Sensible Medicine

JUNE 9, 2024

I trained at Northwestern Medical Center in Chicago between 2009 and 2012 in internal medicine. I would be curious to read this person’s medical school application essay. It is not a joke, but a truth: I went to the dentist before I started medical school, and when I became a professor.

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Practice Index

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The response was led by Dr Claire Fuller, Primary Care Medical Director of NHS England, who said: So if you think about Practice Managers, every day [they] will get a phone call from a patient that says, If I die today, itll be your fault.

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Practice Index

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

PA dispute goes to court A court hearing is under way over the role of Physician Associates (PAs) as doctors demand that regulators cease calling them medical professionals. The post Primary care news round-up (6th February to 12th February 2025) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 8, 2019

MedCrypt, a medical device cybersecurity software provider, announces a $5.3 million Series A funding round led by Section 32, with participation from Eniac Ventures and Y Combinator. Last October, the FDA released a major update to its premarket cybersecurity guidance for medical devices, publishing guidelines that […].

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Practice Index

JANUARY 30, 2025

Just 22% of practices are optimistic, according to the Londonwide Local Medical Committees survey. The post Primary care news round-up (24th January to 29th January 2025) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog. Researchers interviewed 61 patients and 93 professionals.

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Practice Index

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The role of doctors in advising patients and in the final stages of the patient’s life remains unclear, although it is likely the patient would have to self-administer medication. The post Primary care news round-up (28th November to 4th December 2024) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog.

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Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

They found a medication that made it harder to induce VT and sent him up to the medical floor for admission and monitoring with instructions to initiate that medication. Cara meets Bill, a man only slightly older than herself, performs a history and physical, and orders the medication: encainide.

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Practice Index

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The United Medical Associate Professionals has launched a crowdfunding campaign to challenge the latest guidance from the Royal College of GPs. The college is calling for a national retention strategy for general practice―and a guarantee that international medical graduates who complete GP training can apply for indefinite leave in the UK.

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Mobius MD

MARCH 14, 2025

Ask IT staff to help configure your inbox to route messages to other staff, like nurses, medical assistants, and even front desk staff. Streamline Prescription Refills Medication refills can be a serious time drain. Use Team Huddles to Address Common Questions If multiple inbox messages involve the same issue (e.g.,

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Practice Index

JANUARY 9, 2025

The Cutlers Hill Surgery in Bungay, Suffolk learnt that patients were receiving calls from someone trying to get medical details from them. The post Primary care news round-up (2nd January to 8th January 2025) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 29, 2021

By Dr. Salvatore Viscomi, chief medical officer, GoodCell, and an attending physician at Baystate Health. As we round the corner on the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 sending the country and most parts of the world into lockdown, the pandemic is still ever-present […]. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Relias

MARCH 16, 2022

hospitals each year as a result of preventable medical errors. One action you can take this week: At your next huddle or staff meeting, whether it’s a daily huddle with your team or a weekly leadership huddle, make a point of speaking up about the importance of ways to improve patient safety. into perspective.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 21, 2023

All patients would have five or fewer medications CT/X-ray/ultrasound machines would always be open and available. Physicians would round on their patients all at predicted/scheduled times. Pay rate would be generous. Changing jobs would be easy. All patients would have control of bowel and bladder. All patients would be pain-free.

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Northwest Suburban College

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

If you’re considering a job in the healthcare field, becoming a medical assistant could be a perfect choice. Medical assistants are vital team members in healthcare settings such as hospitals, clinics, and private practices. One of the best aspects of becoming a medical assistant is the strong job stability and growing demand.

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Practice Index

APRIL 25, 2024

The letter calls for ICBs to hold discussions with local medical committees to understand what, “if any”, measures may be possible to mitigate against the effects of action. The post Primary care news round-up (18th April to 24th April 2024) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog.

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Practice Index

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Several medical associations, including the Royal College of GPs, have called for a halt to their recruitment, alleging that it is a role too easily confused with that of the doctor. The post Primary care news round-up (14th to 20th November 2024) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog.

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Practice Index

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The project is being developed by a board including PCN clinical directors, Kernow local medical committee and the GP federation Kernow Health. The post Primary care news round-up (31st October to 6th November 2024) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog. Those regarded as least vulnerable would be asked to travel to hubs.

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Mobius MD

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

These three email newsletters for primary care physicians will help you stay current with the latest news, research, and medical best practices. AMA Morning Rounds Emails AMA Morning Rounds delivers daily healthcare news straight to your inbox. All three e-newsletters are published by reputable organizations you know and trust.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 28, 2023

Let’s review the piece and then a recent example of how hard it is to be brave in our current medical climate. I was delighted that he invited me to give cardiology grand rounds at Yale. Our best hope… Yep, I agree, medical science is in trouble. First a note on Dr. Krumholz.

