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5 Women Nursing You Need to Know About Today

Scrubs

She was appointed the RCN Northern Ireland director in 2019 when nurses were about to go on strike. Pat Cullen Cullen is the general secretary and chief officer of the Royal College Nursing, which has been organizing strikes in the U.K. to increase nurse wages. She has long been at the forefront of the healthcare labor movement for years.

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In 2023, the U.S. Will Still Be the #1 Prescription Drug Spender in the World, IQVIA Forecasts

Health Populi

Today, as Congress kicks off hearings about the cost of prescription drugs in the United States, IQVIA published its 2019 report on The Global Use of Medicine in 2019 and Outlook to 2023. Other key trends to expect leading to 2023 will be: The rise of patient advocacy roles in pharma companies.

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What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Health Populi

For context, I re-visited a similar recent study on this topic, published in the November/December 2019 Annals of Family Medicine, looking at national trends in primary care visit use between 2008 and 2015. Primary care promotes effective communication with patients and encourages the role of the patient as a partner in health care.

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Mastering Prior Authorization Roles: Responsibilities and Training Demands Explored

ACMA Blog

[link] Gundersen Health System. Prior Authorization Specialist (DME) | Gundersen Health System. link] Clinical Documentation Specialist Job Description | USF Health Online. link] Al-Haque, S., Rayasam, M., & Singh, P. AI ushers in next-gen prior authorization in healthcare. McKinsey & Company. link] Human Edge.

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Heart Health at #CES2019 – Food and Tech as Medicine

Health Populi

For more hard-core athletes, CES 2019 features an eSports area with all flavors of digital sports from golf to hockey and tennis. This is one of many products on the #CES2019 show floor that is backed by artificial intelligence and machine learning (one of the CTA 5 Tech Trends for 2019 that I wrote about in yesterday’s Health Populi).

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Can a Food-As-Medicine App Extend Chronic Health Management at the Grocery Store?

Health Populi

For many years, I’ve advocated for siloes to break down so that these organizations, all of which have mission statements that speak to benefit patient care and health outcomes, to more effective reach those Holy Grails. Kroger, like most of the largest food chains, has grown their wellness and health portfolio.

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Top Physicians and Clinicians to Follow in Digital Health

Doximity

She's an active voice for patient advocacy and possesses a fervent passion for writing and speaking. She undertook a full-time residency in Family Medicine from June 2019 to June 2022. George's University School of Medicine, from which she graduated in 2019. Her dedication doesn't stop at the clinic's door.

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