Sensible Medicine

MAY 28, 2024

The USPSTF claims "screening interventions" decrease the prevalence of depression at six-month follow-up by an odds ratio of 0.60. This number is surprising when we consider the following: A meta-analysis of six RCTs found the benefit of SSRIs, compared to placebo, to be small and statistically insignificant at six months.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

They didn’t write their question that specifically; instead they wrote that their purpose was to investigate the association of deprescribing antihypertensive medication with changes in cognitive function in nursing home residents. This data does not apply to older adults with multiple medical conditions.

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 25, 2025

For example, a systematic review of medical journals found only 0.6% For example, the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research settled HIPAA violations for $3.9 Take electronic health records (EHRs) – a decade ago, they were touted as the 21st-century upgrade to medical practice. Yet this gold mine is mostly fools gold.

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Sensible Medicine

JANUARY 23, 2025

It seems like many who raise this concern feel that the traditional medical approaches miss the mark and that many (most) illnesses might be prevented with better life choices. As a physician, scientist, wellness/longevity podcaster, and Ironman Triathlete, I strongly support healthy life choices.

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Medical Terminology Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Medical language is necessary for those employed in healthcare. It can help you advance your career or prepare for further education in the medical field. Or, if you are seeking to improve communication with your healthcare provider or interpretation of your medical records or healthcare coverage, knowing medical terms can be helpful.

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Health Prime

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Even if it can seem unrelated, medical billing plays a massive role in managing diabetes. By encouraging best practices in medical billing, your practice can ensure financial performance optimization and better patient outcomes. This disease management includes everything from regular check-ups to specialist appointments.

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Prism Career Institute

MAY 6, 2025

Medical assistants care for patients and help manage administrative tasks within hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare venues. Enrolling in a medical assistant program allows aspiring professionals to receive the training and experience they need for this position.

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Health Prime

JANUARY 8, 2025

Medical billing audits are a great tool for achieving compliance and safeguarding revenue. Regular audits help medical practices stay on top of these changes and comply with coding and billing rules defined by the CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and private payers. Why do these audits matter?

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MedQuest College

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Building trust and empathy in diagnostic medical sonography is vital for delivering exceptional patient care. As a diagnostic medical sonographer, you play a crucial role in the healthcare journey by providing accurate imaging that aids in diagnosis and treatment. However, the technical aspects of the job are only part of the equation.

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Scrubs

APRIL 5, 2023

Dereck Paul is the co-founder of Glass Health, a start-up in San Francisco that offers artificial intelligence chatbot services to doctors looking to ease the burden of routine processes, such as patient documentation. And now doctors are using it to answer routine clinical questions. The post Should Doctors Use Chat-GPT to Practice Medicine?

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Doximity

MARCH 21, 2025

She estimates that this prompt saves her up to two hours per week , and sometimes even more when demand is high. She estimates that this prompt saves her about an hour daily , adding up to 7 hours weekly and nearly 28 hours monthly. Follow-up in three months with repeat labs. GPT helps me generate them efficiently."

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EvidenceCare

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The panel featured Jackie Kimmel , Senior Director of Strategy Catalyst for The Health Management Academy , Dr. Adam Fall , Corporate Medical Director of Utilization Management at Erlanger , and Dr. Jeny McNair , President and Chief Physician Advisor at Physician Advisory Services of Med-Metrix.

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Health Prime

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The holiday season is a time of joy and celebration, but for medical practices, it can also significantly increase workload. One of the main purposes of medical practices is to achieve more income during the holiday season without additional administrative burden.

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Scrubs

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Beggs shared the videos on TikTok where she quickly racked up hundreds of thousands of views. She now has over 600k followers on the app. She said she feels a responsibility to show up for her audience now that she’s built such a devoted following. In fact, it’s enhancing her knowledge and experience.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 3, 2024

” They also “don’t let friends misinterpret the medical literature because they have been blinded by their priors.” We should use this study as a case of how not to design medical trials. This a huge leap from what we cared about and renders the study useless for informing medical practice or policy.

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Health Prime

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Being so close to the New Year, it is of high importance that your medical practice finishes its medical billing in good time. This will go a long way toward your medical practice’s financial health and operational efficiency. Here are three essential tasks to help you wrap up your medical billing for the New Year: 1.

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We Care Online

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The digital transformation of healthcare has enabled medical professionals to connect with patients in ways that were unimaginable just a decade ago. This article explores how medical professionals can effectively leverage digital platforms to foster stronger patient relationships and improve outcomes.

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We Care Online

JANUARY 22, 2025

There are limits, however, that every caregiver or caretaker has to follow in the interest of the profession, the clients safety and for the sake of legality and ethics. Diagnosing medical health conditions or offering medical advice. Using specialized medical equipment, such as ventilators.

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ACI Medical & Dental School

JANUARY 14, 2025

Students interested in becoming Medical Assistants are often curious about what the work schedule will be like. Medical Assistants in New Jersey typically work full-time hours , which means they usually work about 40 hours per week. Some Medical Assistants may work part-time, which could range from 20 to 30 hours per week.

