Scrubs
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
An Oregon hospital, Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center, is embroiled in a $303 million lawsuit following an alarming case of fentanyl theft and medical malpractice. At the center of the scandal is 36-year-old former ICU nurse Dani Marie Schofield, who has been accused of stealing fentanyl—an extremely potent synthetic opioid—from patients and replacing it with tap water.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Paxlovid comes with a host of contraindications and costs $1561 for a 5- day course. Metformin costs $1/day and reduces viral load. Which should you take?
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Nearly three in four providers surveyed by Experian Health said the number of claims denied by payers shot up between 2022 and 2024.
Science Based Medicine
SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
I think some respected newspapers could do a better job of being honest with their readers about some pretty basic and pretty important things. The post Open Letter to Pamela Paul of the New York Times: Watch Some Interviews With Dr. Marty Makary. They Are More Important Than Peanut Allergies. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
Scrubs
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
A 64-year-old American woman recently became the first person to use the Sarco suicide pod to end her life in Switzerland, a country where assisted suicide is legal. The Sarco pod, designed by Dr. Philip Nitschke of Exit International, is a 3D-printed device shaped like a sarcophagus. When a user inside the pod presses a button, the pod fills with nitrogen gas, quickly lowering oxygen levels and causing the user to lose consciousness within a minute, followed by death within ten minutes.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
A public health expert says Florida's guidance advising residents to not get vaccinated against COVID-19 is misleading and puts lives at risk.
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Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
The clinical evidence base continues to grow making the case that art and creativity can be drivers for health and well-being — as it’s proven to me in my own life. Most recently, cases have been made by Emily Peters, documented in her book Remaking Medicine ; by Robin Strongin, advocate for arts, medicine, and well-being from her base in Washington, DC; and, by my Belgium-based colleague and friend Koen Kas whose book addressing themes of art and health will soon be published.
Science Based Medicine
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
Biosafety Now is fine working with a pro-virus, misinformation doctor to prevent a potential pandemic. What about a doctor who worked with patients and countered misinformation during an actual pandemic? The post A “Biosafety” Organization Partnering With Dr. Jay Bhattacharya To Guard Against Viruses Is Like A Zebra Teaming Up With A Lion To Promote Vegetarianism first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Primary care appointment wait times currently average about 20.6 days nationwide, according to some studies.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
The legislation, sponsored by Sens. Ron Wyden and Mark Warner, would direct the HHS to develop minimum cybersecurity standards for providers, health plans, claims clearinghouses and business associates.
The Healthcare Blog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
By ALISTER MARTIN and TARA MENON If a friend were to ask you which state, Massachusetts or Texas, has a more streamlined federal benefits enrollment program, what would your guess be? Having screened over 17,000 families and helped them obtain more than $1.8M in federal and state aid through our work in both Massachusetts and Texas, our experiences doing federal benefit enrollment have led us to a surprising conclusion: Texas is leading the way.
Medical Economics
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Five specialties examined in review commissioned by American Independent Medical Practice Association.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
It is no exaggeration to say that, without immigrant health care workers, Americans will die for lack of care.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleged Pieces Technologies made deceptive claims about the accuracy of its documentation products. Pieces denied any wrongdoing.
The Healthcare Blog
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Bringing the Tools of Accountable Care to Maternity Care is a Great Idea – But This Sure Ain’t It By VICTORIA ADEWALE & J.D. KLEINKE How desperate are we to find some kind of good news about the sorry state of maternity care in America? To find out, look no further than the current cover of no less venerable a health policy journal than Health Affairs.
Sensible Medicine
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
A great irony of Twitter/X, a site that epitomizes 21 st century ephemerality, is that it can also engender the persistence, or rebirth, of a work. On the one hand, studies that authors worked on for years, or essays that were wrestled with for weeks, are only tweeted for a day or two before disappearing into our collective amnesia. On the other, articles will sometimes find second life on the site.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Harvard Zitnik lab released TxGNN, AI model to speed drug repurposing for unmet conditions
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Aberrant billing for urinary catheters last year could have made it harder for ACOs in Medicare to bring in shared savings. That’s no longer the case under a new final rule.
Medical Economics
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
A consumer survey found the real reasons consumers prefer telehealth, and they may not be what you think.
Valant
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
Telehealth has become an integral part of behavioral healthcare delivery, but regulatory changes may shape how providers can use telehealth to prescribe medications. Current telehealth prescribing flexibilities allow providers to prescribe controlled substances without an initial in-person evaluation. These flexibilities, extended by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) , are set to expire December 31, 2024.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Health insurance companies are expanding coverage of more prescriptions written by pharmacists as more states ease prescribing rules.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Particle alleges electronic health record vendor Epic used its position as a “monopolist” to prevent competition in the payer market.
KevinMD.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Suppose you are looking for multivitamin supplements. You pick up two containers of multivitamins and wonder which one you should get. At first glance, they have similar labels, but then you notice that one has a comment indicating that the supplement was manufactured in a registered GMP-compliant facility, and the other does not. Then you Read more… GMP vs. non-GMP: the hidden truth about your supplements originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Sensible Medicine
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
We often forget this but clinical trials are experiments on humans. To minimize risks to participants, trials have independent oversight boards that make recommendations on stopping trials early. A typical example is when one group in the trial shows obviously better results. The group of experts judge whether it would be ethical to continue the trial—because if the effect is so much better in one arm of the trial, the other arm is getting inferior care.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
This began to feel like a turning point in the power of the patient voice in federal health policy related to patient safety, medical AI and patient empowerment.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen told lawmakers the company would consider new talks with insurers about the list prices of Wegovy and Ozempic if they pledge to keep the medicines on their formularies.
Practice Index
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
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Medbridge
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
76 percent of patients using the MedBridge Pathways platform report improved physical function. SEATTLE – September 25, 2024 – After just a few weeks in the market, MedBridge Pathways is already yielding positive results for hospital systems and patients. Pathways is the first hybrid MSK solution designed to help health systems provide easier access to […] The post Hospitals Already Seeing Striking Improvements in Patient Engagement and Satisfaction with MedBridge Pathways appe
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
One of the biggest predictors of how much time adolescents spend on screens and if that use is problematic is how much their own parents use screens.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
The restructuring should save the Rhode Island-based health system $6 million over the next fiscal year, according to Lifespan president and CEO John Fernandez.
Medical Economics
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Private equity investment or hospital ownership can offer management advantages. Yet doctors are opting for something else: autonomy.
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