Athena Career Academy

APRIL 24, 2024

The significance of early childhood development cannot be overstated. It forms the foundation for a child's future learning and success. Behind every successful early childhood education program is a group of dedicated faculty and staff who have undergone thorough training to shape young minds. While the job market for those with undergraduate degrees in early childhood education might seem limited, a closer look reveals many rewarding career opportunities in teaching-related roles.

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Emerging RN Leader

APRIL 24, 2024

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN This is the third blog summarizing research I presented at the AONL Research Foundation Keynote at the AONL meeting in New Orleans meeting. My topic was the Evolving Role of Nurse Managers in the New World of Work. To prepare for this presentation, we sought input from […] The post Key Changes in How Nurses View Their Work appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 21, 2024

Growing evidence demonstrates a counterintuitive phenomenon in healthcare: the cash price is often cheaper than insurance prices for the same service or product.

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Sensible Medicine

APRIL 25, 2024

The US FDA is under tremendous political pressure to approve drugs, and indeed they tout the number of approved drugs as a measure of the quality of their work. Unfortunately, you can approve bad drugs. Selenexor is a toxic poison that does not increase survival. Belantumab causes eye damage and had to be pulled from the US market Idelalisib, copanlisib, duvelisib— the entire P13k inhibitor class —may have resulted in increased deaths.

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Athena Career Academy

APRIL 26, 2024

In Early Childhood Education (ECE), the importance of obtaining a high-quality degree cannot be overstated. A robust ECE degree program not only prepares educators with foundational knowledge and skills but also significantly enhances their ability to positively impact early learners. Critical to the success of these programs is the role of faculty members who are not only knowledgeable but also accessible.

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Emerging RN Leader

APRIL 21, 2024

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I published the blog below two years ago as we emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, many leaders were fascinated with this blog and asked about the CNO’s identity. I promised confidentiality to the CNO at the time. We even changed the identity from male […] The post A CNO Goes Incognito – An Update appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Sensible Medicine

APRIL 24, 2024

On Friday, the New York Times ran this story. The article begins by explaining that mammograms don’t find all breast tumors — of course they don’t! Even MRI and ultrasound do not. In fact, no imaging modality does. The only way to find all the tumors would be to remove the breast and have a pathologist examine every tiny bit of it.

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Athena Career Academy

APRIL 22, 2024

The demand for skilled medical assistants is higher in today's healthcare landscape. As aspiring students navigate the myriad of training options, the choice between online and in-person classes looms. While online platforms offer convenience and flexibility, the traditional approach of in-person training provides an unmatched level of hands-on experience and mentorship essential for success in the field.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

APRIL 23, 2024

The FTC estimates the final rule would lower healthcare costs by $194 billion over the next decade, while freeing up physicians to more easily move between employers.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 24, 2024

A study of 340 people with a prior Covid-19 infection reported that some loss of smell persisted in close to one third of the participants with long Covid one year later.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

March was a particularly bad month for healthcare data breaches with 93 branches of 500 or more records reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), a 50% increase from February and a 41% year-over-year increase from March 2023. The last time more than 90 data breaches were reported in a single month was September 2020.

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Athena Career Academy

APRIL 23, 2024

Preschool teaching is not just about supervising children; it's about shaping young minds, fostering social and emotional growth, and igniting a love for learning. To be successful, early childhood educators need a solid foundation, comprehensive training, and ongoing support. There are numerous benefits to a robust training program, and with the right school, aspiring preschool teachers can earn a degree for a fulfilling career while saving a lot of time and money.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

APRIL 23, 2024

The rule places more stringent staffing requirements on nursing homes than those initially proposed and offers exemptions for certain providers. Still, interest groups on all sides slammed the rule, calling it either too stringent or lax.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 26, 2024

Gordian Biotechnology’s platform allows for potentially hundreds of gene therapies to be tested in an animal at the same time — without harming it.

