Sensible Medicine
MARCH 19, 2025
Colton Lipfert is an incoming medical student at an east coast medical school. He has worked in the vkprasadlab for the last few years and recently shadowed. When I finished shadowing Dr. Vinay Prasad, I was convinced I had to become an oncologist. When I told him this, he was a little surprised. The day’s work had been downright ordinary for him.
Forbes Healthcare
MARCH 18, 2025
From promising research to clinical-stage cell therapies and AI software updates, diabetes treatment and management is poised to change like never before.
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Sensible Medicine
MARCH 14, 2025
“Don’t worry about reading – you won’t be able to keep your eyes open. The only thing you need to learn this year is how to differentiate sick people from not sick people.” So said my program director during my internship. This comment might be one of the reasons I’ve been skeptical of sepsis screening. If there is one thing a medicine resident or hospitalist should be able to do well is identify the patients who are sick and need attention.
Forbes Healthcare
MARCH 15, 2025
Johns Hopkins will cut more than 2,000 health jobs, which will have profound effects on public health and American security.
EvidenceCare
MARCH 18, 2025
Innovation, AI, and the Future of Patient Care At the ViVE conference leaders in digital health shared their experiences and forward-thinking strategies for improving patient care, streamlining operations, and integrating technology into clinical workflows. In this special edition of The Better Care Podcast , EvidenceCares Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer, Dr.
Minority Nurse
MARCH 17, 2025
When we think about maternal healthcare , we often picture the big, defining moments: the first cry of a newborn, a mother holding her baby for the first time, or a skilled team of nurses and doctors rallying to save a life during a complicated delivery. These are the moments we celebrate, the ones that make headlines or get highlighted in patient stories.
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Forbes Healthcare
MARCH 15, 2025
Apparently, if you have "women" or "female" somewhere in your scientific research grant from the National Science Foundation or National Institutes of Health, watch out.
Emerging RN Leader
MARCH 16, 2025
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN In their 2023 bookCulture Shock,Gallup researchers identified a significant threat to employers in the future: a workforce that will increasingly want gig or contract work. Nurse leaders began talking with me about this trend a few years ago. New graduates were entering practice, finishing residency programs, asking […] The post The Rise of a Gig or Contract Nursing Workforce appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
The Healthcare Blog
MARCH 17, 2025
By MATT McCORD When most Americans undergo surgery, they expect to recover quickly and return to their normal lives. Few realize that something as routine as a shoulder surgery, a hernia repair, or a mastectomy can mark the beginning of a life-altering opioid addiction. This often-overlooked connection between routine medical care and opioid dependence demands urgent attention.
The HIPAA Journal
MARCH 17, 2025
Two high-severity vulnerabilities have been identified in Philips Intellispace Cardiovascular (ISCV), a popular multi-modality image and information management solution for healthcare providers.The vulnerabilities are present in ISCV version 4.1 and prior versions and ISCV version 5.1 and prior versions. The vulnerabilities are due to improper authentication and the use of weak credentials.
Sensible Medicine
MARCH 20, 2025
Regular readers of Sensible Medicine will understand that this post by Rebecca Silverman needs no introduction. Adam Cifu Sensible Medicine is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Every 5-7 years, we each have to renew our licenses and passports, take our cars for inspections, replace major home appliances, or hire a contractor to fix a broken pipe.
Forbes Healthcare
MARCH 15, 2025
NY resident Sebastien Beauzile was treated with a pioneering new gene therapy approach called Lyfgenia, curing his sickle cell anemia.
Health Populi
MARCH 20, 2025
Health information technology professionals charged with selecting, implementing, updating, and paying for health IT in hospital and care delivery settings are essentially the first-line consumers of health IT specifically, electronic health records. But these health IT leaders feel far from empowered and choiceful as consumers in todays EHR vendor monoculture, Harm Scherpbier, MD, explains in his book , Unvendor.
The Healthcare Blog
MARCH 20, 2025
Aneesh Chopra (these days at Arcadia) and Matthew Holt got into a discussion of how Medicare Advantage is doing. Working with APG (America’s Physician Groups), his company Arcadia found that Medicare Advantage companies who paid capitation got better outcomes than those who were paying FFS for different patients to the SAME doctors. We got into what is really saving money (Humana says there is little cost differential ), what this means for the policy, what is really happening with risk ad
The HIPAA Journal
MARCH 14, 2025
A database owned by a New Jersey health technology company has been exposed online, allowing sensitive data to be freely accessed by anyone without the need for any authentication. The non-password-protected database was linked to ESHYFT, which operates in 29 U.S. states and offers a mobile app platform that connects healthcare facilities with healthcare workers such as Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), Registered Nurses (RNs), and Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs).
Sensible Medicine
MARCH 21, 2025
One of my patients recently had an executive physical. The eight-page report arrived in my in-basket. This happens regularly enough, two or three times a month, that it shouldn’t bother me anymore. This essay is about why it still does. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive all posts, consider becoming a paid subscriber. I joke that my practice has evolved to become a selective one.
