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Medical Professionals: Connecting with Patients on Digital Platforms

We Care Online

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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Primary care news round-up (3rd to 9th April 2025)

Practice Index

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said: It is only because of the necessary decisions we took to increase employer National Insurance that we are able to recruit more GPs and deliver better services for patients. It calls for adequate resources for digital tools and triage systems and for time for service improvement.

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SouthCoast Health; Call 4 Health Notify Patients About Cyberattacks

The HIPAA Journal

SouthCoast Health and Privia Medical Group in Georgia have notified patients about a cyberattack and data breach that occurred in June 2023. During that time, files on the network were viewed or copied. The HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal still shows the interim figure of 501 affected individuals.

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Food Insecurity, Energy Prices, and Medical Debt Spike in February 2022

Health Populi

household budgets in February 2022, highlighted in a poll from Morning Consult : inflationary spikes for housing, food, and energy, and the COVID-19 Omicron variant forcing health care costs up for some consumers driving medical debt up. This further underscores the reality that medical spending in the U.S. more granularly, $4.83

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Who Needs Humans, Anyway?

The Healthcare Blog

They modestly note: “To the best of our knowledge, this is the first simulacrum of hospital, which comprehensively reflects the entire medical process with excellent scalability, making it a valuable platform for the study of medical LLMs/agents.” The Tsinghua researchers have created a “hospital town.” So one hopes.

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Primary Care 2.0 – How Crossover Health is “Re-Bundling” Health Care

Health Populi

bn , much of which went into niche applications like lab testing, medication adherence, and on-demand triage for urgent care. In 2020, investments in digital health reached $14.1 These companies targeting primary care components represent the “unbundling of the family doctor,” as CB Insights recently coined the market trend.

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Exciting Nursing Career Paths for the Aging Nurse

Minority Nurse

A telehealth nurse may staff a patient advice line, perform care coordination functions, or help patients manage their medications and other aspects of their healthcare. Nursing triage can also often be performed very efficiently via phone or video. Some LNCs are nurse entrepreneurs with private practice who work as consultants.