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Kidnapped Nurse Found Inside the Trunk of Her Car

Scrubs

Patrice Wilson was kidnapped on May 13 while leaving the overnight shift at the Detroit Medical Center in Michigan, according to the police. She was seen being abducted in the facility parking lot where a man entered her vehicle and forced her to leave. “He approached our victim just as she was getting into the driver’s side of her vehicle.

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Understanding the Benefits of Data Registries for Advancing Patient Centricity and Research

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Leon Rozenblit, JD, PhD, Registry CoE, IQVIA, Alexandra Weiss, nonprofit strategy, patient organizations, IQVIA. The past few years ushered in a historic wave of innovation in the therapeutic development landscape, heightening the demand for high-quality, […] The article Understanding the Benefits of Data Registries for Advancing Patient Centricity and Research appeared first on electroni

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Honoring Neuroscience Nurses

Minority Nurse

The third week of every May (this year May 14-20) is dedicated to Neuroscience Nurses Week in recognition of and tribute to neuroscience nurses and the work they do. Neuroscience nurses work with patients who have a range of health conditions or injuries that are related to the brain. Patients in the care of neuroscience nurses might have received a traumatic brain injury in an accident, may be recovering from a stroke, could be navigating brain cancer treatment, or may have a neurologically ba

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Repurposed to Radical: How drug repurposing created a global right-wing market for COVID early treatment fraud

Science Based Medicine

A condensed timeline of the events, people, and far-right global politics that repurposed science and medicine to promote fake miracle cures for COVID-19 and spread deadly disinformation with a focus on the United States, France, and Brazil. The post Repurposed to Radical: How drug repurposing created a global right-wing market for COVID early treatment fraud first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Woman Becomes a Nurse at the Hospital Where She Was Abandoned as a Baby

Scrubs

Some things are meant to be. Logan Riesterer was dropped off at Ascension Saint Mary in Chicago when she was just a baby, but she ended up right where she needed to be. Nestor Hermogino, who worked as the secretary in the ICU back in the early 90s, used to start each shift at the hospital praying for his family. In the chapel, he discovered the infant wrapped in a blanket on March 20, 1992.

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What New Graduates Need from Nurse Leaders

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN During the next three months, health systems nationwide will begin to transition new graduates into their practice settings. This year’s new graduates have had more direct clinical time than nurses who graduated last year. Still, their current skills may not be enough for the high-acuity environments in […] The post What New Graduates Need from Nurse Leaders appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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AI as a Diagnostic Tool

Science Based Medicine

Using AI systems for pattern recognition in early diagnosis of dementia shows the potential of this tool. The post AI as a Diagnostic Tool first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Hospital Staffer on Leave After Trying to Take a Rental Bike from a Black Man

Scrubs

A white female employee at Bellevue Hospital in New York City was caught on camera trying to take a rental bike from a black man in a dramatic scene. In the video, which was posted to Twitter, the woman in scrubs can be seen trying to take the CitiBike, while trying to paint the man as a threat. “Help! Help me! Please, help me,” the woman yells in the clip, which has already racked up over 6.6 million views.

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Frank Discussions About Missed Nursing Care

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN With nationwide staff shortages, units are short-staffed on many shifts. A nurse leader recently asked me why we do not have frank discussions about the level of missed nursing care happening daily throughout the country. She remembered as a new graduate that when their team was short-staffed, […] The post Frank Discussions About Missed Nursing Care appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Medical Debt: “The Debt of Necessity” – A Current U.S. Picture from the CFPB

Health Populi

On April 11, 2023, three of the largest U.S. consumer credit rating companies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — planned to remove medical bill collections that were under $500 from consumers’ credit reports. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) calculated that these medical bill “erasures” under $500 impacted nearly 23 million consumers and eliminated medical collections totally for 15.6 million people in the U.S. according to CFPB’s recently-pub

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“Subscription science”: Physician-influencers, social media, and conflicts of interest

Science Based Medicine

Antivaccine activists and quacks often weaponize legitimate concerns about industry conflicts of interest in medicine into the "shill gambit," in which they accuse critics and defenders of science-based medicine of being in the pay of big pharma. However, the rise of physician-influencers and, in particular, Substack show that not all conflicts of interest are from industry or even financial.

