Scrubs

MAY 18, 2024

Nurses can be crucial navigators by providing information on hospital financial assistance programs and flexible payment plans. Nurses can advocate for policy changes within their institutions that directly benefit the uninsured, such as more transparent pricing structures and reducing non-essential medical tests that inflate costs.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 28, 2021

By casting my eyeballs in different directions across the health/care ecosystem, I came up with the following data-driven plotline for your 2022 strategic and scenario planning toolkit… The pandemic persists. Mortality will be up in the U.S. > consumers are “shrugging off” Omicron.

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Scrubs

JANUARY 4, 2024

It is also especially crucial nowadays, as technology further advances and more comprehensive eye tests are becoming more common. On top of this, traditional eye tests often focus solely on visual acuity, which measures the ability to see details at a distance.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

People who skipped care were most likely to avoid dental care (25%), visit to a GP or specialist (21%), preventive health screening or medical test (16%), treatment or follow-up care (12%), or a hospital visit (10%). About one in four people who avoided care reported that their chronic health condition worsened.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 28, 2024

A 76-year-old woman presents to a community hospital after waking with garbled speech and right-sided weakness. Case 1: Excess An elderly woman is admitted to a community hospital with a minor stroke. The hospital does an excellent job. By the time she leaves the hospital, she has no residual symptoms. I love my job.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 6, 2024

Continuum then worked to verify the information and obtain up-to-date address information, and notification letters were mailed on April 29, 2024. The file review was completed on March 8, 2024, when it was confirmed that the exposed data included patients’ names and Social Security numbers.

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Medication HIPAA Tests Follow-Up 109

EvidenceCare

APRIL 16, 2024

This comprehensive guide provides hospital and revenue cycle leadership with vital insights on preparing for CERT audits and establishing processes for compliant documentation. Hospitals need to be aware of these state-specific rules as well. Think of your documentation as the ironclad defense for your hospital admissions.

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Health Populi

MAY 14, 2020

Top-line, IQVIA spotted the following key shifts in U.S. The top chart illustrates several health care delivery segments that COVID-19 disrupted starting January 3, 2020: research, hospital treatments, and prescription drugs. health care since the start of the coronavirus pandemic: Patients’ use of health services.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

There’s a gap between the supply of digital health tools that hospitals and health systems offer patients, and what patients-as-consumers need for overall health and wellbeing. Key challenges to adopting digital health tools are first and foremost cost, following by interoperability and operational barriers.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

We so desperately need RCT data for our screening tests. Safety, tolerability and efficacy of up-titration of guideline-directed medical therapies for acute heart failure (STRONG-HF): a multinational, open-label, randomised, trial I’ve come out pretty strongly against GDMT. It also shows us how hard it is to up-titrate GDMT.

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Health Populi

JULY 26, 2022

billion investment makes ONEM the third largest acquisition in Amazon’s portfolio, following Whole Foods at $13.7 For the former, Amazon leadership is talking up the company’s expertise in consumer experience and delight, efficiency and engagement (which I addressed in yesterday’s Day 1 post ).

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Trials select their patients, test the drugs in run-in periods and use research coordinators to help patients navigate complex health systems. The Trial STRONG-HF studied two treatment strategies after a patient was discharged from the hospital after treatment for heart failure. But trials are best case scenarios.

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Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2022

We met up last week at the DIA Europe 2022 meeting (Drug Information Association) in the cool SQUARE Conference Center in Brussels, Belgium (my current home base for work and life). In summing up the patient-centered interoperability goal, Ardy summarized: “We’ve created the Mint.com of health data.”

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Arkenea

DECEMBER 6, 2024

According to Accenture, 66% of the largest hospitals in the US have a mobile app available. The issue is that only 2% of our patient demographics are using the hospital app for their preferred physician. These hospital administration apps are Managed by hospital employees, including administrators, nurses, and doctors.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

rank prescription drugs, lab tests, emergency room visits, dental and vision care, preventive services, chronic disease management and mental health care as the “most essential” health care services, according to the 2019 Survey of America’s Patients conducted by The Physicians Foundation. People in the U.S.

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Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

If applicants are more impressive on paper, but no more impressive in the clinics and hospitals, aren’t we doing something wrong? They spend money on test prep courses and needle their teachers into inflating grades. One could also follow the lead of the tech industry and invest in the selection process.

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NHA Now

MAY 13, 2020

Pharmacy technician employers can be grouped into four main categories: community pharmacies (retail pharmacies), specialty pharmacies, mail-order pharmacies and hospital pharmacies. However, the day-to-day tasks of a pharmacy technician in a hospital are unique to that environment. Order and maintain protocol specific to inventory.

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Hospital Sterilization Medical History Certification 52

Coronis Health

AUGUST 31, 2023

Many hospitals don’t have the expertise, manpower, or time to establish coding compliance and an efficient workflow. Partnering with a revenue cycle management expert with industry experience and advanced technology can help boost your reimbursements and strengthen your hospital’s compliance.

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Hospital Medical Coding Billing Documentation 52

Arkenea

OCTOBER 16, 2024

percent of the hospitals on the honor roll or the top hospital lists were WCAG 2.1 About 80 percent of the hospitals were semi-compliant, and 16.7 Healthcare website accessibility tools and best practices help hospitals to up their accessibility game and design a compliant site for users.