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CollaborateMD

MARCH 20, 2025

Whether you’re a physician starting a practice or a healthcare provider working to expand patient access, getting medical insurance credentialing is vital. RELATED ARTICLE: Optimizing Insurance Payer Reimbursement with RCM Services What is Medical Insurance Credentialing? Unfortunately, it’s also a very taxing process.

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Scrubs

MARCH 6, 2023

The cops could see that the woman was in distress and told her she might be having a medical emergency. Palmer reached out to the Mount Pleasant Police Department for a follow up,” the department said. The Mount Pleasant Police Department shared her story on its Facebook page where it quickly went viral.

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CollaborateMD

APRIL 3, 2025

Healthcare practices are often plagued with medical billing compliance questions like: “Am I upcoding?” ” With all of these concerns, it’s vital that providers and billing departments understand and follow the key elements of proper medical billing compliance to run a successful practice.

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Northwest Career College

APRIL 9, 2025

As a Medical Assistant, setting goals will help one enhance their skills, remain organized, and ensure career growth. This post will consider five SMART goals each Medical Assistant can follow in practice. This post will consider five SMART goals each Medical Assistant can follow in practice.

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Health Prime

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Running a successful medical practice requires more than providing excellent patient care. Reports are a great data-driven means of benchmarking the performance of specific processes or functions within your medical practice. Five essential reports every medical practice should run 1. At Health Prime, we can help!

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CollaborateMD

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Despite its significance, the manual processes involved in tackling medical claims are error prone and time-consuming. Join us as we examine how automation revolutionizes medical claims processing accuracy and improves outcomes across the healthcare spectrum. Reducing duplication errors in medical claims documentation.

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Scrubs

JULY 28, 2023

Physician: “The patient presents with an interesting medical history…” Translation: ”Way too much to go into here; check out the previous doctor’s dictation.” Physician: “Emphasize proper follow-up care.” Physician: “This will feel like a pinch.” Physician: “… With certain factitious elements.”

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Mobius MD

JANUARY 1, 2025

However, managing a successful medical practice in 2025 will require lots of work beyond the EMR. Knowing the right medical practice software tools – for scheduling, documentation, clinical decision support, and more – will make your life much easier.

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Health Populi

JULY 26, 2022

Today we review the various viewpoints on Amazon’s announced acquisition of One Medical (ONEM, aka 1life Healthcare) which has been a huge story in both health care trade publications, business news, and mainstream media outlets. Welcome to Day 2 of The Retail Health Battle Royale in the U.S., bn and MGM Studios for $8.5

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Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

IOW: did a patient require medical attention of an arrhythmia. During the follow-up period, 9 patients (8%) in the AVATAR arm had a redo procedure following a primary endpoint compared to 15 patients (15%) in the conventional ablation arm. Here is what they found: Both ablation arms crushed AF drugs. This one hits home.

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Scrubs

MARCH 21, 2023

MaineHealth recently announced it is using AI to automatically record conversations between doctors and their patients during a check-up or follow-up visit. Her regular doctor, Dr. Rebecca Hemphill, used the AI app during her last two medical appointments at MaineHealth. It feels more like my needs are being met.

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Sensible Medicine

APRIL 2, 2024

This post introduces an occasional series, available to our paid subscribers, aimed at helping people improve their ability to read and interpret the medical literature. Improving Your Critical Appraisal Skills will be made up of “chapters” dealing with how to read articles about various study types. So, let’s begin.

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 25, 2023

Have I been neglecting the medical literature? For calcium deposits in breast arteries to be important, we would need to know that some action based on this finding, whether it be further diagnostic testing, lifestyle modification, or medical therapy, actually benefits a woman. Why didn’t I know this? ” U.S.

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Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Galleri could do more harm to the idea of medical conservatism than any hate rising from Twitter or blogs. This week will be a straight up critical appraisal (with a bit of a critique of Wall Street Journalism Churnalism thrown in). We then work up every positive test. Today and next week I will post articles about Galleri.

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Health Prime

JANUARY 1, 2025

Delegating specific medical billing processes in your practice to an expert partner offers a strategic and forward-thinking approach to enhancing efficiency, reducing administrative burdens, and ensuring financial stability. Read more about this in our blog 5 reasons to outsource your medical billing.

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Health Prime

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Medical billing is a vital yet often overlooked aspect of practice management in the dynamic healthcare landscape, where the primary focus is on providing quality patient care. However, amid the intricacies of coding regulations, payer policies, and administrative tasks, medical practices encounter many challenges in the billing process.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 6, 2023

Obesity can lead to a range of health problems, including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, joint problems, gallstones and other medical concerns. This new sense of self helped her stay focused on the end goal as opposed to getting hung up on the daily challenges of dieting.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 16, 2024

adults plans to purchase at least one health and wellness digital health technology product to gift during the winter 2024 holiday season, according to the 2024 Consumer Technology Holiday Purchase Patterns study served up by CTA, the Consumer Technology Association — aka the annual host of CES. One in two U.S. CTA assessed U.S.

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