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Insurance companies vow to fix prior authorization process…again

Medical Economics

SHOW MORE Pledge to streamline the process comes amid growing public and government pressure, but the previous industry promises in 2018 accomplished little. Individual plans will commit to specific reductions to medical prior authorization as appropriate for the local market each plan serves, with demonstrated reductions by Jan.

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Phlebotomist Sample Resume

Phlebotomy Careers

It not only⁢ reflects your technical skills ‍but ⁢also demonstrates your attention to detail, communication abilities, and capacity to ‌handle ⁣sensitive medical procedures. Eager to contribute to XYZ Medical Center's patient care team. Seeking to leverage my expertise to provide quality patient care at ‍XYZ Healthcare.”

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Planned Home Birth - Marty Makary’s Blind Spot

Sensible Medicine

Share In his recent book, " Blind Spots ," Dr. Marty Makary details several instances in which the medical establishment has clung to medical dogma, to the detriment of patients’ health. One chapter examines the medicalization of childbirth, including the overuse of C-sections. This post is public so feel free to share it.

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When the System Is Drowning You—This New Standard from the AACN May Be a LifeSaver

Minority Nurse

However, the lines blur when patients don’t quite meet ICU criteria and still require advanced monitoring, titrating medications, or frequent assessments. Collaborate with quality and safety teams to correlate harm events with known staffing stressors, then use the guidelines to make your case. Where are the gaps? link] Ulrich, B.,

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How Tariffs Could Wreak Havoc on Health Care Costs and Supply Chains in the U.S.

Health Populi

Tariffs usually have unwanted or unintended side effects — typically, raising prices on goods and services that use the tariffed products in the production or delivery of their finished goods (such as pharmaceutical products or medical devices) — or services, as would be the case for health care providers and systems.

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How to Make Healthcare More Intelligent and Trustworthy: Accenture’s Digital Health Tech Vision 2018

Health Populi

“Do no harm” has been the professional and ethical mantra of physicians since the Hippocratic Oath was first uttered by medical students. Frictionless business is the vision for streamlining healthcare and lubricating the value-chain for healthcare collaborators. Accenture’s vision this year is built on five pillars: Citizen AI.

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Doing Less Can Be Doing More for Healthcare – the Biggest Takeaway From ASCO 2018

Health Populi

The study, Adjuvant Chemotherapy Guided by a 21-Gene Expression Assay in Breast Cancer, was published in The New England Journal of Medicine on June 3, 2018, coinciding with the researchers’ ASCO presentation of the results. ” A genetic test that costs $3,000 helps to identify women who could benefit from avoiding chemo.