Sensible Medicine
JULY 25, 2024
Atle Freithem and colleagues report in the British Medical journal the results of a pragmatic randomized control trial. The take-home message is that wearing a surgical mask for 2 weeks during the winter season of 2023 reduced the spread of self-reported viral illness. According to some, the study proves masks work. First, I commend the authors for running a randomized control trial.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 24, 2024
Cows from Texas likely infected healthy cows in Ohio and probably spread the virus to cats, a racoon and wild birds on farms through their milk, scientists said, raising fears the virus may be changing to better infect mammals like humans.
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Science Based Medicine
JULY 21, 2024
Actual death is worse than theoretical death. This didn't used to be controversial in medicine. The post Dr. John Ioannidis: Yet Another Doctor Who Treats Theoretical Death From The Vaccine With More Gravity Than Actual Death From COVID first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 24, 2024
Top executives of CVS Caremark, Optum Rx and Express Scripts made a rare congressional appearance to defend pharmacy benefit managers’ drug pricing policies.
Sensible Medicine
JULY 22, 2024
I call it therapeutic fashion. Practice patterns. Beliefs. Ways of doing things. Examples: patients with new heart failure get coronary angiography; patients with chest pain without evidence of heart attack get stress tests; certain drugs and devices become favored over generics. The curious thing about many therapeutic fashions is their lack of evidentiary support.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 26, 2024
Creators are drawing big audiences sharing their deeply personal medical journeys through IVF. It’s helping them afford a shot at a family they might not otherwise have.
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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 22, 2024
Agents and brokers connecting consumers with Affordable Care Act plans now have to jump new hurdles to change their coverage, following mounting complaints about unauthorized plan switching.
UVM Larner College of Medicine
JULY 26, 2024
Pauline DiGianivittorio is a graduate research assistant and Ph.D. candidate in the cellular, molecular, and biomedical sciences (CMB) program at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine. In the following blog post, she reflects on her journey to pursuing a career in biomedical research.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 25, 2024
Members of the Australian women's water polo team contracted Covid-19 days before the Paris Summer Olympic Games. A look at the 2024 health protocols compared with 2021.
Practice Index
JULY 25, 2024
On 31 st December 1999, I was at a New Year’s Eve party proudly wearing my plastic tattoo choker necklace (painful but worth it as it gave me that Goth youthful edge that I was hanging on to) with an array of pastel butterfly clips in my hair. My baggy pants, blue eyeshadow, crop top and worn-in Doctor Martens had been carefully put together. The fact that the boots were worn-in was important so that I could dance all night to the cheesy tunes, including Steps with ‘Better the Devil you Know’ an
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 22, 2024
The growth is driven by inflationary pressures, prescription drug spending and rising utilization of behavioral healthcare, according to the consultancy.
Medical Economics
JULY 26, 2024
Open meeting to be held online Aug. 1; independent pharmacies, PBM trade group offer responses to federal reviews.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 24, 2024
Although previous research found greater levels of lean muscle mass may decrease the risk of neurodegeneration, this study suggests having greater muscle strength may be more important than muscle quantity.
Science Based Medicine
JULY 26, 2024
Doctors who claimed that only enormous RCTs for every variant could demonstrate the COVID vaccine's benefits, were fine just casually inventing reasons not to use it. The post Making Up Reasons to Let Unvaccinated Kids Get COVID: Pediatricians Will Run Out of Time and Measles Will Return first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
Emerging RN Leader
JULY 24, 2024
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN When leaders ask me what one key thing they can do to become better leaders, my answer is always the same: We can all improve our leadership by being better listeners. We have data from nurses that suggests we could be doing a better job in this […] The post Becoming a Better Listener appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
Medical Economics
JULY 26, 2024
How does value-based care work in a retail clinic setting? Quite well, when partnerships, technology and payment combine to serve patients.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 26, 2024
For Americans retiring abroad, discover top retirement destinations around the world offering affordability, healthcare, quality of life, and beautiful surroundings.
Open Dental
JULY 25, 2024
There are many ways to take notes in Open Dental. We'll discuss creating templates, recording clinical notes, notes on patient communication, accounting, security, and more! The post Take Note: The Different Ways We Enter Notes in Open Dental appeared first on Open Dental Blog.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 24, 2024
The CEOs and presidents of CVS Caremark, Optum Rx and Express Scripts were questioned Tuesday by representatives about pharmacy benefit managers’ role in rising drug costs.
KevinMD.com
JULY 22, 2024
On my outpatient clinical rotations last year, I saw ample management of heart disease and smoking cessation counseling. I also saw the annual physicals and checkups. But what surprised me was how many patients were on medications that were just now becoming more mainstream. I’m sure you’ve heard of one in particular—Ozempic. But it wasn’t Read more… How weight loss drugs are creating a medical dilemma originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 21, 2024
The landmark study provides more data on the benefits of universal basic income, the OpenAI founder’s favored solution for a future in which AI takes everyone's jobs.
Valant
JULY 24, 2024
Mental health progress notes, also known as clinical notes or treatment notes, are a key part of every behavioral health practice. Progress notes are where you record information about treatments applied and how the patient responds to treatment. The information recorded may include symptoms, medical history, test results, diagnoses, treatment plans, prescription medications, and progress made at appointments.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 22, 2024
The bankrupt health system did not receive any qualified bidders in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Health Prime
JULY 25, 2024
Promoting screenings for Hepatitis benefits medical practices by improving patient health outcomes, reducing long-term healthcare costs, ensuring compliance, and generating revenue. With World Hepatitis Day (July 28) around the corner, it’s an excellent time to shed light on Hepatitis, a silent yet potentially deadly infection affecting millions worldwide.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 22, 2024
Feared as a potential cause of another pandemic, Nipah has no treatments or vaccines, and the virus kills as many as three out of every four people it infects.
Medical Economics
JULY 26, 2024
Evidence suggests that sitting does not prolong interactions unnecessarily, addressing a common concern among clinicians.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 22, 2024
The take-private deal would help the firm scale its documentation products to more providers and health systems, CEO Manny Krakaris said.
Patients Rising
JULY 23, 2024
American healthcare reads like a dystopian novel. A crisis, born from unchecked power consolidation, threatens the foundation of patient care and access to essential medications. At the heart of this […] The post Statement for the Record to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Ending the Big PBMs’ Predatory Grip on Patient Access and Affordability appeared first on Patients Rising.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 20, 2024
The FTC’s investigation of PBMs marks a pivotal moment in the ongoing effort to reform the healthcare industry and ensure that it serves the best interests of patients.
Medical Economics
JULY 25, 2024
Providers, health plans, governments, charitable organizations and patients must be collaboratively engaged for VBC to work.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 23, 2024
The Nashville, Tennessee-based provider attributed the stronger than expected results to increased patient volumes.
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