Practice Index
MARCH 20, 2025
Talks announced on brand-new contract Practices are to get a completely new national contract in England. GP leaders said they have a promise from the Government and are confident that a relationship reset is underway. The news was revealed at a special conference of local medical committees by Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer, Chair of the BMAs GP committee for England.
Unitek College
MARCH 17, 2025
What is venipuncture? Learn about the steps, risks, and requirements for performing venipuncture. Drawing a blood sample or starting an IV isnt usually the highlight of a medical workers day. Itscertainlynot one for the patient either, especially if multiple needlesticks or other complications are involved. However, phlebotomy and venipuncture are critically important to patient care. […] The post A Step-by-Step Guide to Venipuncture appeared first on Unitek College.
The HIPAA Journal
MARCH 19, 2025
Data breaches have been announced by the Hand & Plastic Surgery Centre in Michigan, Dove Healthcare in Wisconsin, and Southeast Series of Lockton Companies in Georgia. Hand & Plastic Surgery Centre, Michigan The Hand & Plastic Surgery Centre, PLC, which does business as Elite Plastic Surgery, has reported a data breach to the HHS Office for Civil Rights that affects 19,846 individuals.
The Healthcare Blog
MARCH 21, 2025
By MATTHEW HOLT The big news in the comeback of digital health is that Hinge Health filed its S1 and is looking to go public soon. I suspect that theyd have preferred to get the IPO done late last year when the AI bubble was expanding rather than deflating, but timing the market is tough! Nonetheless hinge is almost profitable and at over $350m in revenue at a growth clip of some 75% last year, in terms of a show pony to trot out, its about as good as the digital health field has got.
Forbes Healthcare
MARCH 18, 2025
Failure to include PBM reforms in the December continuing resolution and the latest draft proposal indicates political fracturing and how hard it is to break the impasse.
We Care Online
MARCH 21, 2025
The Backbone of Quality Healthcare Healthcare staffing professionals play a crucial role in ensuring patients receive high-quality care. From hospitals to private clinics, these experts bridge the gap between medical facilities and qualified healthcare workers. Without them, staffing shortages could lead to burnout, increased errors, and declining patient satisfaction.
Mobius MD
MARCH 14, 2025
Manage Your EHR Inbox More Effectively with These Tips Many physicians are drowning in administrative tasks, and the EHR inbox is a major culprit. While we often focus our blog articles on streamlining clinical documentation , managing the deluge of messages in your EHR is equally important. A recent study found that primary care physicians in a Massachusetts hospital spent an average of 36 minutes per visit using the EHR , with nearly 8 minutes dedicated to the EHR inbox.
The HIPAA Journal
MARCH 19, 2025
Access TeleCare in Texas and Madison County, Mississippi have reported breaches of employee email accounts, and the California Department of Child Support Services has discovered an employee emailed sensitive data to a personal email account. Access TeleCare, Texas The Dallas, TX-based acute and specialty telemedicine provider Access TeleCare identified unauthorized access to an employees email account on January 8, 2024.
Minority Nurse
MARCH 21, 2025
We appreciate the ongoing dialogue surrounding the role of nurses in media and how healthcare organizations engage with media professionals and nursing. However, we must address some misinterpretations in the response to the article, Nurses’ Voices in Media: Strategies for Chief Nursing Officers. Our work with Chief Nursing Officers (CNOs) is informed by the Woodhull study revisited and our experience as journalists.
Forbes Healthcare
MARCH 15, 2025
With measles outbreaks occurring in different parts of the U.S.
KevinMD.com
MARCH 20, 2025
If you have been offered the opportunity to buy into a medical practice, congratulations! For most physicians, this will be a tremendous opportunity. Being offered an ownership interest indicates that the current owners recognize your worth and are inviting you to “join the club.” It is hard to imagine a greater validation from your peers.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
MARCH 18, 2025
Telehealth groups celebrated the extension, but added the short-term reprieve means continued uncertainty for providers.
The HIPAA Journal
MARCH 19, 2025
Pinehurst Radiology Consultants has been closed for more than a month following a January cyberattack. Security incidents and data breaches have been reported by Baylor Scott & White Texas Spine & Joint Hospital and Atlas Healthcare CT. Pinehurst Radiology Consultants, North Carolina Pinehurst Radiology Consultants, a small radiology provider serving residents in the Sandhills region of North Carolina, fell victim to a cyberattack in January that disrupted its computer systems, forcing t
Practice Index
MARCH 20, 2025
The Governments announcement last week that NHS England will be abolished has sent ripples through the healthcare system. With the functions being absorbed into the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) over the next two years, many Practice Managers are wondering what this means for day-to-day operations in primary care. Lets unpack the potential impacts of this seismic shift on GP practices.
Forbes Healthcare
MARCH 18, 2025
DispatchHealth and Medically Home - startups that work with health systems to provide hospital-level care at home have agreed to merge.
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