EvidenceCare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Healthcare executives today are at the crossroads of managing rising costs, improving patient care, and navigating digital transformation. In a recent episode of The Better Care Podcast digital health and economics expert, Adam Kaufman, currently the Interim Category Lead of Products at Baylor Scott & White Health , provided valuable insights into how these challenges overlap and how healthcare leaders can strategically address them.

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Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Throughout modern medical history, Americans have underestimated or dismissed emerging health threats until the consequences became impossible to ignore.

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Science Based Medicine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Maybe this isn't a drill. The post We Want Them Infected Doctors Sanewashed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Will He Reward Them With Appointments at the CDC, FDA, and NIH? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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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. This aggressive tactic comes after the Hawaii Nurses’ Association (HNA) threatened a strike over inadequate staffing ratios and alleged unsafe working conditions. 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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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Recently John Mandrola, once again, stepped out of his lane. About a recent, cancer trial, which was celebrated by oncologists, he said this: In fact, John’s observation is broadly true for this revolutionary class of medications. Although these drugs— checkpoint inhibitors— are great for melanoma and cutaneous squamous cell cancer, they aren’t wonder drugs and many uses are marginal.

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Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

There continues to be much debate about whether or not social media truly harms the mental health of teens and adolescents, and whether or not it conclusively causes p.

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KevinMD.com

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

America has a systemic and pernicious problem: health care without primary care. Just a century ago, primary care physicians were the trusted cornerstone of the U.S. health care system, providing the first point of entry into health care, addressing most ailments, and managing patients across a lifespan. This primary care “first” system has gradually eroded Read more… America’s “sick” secret and the need for a primary care czar originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Women in the U.S. are more likely to avoid care than men in America, Deloitte found in the consulting firm’s latest survey on consumers and health care. Deloitte coins this phenomenon as a “triple-threat” that women face in the U.S. health care environment, the 3 “threats” being, Affordability, Access, and, Prior experience — that is the health disparity among women who have seen personal mis-diagnosis, bias, or treatment that hasn’t been consistent with

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Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Dead butt syndrome or gluteal amnesia can arise after you’ve spent too much time sitting and your glutes—gluteus maximus, medius and minimus—have become deconditioned.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

I learned a lot from Elizabeth Fama’s multipart series on the back-to-sleep recommendation for infants. She agreed to put the entire series into an audio file. Here you go. JMM Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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KevinMD.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

I have a problem with some of the continuing medical education courses offered by large health care institutions, even those like Harvard and Mayo, which have outstanding reputations for evidence-based medicine. That’s because what they teach, although scientifically sound and in line with the Department of Health and Human Services and CDC recommendations, can get Read more… Doctors beware: the hidden legal risks of following CME guidelines originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

How resilient and redundant systems keep health data flowing during a crisis (like cyber-attacks).

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Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey has been placed on injured reserve due to Achilles tendinitis, which means he'll miss at least 4 weeks.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Few things interest my writing brain more than when a common practice gets overturned. That’s why I was drawn to Paula Span’s column in the New York Times titled, Three Medical Practices That Older Patients Should Question. One of these practices is the prescription of thickened liquids to older patients with swallowing problems. The idea goes like this: aspiration pneumonia is a common cause of death in the frail and elderly.

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KevinMD.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

People learned during the COVID pandemic that getting limited care online via telemedicine can be a great way to expand access, especially in rural areas. But Visibly, founded in 2014, was ahead of the curve. The Chicago-based company invented technology that lets people renew eyeglass prescriptions from home or anywhere with an internet connection.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The Illinois-based pharmacy giant has agreed to pay almost $107 million to settle claims it billed Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs for prescriptions that were never dispensed.

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Performance Health

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Fostering a culture of psychological safety in healthcare settings is imperative, yet it’s often overlooked as part of an organization’s efforts to support the mental health of its employees. Often, employers fail to fully grasp what psychological safety truly means or to recognize its role in mental health and achieving organizational objectives.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The nursing field is expansive, with opportunities to work in various settings, including hospitals, clinics, elementary and high schools, colleges/universities, etc. Nurses can work in many settings, and there are numerous opportunities to advance their careers through degree advancement. One option that many nurses pursue is a Master of Science (MSN) in nursing.

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Medical Economics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

CenterWell Senior Primary Care’s value-based care model and organizational leadership sets physicians up for success, especially when it comes to tackling burnout

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Forbes Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Manifestation is about envisioning what you want to help it become a reality one day. In the book Mind Magic, James R. Doty, M.D. describes the science behind it.

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Northwest Career College

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic imposed mixed challenges on the healthcare domain, to which all medical assistants contributed valuable contributions to help mitigate the situation. From new responsibilities to changing guidelines, medical assistants were on the front line to ensure patients received much-needed care. As the pandemic is put into retrospect, some valuable lessons must be learned and referenced for insight into the future of medical assisting.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Learn how mentorship drives success in healthcare. Dr. Theo Koury shares his personal journey and insights.

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Medical Economics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Countering apathy with encouragement, and a message for primary care and all physicians from the founder of the advocacy group Vot-ER.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Continuing our list of essential actions for Connect Care Launch 9 prescribers readying for launch November 2, 2024. Get Ready for Mobility and Speech Recognition Connect Care mobile apps (Haiku, Limerick and Canto) allow access to the patient chart on personal devices anywhere there is Internet access. Dragon Medical One transforms Android or Apple smartphones into transcription devices for dictation directly into the medical record.

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Physicians Practice

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.

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Science Based Medicine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The Florida Department of Health, run by Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, just released guidance on COVID-19 vaccines based on antivax tropes. Is the federal government next? The post Dr. Joseph Ladapo’s assault on public health in Florida: Will it be coming to the federal government next year? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Medical Economics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

How pharmacist-led medication support could ease physician burden and unlock patient outcomes to drive value-based care performance

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Medical Economics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Which physicians spend the most time inputting patient data into electronic health records?

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Medical Economics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Two studies show the negative health effects of food insecurity on obesity and hospital visits – and how physicians can make a difference

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Medical Economics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The top news stories in medicine today.

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