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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Hospital 264

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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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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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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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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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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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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Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Researchers at Stanford University made the skin of mice transparent using the yellow no. 5 food dye otherwise known as tartrazine that's typically found on Doritos.

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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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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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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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Hospital 132

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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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

In his post yesterday, Adam discussed the STRONG-HF trial. I will expand on it because it is a great example of a positive trial that does not add knowledge to the treatment of patients with heart failure. The larger question is: what are trials for? When I think about science classes in high school, I remember experiments as a way to explain nature.

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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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Medication 110

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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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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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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Medication 104

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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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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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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Open Dental

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The Treatment Plan is vital for presenting your patients with recommended treatment, determining insurance estimates, and estimated patient responsibility. In this post, we'll cover preauthorizations, saving and signing treatment plans, and more! The post Taking on the Treatment Plan appeared first on Open Dental Blog.

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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 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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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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Emerging RN Leader

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN “I feel like I am walking on eggshells with some of my staff. I try to give them direct feedback, and then they tense up and tell me that I am harsh. If I use the feedback sandwich, all they hear is the good stuff and shut […] The post The Wise Approach to Feedback appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Medical Economics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Expect patient care to suffer when physicians face a 2.8% decrease in reimbursement in 2025, even as regulators acknowledge practice costs are going up.

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Patient Care 105

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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Unitek College

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Tips for Aspiring Nurses to Fund Their Education The journey to becoming a qualified nurse is both a noble and challenging endeavor. It can be significantly impacted by the availability of financial resources, not to mention the rising costs of nursing education. Scholarships and financial aid play a pivotal role in supporting aspiring nurses to […] The post The Ultimate Guide to Nursing Scholarships and Financial Aid appeared first on Unitek College.

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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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