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A new mask randomized trial shows that masks work?

Sensible Medicine

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.

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Scientists Show How Bird Flu Spreads Between Mammals — As H5N1 Pandemic Fears Grow

Forbes Healthcare

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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Dr. John Ioannidis: Yet Another Doctor Who Treats Theoretical Death From The Vaccine With More Gravity Than Actual Death From COVID

Science Based Medicine

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.

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PBMs battle bipartisan scrutiny as lawmakers eye industry reform

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Top executives of CVS Caremark, Optum Rx and Express Scripts made a rare congressional appearance to defend pharmacy benefit managers’ drug pricing policies.

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Money in Medical Education Makes Me Sad

Sensible Medicine

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.

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The Rise Of The IVF Influencers

Forbes Healthcare

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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CMS cracks down on ACA brokers to prevent plan switching

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

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.

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A Researcher is Born

UVM Larner College of Medicine

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.

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Covid Outbreak Among Olympic Athletes Serves As A Pandemic Reminder

Forbes Healthcare

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.

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How weight loss drugs are creating a medical dilemma

KevinMD.com

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.

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Healthcare costs could grow up to 8% next year: PwC

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The growth is driven by inflationary pressures, prescription drug spending and rising utilization of behavioral healthcare, according to the consultancy.

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1999? – By PM Polly

Practice Index

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

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Excess Arm And Stomach Fat Boosts Alzheimer’s And Parkinson’s Risk While Muscle Strength Decreases It, Study Suggests

Forbes Healthcare

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.

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FTC to host public discussion of pharmacy benefit manager report

Medical Economics

Open meeting to be held online Aug. 1; independent pharmacies, PBM trade group offer responses to federal reviews.

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Becoming a Better Listener

Emerging RN Leader

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.

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Commure to acquire AI scribe Augmedix in $139M deal

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The take-private deal would help the firm scale its documentation products to more providers and health systems, CEO Manny Krakaris said.

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The Best Places To Retire Abroad In 2024

Forbes Healthcare

For Americans retiring abroad, discover top retirement destinations around the world offering affordability, healthcare, quality of life, and beautiful surroundings.

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True convenience for patients requires an integrated care system

Medical Economics

How does value-based care work in a retail clinic setting? Quite well, when partnerships, technology and payment combine to serve patients.

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Take Note: The Different Ways We Enter Notes in Open Dental

Open Dental

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.

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PBMs face bipartisan scrutiny as lawmakers eye industry reform

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

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.

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OpenAI Founder Sam Altman Gave Thousands Of People Free Money. Here’s What Happened.

Forbes Healthcare

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.

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What Are SOAP Notes and How Do You Write Them?

Valant

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.

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Making Up Reasons to Let Unvaccinated Kids Get COVID: Pediatricians Will Run Out of Time and Measles Will Return

Science Based Medicine

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.

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Steward fails to spark competitive auction during first round of hospital sales

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The bankrupt health system did not receive any qualified bidders in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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What To Know About The Deadly Nipah Virus As India Races To Contain Another Outbreak

Forbes Healthcare

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.

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Promote Hepatitis screenings in your practice for World Hepatitis Day 

Health Prime

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.

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Study shows eye-level interactions improve patient trust and outcomes

Medical Economics

Evidence suggests that sitting does not prolong interactions unnecessarily, addressing a common concern among clinicians.

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Florida awards additional Medicaid contracts to CVS, UnitedHealth, Molina

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The three payers were cut out of the state’s first round of contracts divvied out in April.

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How FTC's Battle With PBMs Could Reshape The Pharmaceutical Industry

Forbes Healthcare

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.

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Statement for the Record to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Ending the Big PBMs’ Predatory Grip on Patient Access and Affordability

Patients Rising

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.

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Value-based care is the antidote to health inequities, intractable costs

Medical Economics

Providers, health plans, governments, charitable organizations and patients must be collaboratively engaged for VBC to work.