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The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

Aasim Saeed is the CEO of Amenities. He’s a doc, ex-McKinsey Consultant and spent a lot of time building a version of his tool for Baylor Scott & White. We had a wide ranging conversation about how health systems treat patients (not well), whether health systems know the value of their customers (no!), and how to bump up “in network” utilization.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

Kaiser Permanente Health Plan Inc. is notifying 13.4 million individuals that some of their personal data has been disclosed to third parties such as Microsoft (Bing), Google, and X (Twitter) via tracking technologies on its websites and apps. This is the largest healthcare data breach to be reported so far in 2024 and the largest confirmed healthcare data breach to date involving website tracking technologies.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

APRIL 24, 2024

The states' proposals, which resemble Medicare for All, need approval from the federal government and face pushback from major health systems and insurers.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 25, 2024

Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man contracted the virus from sick cows. Here’s why so many experts are worried about a possible new pandemic.

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The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 24, 2024

By KIM BELLARD When I was young, robots were Robby the Robot ( Forbidden Planet, etc. ), the unnamed robot in Lost in Space, or The Jetsons ’ Rosey the Robot. Gen X and Millennials might think instead of the more malevolent Terminators (which, of course, are actually cyborgs). But Gen Z is likely to think of the running, jumping, back-flipping Atlas from Boston Dynamics, whose videos have entertained millions.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

Several class action lawsuits have been filed against City of Hope National Medical Center, a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer treatment and research center, over a recently disclosed data breach that exposed the protected health information of more than 827,000 individuals. City of Hope National Medical Center identified suspicious activity within its network on October 13, 2023, and the forensic investigation confirmed there had been unauthorized access by a third party betwee

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

APRIL 26, 2024

The largest data breach reported so far this year comes as regulators reconsider healthcare’s use of tracking technologies.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 21, 2024

121 cases of Measles have been reported across 18 states in the United States since January 1st of this year, according to the CDC.

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The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

Relatient focuses on intelligent scheduling, specifically for the larger specialty groups. They touch over 50m patients and 45,000 providers a year, and are now a significant player in the key part of patient experience–converting a patient looking into an actual appointment with the provider. I spoke with CEO Jeff Gartland at HIMSS in March 2024.

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Science Based Medicine

APRIL 22, 2024

No matter how implausible it is or how weak the evidence for it is, the myth that COVID vaccines cause "turbo cancer" just won't die. Quite the contrary, alas. Antivaxxers are—dare I say?—turbocharging it with bad science. The post COVID-19 vaccine-caused “turbo cancer” nonsense just keeps getting more turbocharged and nonsensical first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

APRIL 26, 2024

The nation's largest Medicaid insurer expects to return to normal operations this year, though redeterminations continue to dog Centene through a mismatch between rates and acuity.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 20, 2024

On July 27, the One Nation One Project's Arts For EveryBody will bring together, hundreds of artists, community leaders, and health professionals across the U.S.

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MedQuest College

APRIL 22, 2024

MedQuest College is pleased to welcome Dr. James Davis as the Campus Director for Lexington, KY! James M. Davis, Ed.D., has extensive and diverse professional service as a teacher, counselor, program coordinator, educational consultant, school principal, and college professor. Dr. Davis’s servant leadership style and passion for making a difference in the lives and futures of students has provided him the opportunity to work with students across eastern and central Kentucky.

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Medical Economics

APRIL 23, 2024

Federal Trade Commission splits 3-2 on new rule about contract clauses that affect physicians and other health care workers, but ban won’t cover nonprofits.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

Los Angeles County Department of Health Services’ employees were targeted in a recent phishing campaign, and almost 2,800 Catholic Medical Center patients have been affected by a data breach at one of its vendors. Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Phishing Attack The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services was recently targeted in a phishing campaign that saw 23 employees tricked into disclosing their email account credentials after clicking a hyperlink in an email

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 26, 2024

Customized with genetic information from a patient’s own tumor, vaccines like this could one day be used against lung, kidney, bladder and colon cancer.

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Physicians Practice

APRIL 26, 2024

Most Healthcare entities nationwide will soon be deprived of one of the most essential protections for their business, the non-competition provision.

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