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Employee Sues Hospital for Making Him Pose as an Active Shooter in Safety Drill

Scrubs

Active shooting drills are becoming more common in healthcare facilities due to the rise in mass shootings. These drills help staff prepare for and respond to emergencies, but one hospital is being called out for the way it conducted the drill. Brandon Woodruff, a laborer and assistant to the skilled trades workers, claims he was asked by his supervisor at Hawthorn Center in Michigan to pose as an armed intruder during an unscheduled active shooter drill.

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Friday Reflection #21: Revealing Ignorance

Sensible Medicine

CB is a 72-year-old woman with macrocytosis and otherwise normal cell counts. After an unrevealing evaluation, her internist referred her to a hematologist. Hematologist: “You won’t believe this, CB, the patient you referred to me, she has megakaryocytic dysplasia with 5q and 12p deletions and the TP53 mutation.” Internist: “I have no idea what that means, can you explain it to me?

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Getting Health Care at a Retail Pharmacy vs a Retail Store: Consumers May Be Favoring the Pharmacist Versus the Retailer

Health Populi

Not all “retail health” sites are created equal, U.S. consumers seem to be saying in a new study from Wolters Kluwer Health, the company’s second Pharmacy Next: Consumer Care and Cost Trends survey. Specifically, consumers have begun to differentiate between health care delivered at a retail pharmacy versus care offered at a retail store — such as Target or Walmart (both named as sites that offer “health clinics in department stores” in the study press release

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Might “Vitriolic Attacks” Against Emily Oster Rival COVID’s Carnage?

Science Based Medicine

To advocates of Feelings Based Medicine, there is no difference between criticizing someone's ideas and attacking them personally. The post Might “Vitriolic Attacks” Against Emily Oster Rival COVID’s Carnage? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Doctors Perform the World’s First Brain Surgery on a Fetus in the Womb

Scrubs

An unborn baby got a second chance at life after doctors saved them from a deadly genetic disorder known as vein of Galen malformation (VOGM), a rare blood vessel abnormality inside the brain where misshapen arteries connect with veins instead of capillaries, which slows blood flow and increases blood pressure. The condition can force blood to rush towards the heart or lungs while causing the heart to work overtime.

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When Studies Don’t Answer Their Question

Sensible Medicine

As always, we at Sensible Medicine appreciate the support from our readers. We are surprised and grateful. JMM Let’s start by leaving out the disease and treatment. This randomized controlled trial was simple and elegant. One group received an active drug (an inexpensive generic), the other group received placebo. The primary endpoint required no judging—alive or dead at 60 days.

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Health Systems Must Move “Beyond the Walls” to Support Consumers’ Well-Being

Health Populi

Hospitals’ and health systems’ core competencies have been serving patients “within the walls” of their organizations and institutions. As health systems continue to evolve value-based services while meeting patients’ consumer-oriented demands for convenience and personalization, digital transformation is required, enabling care “beyond-the-walls.” We learn more about this vision and how to map the journey to getting there in the report Integrating digi

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The Good. The Bad. The Ugly.

Science Based Medicine

Anything new regarding stroke and chiropractic neck manipulation? The post The Good. The Bad. The Ugly. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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How One Nurse “House Hacked” Her Way into a Million-Dollar Home

Scrubs

Savannah Arroyo knows what it’s like to live on a nurse’s salary. She started looking for other ways to make money when she and her husband had their second child. They used real estate to build wealth and now have more than $9,500 coming in every month from additional income and live in a nearly $1 million home. Her journey to real estate mogul started in 2020 when she was working full-time as a nurse in Los Angeles.

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Developing Your Practice Partner, Your Manager

Top Practices

Are you the practice manager or the physician business owner who has a manager? How are things going as far as managing the team and moving the business in the right direction? There are several key factors for any business manager to be successful at their position and we must remember our medical practices are businesses. Far too often managers will "fail" to meet the mark of their employer's expectation because the job expectations have not been clearly written out or trained on.

