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Five Leadership Mistakes You May Be Making

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN All of us make mistakes – myself included. As I often tell new leaders, while reflecting on things you don’t want to repeat is good, don’t ruminate about them. Below are five common leadership mistakes to avoid to improve your leadership: 1. Listening to respond rather than […] The post Five Leadership Mistakes You May Be Making appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Acing the IBPS RRB Clerk Exam: The Power of Mock Tests

Scrubs

Preparing for the IBPS RRB Clerk exam can be a challenging task. This is especially true given the test’s competitive nature and its vast syllabus. One of the most crucial tools in this preparation arsenal is taking a clerk mock test. Let’s understand how such exams can significantly enhance your chances of taking the examination. Why Are Mock Tests Essential?

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I’ve Been Silenced, Censored, and Cancelled. The Reason Why Matters.

Science Based Medicine

When conference organizers told me not to make my talk "political", they were really saying there were certain people and ideas I wasn't allowed to criticize. I didn't get it at the time. I get it now. The post I’ve Been Silenced, Censored, and Cancelled. The Reason Why Matters. first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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How medical school fails students

Sensible Medicine

In prior posts, I was critical of the culture among trainees. One essay described the phenomenon of calling in fake sick. Another asked what the balance is between accommodation and the rigors of the job. These essays were about the effort, dedication and professionalism of trainees. Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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What Would Success in This Role Look Like for You?

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Living a good life is all about managing your expectations. Decades ago, I remember watching an interview with Paul McCartney of the Beatles after the death of his first wife, Linda, from breast cancer. She was only 56 and left four children. The interviewer asked Paul if […] The post What Would Success in This Role Look Like for You?

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States Move To Allow Pharmacists To Prescribe More Treatments

Forbes Healthcare

Several states are expanding pharmacists’ scope of practice to allow them to prescribe amid a shortage of primary care physicians and other healthcare workers.

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Brain Safety After Pulsed Field Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Sensible Medicine

The richer a society gets the higher the rates of atrial fibrillation. Obesity, lack of exercise, alcohol use and advancing age are the main drivers of AF. The AF-treatment market size in the US is measured in the billions of dollars. It’s expected to grow at high rates, powered largely by expansion of catheter ablation. The new technology in ablation of AF is something called pulsed field ablation or PFA.

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The state of value-based care

Medical Economics

VBC models can be challenging, and success requires an understanding of the reimbursement model, significant investment in infrastructure and possible changes in the way medicine is practiced.

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What To Know About West Nile As Officials Warn Against Deadly Disease At Start Of Mosquito Season

Forbes Healthcare

West Nile virus is well established across the continental United States and there are no vaccines or treatments for human infections, which can cause fever, brain inflammation, coma and death.

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Amazon expands drug subscription program to Medicare members

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

RxPass is now available to more than 50 million Medicare members after Amazon brought it into compliance with the insurance program’s regulatory standards.

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Josh Reischer, Health Note

The Healthcare Blog

Health Note takes the patient history from the patient and includes it in the EMR. It’s another piece of the puzzle in trying to fix the patient/physician encounter. Health note also does the basic information for intake that companies like Phreesia does but it also gets the patient to answer questions about their health so that the physician has more time in the encounter to focus on what to do about it.

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Driving and dementia in older patients is not an easy conversation, even for physicians

Medical Economics

Doctors have a role to play keeping older patients, their families, and other drivers as safe as possible on our nation’s roadways.

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58% Of Patients Discontinue Use Of Obesity Meds Before Reaching Meaningful Weight Loss, Study Shows

Forbes Healthcare

58% of patients discontinue use of GLP-1 obesity meds before reaching a meaningful level of weight loss. This presents a challenge to payers deciding on coverage.

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How antivaxxers weaponize vaccine safety studies to falsely portray vaccines as dangerous, part 2: The children

Science Based Medicine

A few months ago, I wrote about how antivaxxers misrepresent vaccine safety studies to portray vaccines as dangerous, using a large study of outcomes in adults as an example. They're doing it again, but this time it's a large study of COVID-19 vaccines in children. The post How antivaxxers weaponize vaccine safety studies to falsely portray vaccines as dangerous, part 2: The children first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Uninsured rate expected to hit 8.9% over next decade, CBO finds

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

New government projections chart the dogged rise in the nation’s uninsured rate as policies that swelled healthcare coverage during the coronavirus pandemic expire.

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Innovators: Avoid Health Care

The Healthcare Blog

By KIM BELLARD NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang has become quite the media darling lately, due to NVIDIA’s skyrocketing market value the past two years ($3.3 trillion now, thank you very much. A year ago it first hit $1 trillion). His company is now the world’s third largest company by market capitalization. Last week he gave the commencement speech at Caltech , and offered those graduates some interesting insights.