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Scrubs

JULY 29, 2023

Stocksy | TJ Macke So you have a gastroenterologist, an anesthesiologist and a medical assistant… Sounds like the beginning of a tawdry joke for the medically inclined, doesn’t it? Instead, what you have is a trio of medical professionals who failed to uphold the ultimate caregiving commandment: Respect thy patient.

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Arkenea

JANUARY 28, 2025

No wonder then, there are a number of healthcare startups that have come up covering the entire spectrum across health, medical and fitness industries. The grant size is $100,000 and its for clinicians, patients, technology designers, medical educators, and government and institutional leaders.

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Scrubs

APRIL 25, 2023

The providers did three rounds of compressions and AED administration when the man’s pulse finally came back. I worked as a medical assistant in his office, and I loved patient contact,” she said. “I A staff member brought them an automated external defibrillator (AED) that they used to shock his heart, but there was still no response.

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Sensible Medicine

APRIL 12, 2024

To keep this around 1500 words, I’ll limit this to the discussion of two of these: duty hour reform and the electronic medical record. Most of my undergraduate medical education took place at New York Hospital, where a medical error occasioned the first calls for duty hour reform.

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Performance Health

JUNE 12, 2024

Virtual nursing is a care model in which experienced nurses deliver expertise and medical care to patients through remote videoconferencing technology, supporting their team at the bedside virtually.

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Health Populi

JUNE 20, 2022

The theory behind consumer-directed care was that patients-as-consumers would shop around for care, morph into rational consumers of medical services just as they would do purchasing autos or washing machines, and shift the cost-curve of American health care ever downward. “U.S. “U.S. Noam Levey wrote the detailed analysis in KHN.

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Scrubs

APRIL 20, 2023

Emeritus recently named its first lead nurse, AnnMarie Papa, who previously served as vice president and chief nursing officer for Einstein Medical Center Montgomery in East Norriton, Pennsylvania. “Our goal is to bring innovative approaches to support our nurses and care teams during this time of global workforce challenges in healthcare.”

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Health Populi

JANUARY 22, 2023

than ever have put off medical care due to cost, according to Gallup’s latest poll of patients in America. Note the substantial difference in women avoiding care for a serious medical condition due to cost compared with men: there is a 12-percentage point difference, with 32% of women avoiding care due to cost, compared with 20% of men.

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Scrubs

JULY 26, 2023

The great thing about medical-surgical is that nurses “see it all” and can get some idea of what direction they want to go—many people believe med/surg rounds out new nurses. Only a couple of people in my class were unsure of where they wanted to end up, and both started on a med/surg floor straight out of school.

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Sensible Medicine

JANUARY 29, 2024

Gosh, I am learning a ton about medical evidence. When I rounded in the coronary care units back at Indiana University in the early 1990s, there was momentum to use IV-magnesium (Mg) in patients after myocardial infarction. Please do head over there and join the learning.

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Scrubs

MARCH 24, 2023

As I struggled to stop him and tried to convince him he really didn’t want to try standing up without the proper help, the doctor poked her head in and said, “Hey nurse, I put in a bunch of orders on your patient in 708, we need to go to CT before rounds and start rectal lactulose, I put in the order for the rectal tube.”

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The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 28, 2024

It provides navigation services & expert medical opinions (the original Grand Rounds) and virtual care (the old Doctors on Demand) and it then bought a smaller company called Included Health. Ami Parekh is the to Chief Health Officer of Included Health.

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Guideway Care

JULY 3, 2024

The healthcare industry attempts to enhance patient satisfaction in hospitals through the implementation of the 5 Ps of nursing rounding. The 5 Ps The five Ps in the model for nursing rounding are Pain, Position, Personal needs, Proximity, and Patient Education.

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Accepted Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

This post will walk you through the various avenues of medical school education, from reviewing what and how you’ll learn to making time for your health and personal growth. Learning opportunities at your medical school Whether you prefer studying in groups or alone, keep your personal learning style in mind. case-based) situation.

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We Care Online

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Medical Office Assistant Pay: Medicaloffice assistants make between $37,000$45,000 per year on average ( Salary. Why Its Simple: You can earn BLS certification in one day by taking onlinecourses and practice rounds. Medical Office Assistant if you want to work in an office.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 29, 2023

Vanessa Patricelli, an orthopedics nurse at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, says , “We tend to put our patients’ needs first before we sit down, go to the bathroom, or grab a bite to eat. A group of nurses at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle did just that recently. Nurses tend to prioritize others’ needs.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 11, 2023

Many a medical trainee has been humiliated on morning rounds after proclaiming that their presentation was wanting because the “patient was a poor historian.” There is a differential diagnosis for the patient who cannot describe the history of their medical concerns.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 3, 2023

Humble Brilliance “In our training, doctors are so separated from nursing staff that we don’t really get to appreciate their input until we’re independently practicing,” says Anita Swamy, MD, a pediatric endocrinologist and the medical director of diabetes at La Rabida Children’s Hospital in Chicago. Petersburg, Fla.,

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