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Your Nursing Career Report Card

Minority Nurse

Remember when you’d run home with your report card to show your parents how you did in school? Or were you the kid who hid it at the bottom of your bag so they wouldn’t see it? Well, your nursing career deserves a report card, too. So how’ve you been doing, and what grade do you think you deserve? Report cards can measure performance, communication, talent, intelligence, diligence, attention to detail, time management, relationships, and many other categories.

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Detransition, Retransition, and What Everyone Gets Wrong

Science Based Medicine

A article published in The Atlantic implored people to take detransitioners seriously but did so by perpetuating non-evidence-based tropes that harm both detransitioners and transgender people The post Detransition, Retransition, and What Everyone Gets Wrong first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Kerry Appleton Quit Because of Stress. Now She’s Helping other Burnt Out Nurses.

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Kerry Appleton always wanted to be a nurse but her dream job in the pediatric ICU became a nightmare because of the added stress. She eventually quit after 16 years in the industry to take care of her health. Her life came full circle when she got a job at North Memorial Health in Minnesota as one of the country’s first resiliency coaches in the healthcare industry. “It can be really hard to come back again” after losing a patient or suffering anxiety over tough medical decisions, sh

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Standing Out In Medical School Interviews: Advice & Tips

Usherk Khan

Aspiring medical professionals, your medical school interview is a crucial step towards fulfilling your dreams. It’s your opportunity to showcase your passion, knowledge, and suitability for a career in healthcare.

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Improve Patient Engagement?and?? Office Productivity with?a Single Unified?Communications Platform 

CollaborateMD

The EverHealth team had the distinct honor of presenting at the Healthcare Information and Management System Society (HIMSS) Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Chicago. It was an enormous opportunity for us to take the stage and educate the audience on our unified communications platform, Updox! EHR vendors struggle to keep up with the ever-evolving regulatory landscape, leaving less time for innovation in patient and provider communications.

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Justice Department Sues Iowa Surgeon Under False Claims Act for Masking Non-Covered Cosmetic Procedures as Covered Surgeries

Healthcare Law Insights blog

Cosmetic surgeries are on the rise. One study of cosmetic surgery data found that body procedures like tummy tucks, buttock augmentation, and liposuction increased by 63 percent from 2020 to 2021. [1] Facelifts were up 54 percent. [2] And breast procedures were up 48 percent. [3] According to that study, Americans spent over $14.6 billion on aesthetic procedures in 2021 with surgical revenues increasing by 63 percent. [4] But, for the most part, that $14.6 billion did not come from taxpayers.

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Selfless Nurses Immortalized in Art Project

Scrubs

Five nurses from across the U.S. are being immortalized through art. New York City-based artist Tim Okamura has made portraits of all the providers as part of the “Canvases of Care” project, but these aren’t your average paintings. The artist is channeling their sacrifice and dedication by adding one brushstroke for every hour these brave providers have spent taking care of others.

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Vanderbilt’s Academy for Diverse Aspiring Nurse Leaders Set for July

Minority Nurse

Nurses from underrepresented groups in nursing who are interested in leadership are invited to apply for the Academy for Diverse Aspiring Nurse Leaders to be held at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing July 17-19, 2023. The academy is for those with more than three years of nursing experience and not yet in healthcare or academia leadership roles.

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X- and O-Data Integration: Know These Two Essential Starting Points

Walker Info - Patient Experience

As today’s businesses look for the best ways to get and stay ahead, meaningful integration of experience and operational data is fast becoming a “must-do.” When done right, X- and O-data integration offers tremendous value, especially as the integration matures to render more personalized customer experiences and opportunities to establish a true return on investment of customer experience (CX) initiatives.

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Advancing Your Phlebotomy Career: Tips for Finding High-Paying Jobs

WSMDA

Phlebotomy is a medical procedure that involves the drawing of blood from a patient for diagnostic, therapeutic, or research purposes. Phlebotomy specialists are skilled professionals who are responsible for performing this task. If you are a phlebotomy technician looking to advance your career, there are several steps you can take to achieve your goals.