North Carolina Legislators Want To Ban Masks, Even For Health Reasons
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 16, 2024
The North Carolina State Senate has voted along party lines this week to ban wearing masks in public.
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Medical Student Accommodations
Sensible Medicine
MAY 15, 2024
Recently, I learned about a student on their clinical rotations who had to be sent home at precisely 9 hours. No matter how busy the day or service, the student would leave at the 9 hour mark. The reason? The student had a disability accommodation because he suffered from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Subscribe now In medicine there is a tension.
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Elevate Your Skills With Accredited CMA Classes
Athena Career Academy
MAY 17, 2024
With the constant changes in healthcare, certified medical assistants (CMAs) are playing a more important role. These dedicated healthcare workers are team players who contribute to the overall flow of medical facilities. CMAs are trained to handle a diverse range of clinical and administrative tasks with precision and efficiency. For students aspiring to kickstart a fulfilling healthcare career, becoming a certified medical assistant can open doors to a world of opportunities.
What Your New Graduates Need From You
Emerging RN Leader
MAY 15, 2024
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 in previous years. Still, their current skills will not be enough for hospitals’ high-acuity and […] The post What Your New Graduates Need From You appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
Climate Change May Worsen Health Conditions Like Dementia, Epilepsy, Depression, Study Suggests
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 15, 2024
Increased humidity, pollution, more extreme weather events and a decrease in sunshine exposure can all lead to worsened health conditions, researchers said.
A Novel Approach to AF Ablation
Sensible Medicine
MAY 16, 2024
A few short words about our conversation: Two decades have passed and electrophysiologists have learned little about how to ablate atrial fibrillation. Now, and then, we simply ablate circles around the orifices of the pulmonary veins. This works reasonably well. But we don’t—exactly—know why it works. For instance, some patients have total elimination of AF, but when they are restudied, they have reconnection of PV activity.
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EvidenceCare Recognized As One of the Best Places to Work by Modern Healthcare
EvidenceCare
MAY 13, 2024
Originally published on EIN Presswire BRENTWOOD, TN | May 13, 2024 EvidenceCare has been selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the 2024 Best Places to Work in Healthcare. The complete list of this year’s winners, in alphabetical order, is available at ModernHealthcare.com/bestplaceslist. Modern Healthcare will publish a special supplement featuring a ranked list of all the winners along with the October 14, 2024, issue of MH magazine. “With all the economic uncertainty, staffing challeng
H5N1 Avian Influenza Detected In New York City’s Wild Birds
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 16, 2024
Scientists have found several strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a small number of NYC’s wild birds.
Video version of our podcast
Sensible Medicine
MAY 11, 2024
We discuss the state of medical education, Harvard music video, causal language at JAMA and more
America’s healthcare networks are under attack
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MAY 13, 2024
The stakes, impact and cost of cybercrime is rising and we must employ the right tech to fight back.
Congress can help curb high health care costs—it starts with primary care
Medical Economics
MAY 15, 2024
Passing Primary and Virtual Care Affordability Act would help by ensuring better access to primary care services
Ozempic Drug Semaglutide Could Cut Heart Risk By 20%—Regardless Of Weight Loss, Study Finds
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 14, 2024
Researchers also found patients taking semaglutide could sustain weight loss of around 10% up to four years.
Chakri Toleti, Care.ai
The Healthcare Blog
MAY 15, 2024
Chakri Toleti is an occasional Bollywood film producer (you can Google that) and also the CEO of Care.ai–one of the leading companies using sensors and AI to figure out what is going on in that hospital room. They’ve grown very fast in recent years, fundamentally by using technology to monitor patients and help improve their care, improve patient safety and figure out what else is needed to improve the care process.
Medicare Advantage unrest, Change Healthcare fallout and more big takeaways from insurers’ Q1
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MAY 13, 2024
All major payers saw elevated utilization but only an unprepared few struggled with the trend, the Change Healthcare cyberattack caused minimal financial fallout and a new D-SNP rule opens the door to a Medicare growth opportunity.
American life expectancy: What happens next?
Medical Economics
MAY 16, 2024
Expert panel discusses advances, declines, and possible future of life longevity in the United States.
This $2.2 Billion Startup’s GPT-4 Powered AI Bot Demystifies Health Insurance
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 15, 2024
Livongo cofounder Glen Tullman wants to help employers lower healthcare costs with AI, but it may be just another Band-aid for America's $4.5 billion healthcare bill.
