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Rehumanizing the Patient Experience

Minority Nurse

We wait for the test results. Losing Touch In far too many provider-patient encounters, the art of communication is lost, seemingly forgotten in the rush of things to do. One aspect of being a healthcare consumer that can be most maddening is the hours of time spent waiting for things to happen. We wait to see the provider.

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How Practical Nurse Duties Have Evolved

Prism Career Institute

Some of the biggest advancements in practical nursing include: Telemedicine To open more rooms within facilities and promote social distancing, many healthcare providers began offering telemedicine in 2020. EMRs improve communication and patient care coordination between healthcare entities, removing some burdens from practical nurses.

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Lung cancer screenings can uncover treatable emphysema in patients

Medical Economics

Integrated platforms can help cross-reference CT findings with other patient data — such as pulmonary function test results, comorbidities and smoking history — to assess whether patients may meet eligibility criteria for additional treatment options, including EBV therapy. In 2020, there were approximately 8.5

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The Urgent Need for Alcohol and Drug Counselors in the US

Intercoast

In 2020, an estimated 21.4% In 2020, 3.2 Counselors gain valuable experience in working with diverse populations, developing strong communication and empathy skills, and building resilience in the face of challenging situations. of Americans aged 12 and older, which translates to 59.3 Furthermore, 37.3 of this population.

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COVID-19 Further Splits American Society as Trust Continues to Erode – a 5-Year Perspective from Pew

Health Populi

In it, Collins recounts his experience leading NIH while dealing with the coronavirus, and confesses to us mistakes that were made in how America’s lead scientists, at least those in the Federal government involved in pandemic communications, failed to articulate some major messages with the U.S. public that would connect with people.

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How Did the AI “Claude” Get Its Name?

The Healthcare Blog

Scientific American called his groundbreaking 1948 paper, “A Mathematical Theory of Communication,” the “Magna Carta of the Information Age.” His article, titled “5 AI bots took our tough reading test. Judging the results of the medical research test was Scripps Research Translational Institute luminary, Eric Topol.

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Letters of Recommendation Should Not Be a Component in Residency Selection

Sensible Medicine

It was believed that being a doctor meant you had to remember a great number of obscure things, and so we designed tests that heavily weighted memorization. 1 Unless you are visiting one of the medical schools that pulled all those old class photos down in 2020, of course.