Sensible Medicine

JANUARY 30, 2025

In 2023, the Maryland Department of Health (DOH) adopted a standard for return to universal masking in healthcare facilities when hospitalizations with respiratory viruses (covid, influenza, or RSV) reach a level of 10 cases per 100,000 population. Maryland has a population of 6.3

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 14, 2025

If sepsis screening was shown to be beneficial in one hospital, would it be beneficial in another, with an entirely different set of caregivers? Article Background With all that as background, I was excited when I saw the article Electronic Sepsis Screening Among Patients Admitted to Hospital Wards in JAMA. 0.93; P < 001.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 11, 2023

trillion, was spent on hospital services. Patients around the country are getting stuck with enormous medical bills as hospitals continue to mark up the cost of their services, including those for routine medical procedures and advanced surgeries. For many patients and families, rising medical bills can be a nightmare.

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Scrubs

MARCH 27, 2023

Safety issues have long been a concern for all types of nurses, but providers at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital say they are particularly worried about illegal drug use inside the facility. One nurse is now in the hospital after being exposed to narcotic smoke on the job. But patient drug use remains a recurring problem.

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Scrubs

MARCH 21, 2023

Deborah Vaughan, a patient at the hospital, said she appreciates being able to look her doctor in the eye while talking about her health. Her regular doctor, Dr. Rebecca Hemphill, used the AI app during her last two medical appointments at MaineHealth. Scott Smitherman, chief medical information officer at Providence Health.

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Forbes Healthcare

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Moving beyond uses for research and development, customer service needs, reducing administrative documentation burdens or easing regulatory processes, the latest trend by hospitals is to …

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Scrubs

MARCH 17, 2023

Northwell Health, New York’s largest healthcare provider and private employer, is using students to ease the ongoing worker shortage at all but three of its hospitals. The health system says it’s also a great way to recruit and retain nurses when many hospitals are running low on staff. Casler said. <sic>

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 15, 2024

In this week’s Sensible Medicine podcast, I asked why students have an entire lecture with prolonged discussion of whether a patient coming to the hospital from prison should be called a prisoner. The best people who go to medical school are better than the students I trained with (circa 2005-09).

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Scrubs

MARCH 9, 2023

The Madera Community Hospital in California closed its doors in January after struggling to pay its bills. But a member of the board recently confirmed that the hospital still owes some $2 million to former employees in the form of unused vacation time, sick time, and other compensation time based on the facility’s records.

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Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The first five Health Cubes have been shipped to customers like the Italian aid group Aiutiamoli a Vivere Foundation, which will deploy the mobile clinics.

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Scrubs

MARCH 22, 2023

Providers at Franciscan Children’s Hospital in Boston, MA lined the hallways to say goodbye to baby Helen, who spent 15 months in the NICU after being born at just 28 weeks gestation in December 2021. ” Alexander and La Bras said the hospital started to feel like a second home. “She’s been really calm and happy.”

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Scrubs

APRIL 17, 2023

Renner was rushed to Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada, where he was treated for numerous injuries. Now that the actor is back on his feet, he recently went back to the hospital to show his appreciation to the staff who helped him through his recovery. Renner documented the tearful reunion on his Instagram page. “I

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Scrubs

JULY 30, 2023

New Study Shows Accessing Your Medical Records May Be More Challenging Than You Think. Everyone has a medical record, but many people may not understand how this information is being used and whether they have access to it. Why Obtain a Copy of Your Medical Records? New Study Shows 83% of Leading U.S.

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Scrubs

APRIL 11, 2023

Two emergency room physicians believe the CEOs of hospitals and health systems should be held responsible for medical errors caused by staff shortages because they aren’t putting enough providers on the floor. I did my best to correct his errors as the ED medical director, but it was a difficult battle,” Borden wrote.

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Scrubs

JULY 24, 2023

The news has been inundated with headlines about how hospitals don’t have the staff to care for the influx of patients. National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest union of registered nurses, just released a statement blaming hospitals for the recent nursing shortage.

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Scrubs

MAY 15, 2023

Nestor Hermogino, who worked as the secretary in the ICU back in the early 90s, used to start each shift at the hospital praying for his family. I always wanted to be in the medical field,” Logan Riesterer said. She is now working as a nurse in the hospital where she first arrived as an infant over thirty years ago. . …

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Scrubs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

In a bold move, Kapi‘olani Medical Center has locked out its nurses amidst a heated labor dispute. The hospital is using a legal maneuver to preemptively strike back, bringing in temporary staff to replace the locked-out nurses, signaling their readiness to maintain operations without conceding to the union’s demands.