Glen Tullman, CEO, Transcarent, talks about their new Wayfinding AI service
The Healthcare Blog
MAY 16, 2024
Glen Tullman came on THCB to talk about Transcarent’s new Wayfinding AI service. Transcarent has spent more than $125m (of the some $450m or so it’s raised so far) plugging an AI chatbot called Wayfinding into its various segments–which include the former 98.6 now rebranded as Transcarent Everyday Care. Wayfinding has benefits, clinical guidance and care delivery on one intelligent chatbot platform.
Epic continued to outstrip EHR competitors in 2023: report
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MAY 17, 2024
Epic was the only vendor to see a net increase in acute care market share last year, while Oracle Health saw its largest net hospital loss on record, according to Klas Research.
Generative AI: A game-changer for primary care physicians
Medical Economics
MAY 15, 2024
What are the time sinks taking you away from your patients? Artificial intelligence will assist those on the front lines of medicine.
Supportive Sports Environments Reduce Depression And Anxiety In Girls, New Report Shows
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 17, 2024
A new report developed by the Women’s Sport Foundation determined that sport participation maintains the power to lower mental health conditions in girls.
GPT-4o: What’s All The Fuss About?
The Healthcare Blog
MAY 15, 2024
By MIKE MAGEE If you follow my weekly commentary on HealthCommentary.org or THCB, you may have noticed over the past 6 months that I appear to be obsessed with mAI, or Artificial Intelligence intrusion into the health sector space. So today, let me share a secret. My deep dive has been part of a long preparation for a lecture (“AI Meets Medicine”) I will deliver this Friday, May 17, at 2:30 PM in Hartford, CT.
Judge dismisses FTC’s antitrust suit against Welsh Carson
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MAY 14, 2024
Regulators sued the private equity firm last year for consolidating anesthesiology services in Texas with its portfolio company, U.S. Anesthesia Partners. Now, a judge is holding Welsh Carson blameless while allowing the suit against USAP to continue.
How self-ownership can empower physician leadership
Medical Economics
MAY 17, 2024
How getting fired from my job was the best thing that ever happened to me.
The US Federal Government Plans To Reclassify Marijuana From A Schedule I To Schedule III Drug. Here Are The Concerns
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 12, 2024
Reclassifying marijuana as a lower-risk drug will have public health consequences. Although its potential for abuse is less than alcohol, it is not insignificant.
It’s the Bureaucrats, Stupid
The Healthcare Blog
MAY 14, 2024
By KIM BELLARD Universities are having a hard time lately. They’re beset with protests the like of which we’ve not seen since the Vietnam War days, with animated crowds, sit-ins, violent clashes with police or counter protesters, even storming of administration buildings. Classes and commencements have been cancelled. Presidents of some leading universities seemed unable to clearly denounce antisemitism or calls for genocide when asked to do so in Congressional hearings.
Big pharma ignores low-cost migraine solution
KevinMD.com
MAY 16, 2024
If you are a fan of pharma, you might want to skip this article. Some pharma enthusiasts will call it a rant. By pharma, I mean avaricious pharmaceutical (a pleonasm) companies collectively. On the other hand, those of you who treat acute migraines will learn of a highly effective, innovative, inexpensive, and relatively safe way Read more… Big pharma ignores low-cost migraine solution originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Healthcare costs and the promise to “do no harm”
Physicians Practice
MAY 17, 2024
Less than 1 in 5 physicians and approximately 1 in ten residents were able to provide a price estimate within ±25% of true values across all surveyed costs, charges, and reimbursements.
Why Lilly And Novo Nordisk Will Keep Dominating The Market For Blockbuster GLP-1 Drugs
Forbes Healthcare
MAY 15, 2024
Despite supply shortages, the GLP-1 drugs by the two companies saw their sales surge in the first quarter of the year, and competitors are still trying to catch up.
Hospitals charged employers and insurers 254% more than Medicare in 2022: study
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MAY 14, 2024
Hospitals with larger market shares were among the worst offenders, the RAND Corporation found.
HIPAA Update to Include Cybersecurity Requirements for Health Care Organizations
Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management
MAY 17, 2024
An update to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule is now underway with new cybersecurity requirements. In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing new guidance for health care providers to help better prepare them on how best to respond to cyber threats. The update is designed to help the health care sector build a more resilient system.
Tracking Actions with the Audit Trail
Open Dental
MAY 16, 2024
Learn more about using the various Audit Trails available in Open Dental to see who took specific actions in the software, and when. The post Tracking Actions with the Audit Trail appeared first on Open Dental Blog.
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