly in the context of my own experiences within the system. Over the past 12 years, I have submitted articles to KevinMD advocating for quality patient care and fair working conditions for health care professionals. I have urged hospital Read more… Why is our health care system going down the drain and no one seems to care?

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The incident was related to a vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer software, which was linked to data breaches at thousands of organizations last year.

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Medical Economics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

A good onboarding program can be the difference between keeping a newly hired physician for the long term or having to start over again sooner than you would like

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Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Cellino, cofounded by 30 Under 30 alumni, got a $25 million grant to develop self-contained biomanufacturing units for stem cells that treat degenerative diseases.

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99MGMT

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Healthcare professionals face a relentless challenge: administrative overload. Credentialing is a standout culprit, consuming up to four hours weekly for physicians , not to mention the additional burden on office staff. What if this time could be redirected toward patient care?

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Hospitals are primed for natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes, but many haven’t thought about the domino effect cyberattacks can have locally, said Scott Gee, who joined AHA last month.

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KevinMD.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

When planning for retirement, most of us focus on building a nest egg that will support us in our golden years. We diligently contribute to our 401(k)s, IRAs, and other retirement accounts, hoping to maximize our savings and minimize our tax burden. However, the passage of the SECURE Act and SECURE Act 2.0 have introduced Read more… The hidden estate tax: How the SECURE Act could impact your heirs originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Under EMTALA, emergency rooms are required to medically screen and stabilize all patients. Some patients withhold their identity to avoid the medical bills.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Technology can significantly help nursing students learn the complexities of nursing practice or act as a source of frustration that takes valuable time away from education. Here is a brief look at some of the technologies in use in nursing education , the impact of AI, and practical tips for using educational technology effectively. Tech in Use Technologies advancing nursing education include simulations and virtual reality. “Simulations are a cornerstone in nursing education, offering st

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