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We Can Save More Victims Of Cardiac Arrest. The Answer Is In Our Hands.

Forbes Healthcare

When a spouse, another family member or a passerby witnesses a cardiac arrest and takes prompt action, they can dramatically improve a victim's odds of recovery.

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Save the Whales, Blind the Children

Science Based Medicine

The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead depicts a scene in which a bowel of golden rice is weighed against the feather of truth. The post Save the Whales, Blind the Children first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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States using unwinding lessons to improve Medicaid: KFF

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Medicaid unwinding has been less than perfect. However, the process has helped states expand Medicaid eligibility to more people and streamline enrollment and outreach, according to a new survey.

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Do Practice Managers support the BMA’s GP collective action?

Practice Index

Now that the British Medical Association (BMA) has opened its ballot for collective action among General Practitioners (GPs) in England, in protest at the imposition of the latest GP contract, Practice Index has asked a number of Practice Managers how they feel about any upcoming action. From now until midday on Monday 29th July, GP members of the BMA who run their surgeries will vote on whether to support the organisation’s call for collective action.

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5 Ways People React When You Suffer A Health Crisis

Forbes Healthcare

A health crisis can be a great reveal, revealing a lot about you, your life and the people around you. You may find people going one of these five different directions.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Dr. Robin Geiger

Minority Nurse

Robin Geiger, DNP, MSN, APRN, NP-C, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, is an accomplished, results-driven, board-certified nurse executive with over 20 years of hands-on clinical leadership experience. Dr. Geiger ’ s professional focus is on health equity and clinician advocacy. Through the ACT (Advocacy, Career, Tools) program for all clinicians within the Ingenovis Health brands, Dr.

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The Future of AI Automation and Therapeutic Care

Medbridge

If you’ve looked anywhere in the past year, you’ll have noticed that AI is dominating the conversation. It’s being touted as a miracle panacea to prescribe to everything from writing emails to app-based dating. Search for just about anything on Google and you’ll see an AI Overview sitting atop the typical search engine results. It’s […] The post The Future of AI Automation and Therapeutic Care appeared first on MedBridge Blog.

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Multiple Locations: Introduction to the Clinics Feature

Open Dental

The Clinics feature in Open Dental allows you to manage your entire multi-clinic dental organization while allowing customization for each practice. Follow the link in our bio to learn more about the feature and if it's right for you. The post Multiple Locations: Introduction to the Clinics Feature appeared first on Open Dental Blog.

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Weight-Loss Drugs Dangers Explained: Zepbound, Mounjaro Maker Warn Of Coming Counterfeit Lawsuit

Forbes Healthcare

Over 100 adverse event cases have been reported to the Food and Drug Administration since 2020 from counterfeit Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound products, including several hospitalizations and deaths.

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The consumerization of health care: How patient-centricity is key to greater efficiency

Medical Economics

Physicians can improve patient outcomes with evolving health tech solutions that are becoming more accessible and relevant to patients.

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Transforming liver care: the evolution of MASH diagnosis and treatment

KevinMD.com

The term “revolutionary” is used too often in health care. New imaging modalities, pharmaceutical breakthroughs, advanced medical devices, and artificial intelligence are all regularly proclaimed to be revolutionary to attract interest and attention. But those of us trained in medicine who work in these fields know that revolutions don’t happen—it takes 17 years for new Read more… Transforming liver care: the evolution of MASH diagnosis and treatment originally appeared in Kevi

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Armed Forces Day – Are you showing your support?

Practice Index

Before we had Armed Forces Day, we had Veteran’s Day, which was first observed in 2006. In 2009, the official event became Armed Forces Day and now takes place on the last Saturday of June. The day encompasses serving personnel, their families, veterans and cadets, and marks a week of celebrations during which the public show their support for the Armed Forces community.

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Real-Time Hormone Tracker Could Be ‘Powerful’ Tool For Doctors

Forbes Healthcare

A U.K. start-up thinks their device will revolutionize care for fertility, menopause and a range of other areas of women's health.

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Vertical integration in health care – ‘We really need to bust it up’

Medical Economics

Congressman discusses current state of competition – or lack of it – and business conditions hurting independent practitioners in health care.

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FAQs for Understanding the Consequences of Stark Law Violation

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The Physician Self-Referral Law, commonly referred to as the Stark Law, is a federal law passed in 1989 that prohibits healthcare providers from referring Medicare and Medicaid patients for “designated health services” to entities with which the provider has a financial relationship. This includes physician practice management companies, such as those that employ new physicians and offer administrative outsourcing.

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