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MedCerts

JULY 30, 2024

The technical knowledge from this MyCAA-approved program enables you to set up, configure, maintain and troubleshoot your computer workstation. In this position, you get to support other healthcare experts by performing tests to detect cardiovascular issues in patients.

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Sensible Medicine

JANUARY 15, 2024

Doctors and hospitals incur penalties if a patient with an MI is not on a beta-blocker—unless there is a darn good reason put down in the chart. A place where a learner can go to look up the seminal trials that established modern day cardiology practice. About 16,000 patients were randomized from more than 200 hospitals.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 25, 2023

We read about diseases and their associated diagnostic tests and treatments. Clinical findings and blood tests hint at the diagnosis, but the only truly confirmatory test is a biopsy of the temporal artery – a small procedure but a procedure all the same. Diagnostic tests give you more than just a diagnosis.

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Diagnostics Tests Hospital Follow-Up 73

Health Populi

MAY 19, 2020

Imagine this: you find yourself with $6,553 in your pocket and you can pick one of the following: A new 2020 Breitling Navitimer watch; A year’s in-state tuition at Valdosta State University; or, A PPO for an average individual. Top-line, there are new-new costs borne in 2020 for virus testing and treatment.

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Medication Insurance Hospital Follow-Up 98

Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2021

Once purchased, most consumers set up devices themselves. Data literacy, the ability to comprehensive one’s “numbers” displayed in lab test results and other patient-facing clinical communications. Please follow my posts here on Health Populi all this week during the consumer electronics show (100% virtual!)

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Accepted Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

There will always be new procedures, new medications, and new lab tests to learn about. The rest is up to you. The drawback of this is having to pick up and move two times. It also tests your ability to manage a patient. As you have probably realized by now, medicine requires a commitment to lifelong learning.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

For some patients, their cardiovascular issues aren’t immediately identifiable by vital signs or diagnostic tests. As a nurse and researcher, I follow the most up-to-date treatment national guidelines published by the American Colleges of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) and PCNA.

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Vital Signs Diagnostics Clinical Operations Continuing Education 98

The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

billion has been provided to safety net hospitals and federally qualified health centers that serve high-risk patients and communities. The Washington State Hospital Association ( WSHA ) has also been contacted by its members who have expressed concern about the notification requirements after reading OCR’s letter. 40% of the $3.3

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Guideway Care

APRIL 9, 2024

While the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey is a significant tool in measuring patient satisfaction, it represents a single aspect of the overall patient experience. HCAHPS The HCAHPS survey is a standardized tool for capturing patients’ perceptions of their hospital experience.

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Northwest Suburban College

JULY 19, 2024

We are often the first point of contact for patients when they arrive at the clinic or hospital. From minor surgeries to routine check-ups, we provide essential support to doctors and nurses. Our role here can vary widely depending on the needs of the clinic or hospital.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 22, 2023

Senior DOJ officials have in turn emphasized in public remarks that investigating clinical research shortcomings is now a Justice Department priority, with the whistleblower bar following suit. And what can academic medical centers and other universities and hospitals do to protect themselves against the misconduct of their researchers?

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Hospital Medication Follow-Up Billing 52

Sensible Medicine

APRIL 16, 2024

The idea was that interventions could then be tested in the high-risk groups. I admit that I do not follow the Medical AI literature closely. I imagined that the tool was picking up more than just vascular calcifications and heart size. This was long ago enough that I was awed by the potential.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Nearly all Americans (86% net responsible) first blame health insurance companies, followed by hospitals (82%). Most of the surprise bills were for charges associated with a physician’s service or lab test. In 2017, healthcare made up 18.2% of the U.S. GDP and the cost of a PPO for a family of four was $14,500.

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Billing Medication Insurance Follow-Up 47

Northwest Suburban College

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Their work is varied and incredibly important for the smooth running of clinics and hospitals. They might help the doctor during exams or even perform basic lab tests. Whether it’s drawing blood for tests or changing wound dressings, medical assistants need to be skilled and ready for anything that comes their way.

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 21, 2024

It was a small study at one hospital. Our lorcainide study faithfully followed all the rules of clinical trials as they were then understood. Some things will surely hold up: PCI for MI, fixing displaced fractures, antibiotics for bacterial infection, and of course, caring and empathy. The story begins in Nottingham UK in 1980.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 7, 2024

For example, Bergman reports a 2002 study in which ventilated premature babies were placed to sleep on either their tummies or backs, and the following states were measured: quiet sleep, active sleep (which is less restorative than quiet sleep), crying time, number of stress responses (startle, tremor, and twitch), and oxygen saturation.

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Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Don’t get hung up on the specific medical problem. The medical question comes up pretty often: What to do with moderate anemia (low red blood cell counts) in a patient recovering from a heart attack (myocardial infarction = MI)? (We The MINT trial tested these two strategies. No drug companies. No devices. with CI to 0.99-1.7

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 8, 2024

I asked Anupam Jena if he could run the Medicare analysis on docs with R01s vs those without, but he felt it would be limited by thin data, and also pointed out that what they lost in clinical skills, they might make up for in intelligence. Most have given up the lab, and are largely clinicians or work in other sectors.

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