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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. The remaining patients, who survived the ordeal, are part of a collective lawsuit against the hospital . The lawsuit, originally seeking $11.5

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Scrubs

JUNE 29, 2023

Dozens of nursing unions have used this tactic to get hospitals to make concessions. But what happens when the hospital fails to hold up its end of the bargain after the strike is over? Failure to comply with the new staffing requirements led the nurses to seek arbitration to hold the hospital accountable. “We

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Scrubs

JUNE 8, 2023

Over 70 staff members want to suspend all surgeries at Kaiser Zion Medical Center, a San Diego hospital, after strange particles were found on a series of surgical trays. However, the hospital has so far rejected the call. It received an “A” grade from Leapfrog, a national nonprofit that scores hospitals based on cleanliness.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 4, 2023

Prospect Medical Holdings, a chain that owns hospitals, as well as more than 165 outpatient facilities, said ransomware hackers had breached its system. Sixteen hospitals and more than a hundred other medical facilities across the United States are offline after the largest cyberattack on a U.S.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 11, 2025

Cyberattacks and data breaches have been announced by Sunflower Medical Group, The Center for Digestive Health, NVW Newco, Endless Mountains Health Systems, and the Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Care System. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 10, 2023

Nursing medication errors are not as uncommon as we would like to admit. Medication errors can be life threatening to a patient and in a perfect world would never happen. The most common result of these types of mistakes are extended hospital stays, disability, and fatality.

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Scrubs

JUNE 27, 2023

The teenager was experiencing a range of strange symptoms, including severe pain all over her body, when her mother took her to Johns Hopkins Children’s Hospital. The family sought medical advice from a range of professionals, but none of them could diagnose Kowalski’s condition. I was medically kidnapped.

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 20, 2024

You want to be a hospital CEO. If you are tangential or muddled when you speak, medicine will be difficult. Don’t do medicine if… You want to make a health care app. You want to create a startup. You want to go into venture capital. You want to write novels. You want to win a Nobel prize (even if you want the medicine one).

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Scrubs

JUNE 12, 2023

A 2021 study found that NY hospitals average one nurse per six patients, which is higher than the recommended ratio of one nurse for every four patients. But the law doesn’t apply to all departments in the state’s 212 hospitals, only critical care and intensive care units, which was seen as a compromise.

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Scrubs

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

You may wonder how my husband lived almost 40 years and had three kids without ever being diagnosed – simple medical bias. If it weren’t for my medical education, we would have never known my children and husband had EDS and MCAS. often attributed to other conditions, not EDS. I am a doctor in the U.S.

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Scrubs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

On November 1, 2024, federal authorities charged 38-year-old Rebecca Fadanelli, owner of Skin Beaute Med Spa in Randolph and South Easton, Massachusetts, with illegally importing counterfeit cosmetic products and administering them without proper medical credentials. The proliferation of counterfeit Botox poses significant health risks.

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Relias

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Healthcare leaders should implement these steps in all hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities. Mitigation involves identifying potential risks specific to hospitals and communities. Natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and tornadoes can cause severe damage to hospital infrastructure and disrupt services.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JANUARY 21, 2025

Department of Homeland Security lifted the practice of avoiding immigration enforcement at hospitals. Some advocates say the new policy could deter immigrants from seeking medical care.

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 15, 2024

It is my pleasure to introduce this article by Joseph Marine, MD in response to mandatory masking policies in a number of California hospitals. The State of Maryland reinstated a health care mask mandate last winter based on the state reaching a threshold of 10 RSV/flu/covid hospitalizations per 100,000 population.

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Northwest Suburban College

JANUARY 3, 2025

Choosing the right college for your Medical Assistant training is a big decision. Our comprehensive program gives you hands-on experience with essential medical procedures, including phlebotomy. Our unique approach helps students succeed in various healthcare settings, from hospitals to clinics.

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Forbes Healthcare

OCTOBER 3, 2024

To survive sepsis, you need great medical care, in a hospital staffed with clinicians who know how to get you the right treatments in a timely manner.

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Sensible Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

In the discussion of the trial, the authors propose that CT scans better identify coronary disease (you can see it) and that led to more medical therapy, which then reduced outcomes. While counter-intuitive, multiple trials find that none of that downstream revascularization leads to better outcomes over medical therapy.

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MedQuest College

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Embarking on a career in medical assisting is a fantastic choice for those looking to make a positive impact in the healthcare field. Medical assistants play essential roles in both clinical and administrative settings, providing valuable support to doctors and caring for patients. Why Choose Medical Assisting?

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ACI Medical & Dental School

JANUARY 9, 2025

Our In Demand Career Spotlight Series focuses on careers in the medical and dental industries where demand for skilled workers outpaces supply. At ACI Medical & Dental School, you can be certified for these in-demand careers in just four months with the hands-on training, skills, and credentials youll need for your new job.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The worry I have about medical science is that a lot of our experiments produce little to no knowledge. The Trial STRONG-HF studied two treatment strategies after a patient was discharged from the hospital after treatment for heart failure. The primary endpoint (of hospital readmission for HF or death) occurred in 15.2%

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