Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Nurses Service Organization (NSO) and CNA have published the new edition of the Nurse Practitioner Professional Liability Exposure Claim Report analyzing 232 closed professional liability claims against NPs, student NPs, and NPs covered through a CNA-insured healthcare business over five years (2017-2021).

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Scrubs

MAY 30, 2024

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , employment of registered nurses is projected to grow by 6% from 2021 to 2031, with an estimated 195,400 job openings each year. The nursing field offers excellent job prospects and earning potential in the United States.

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Health Populi

MARCH 18, 2024

The most common home-test by far has been for COVID-19, with other kinds of DTC diagnostic testing still lagging well behind. We first note overall that fewer patients, year on year 2021-2023, seem willing to share data with ANY entity.

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Minority Nurse

AUGUST 28, 2023

There is currently no specific test to identify Lipedema. Imaging studies like ultrasound, MRI, lymphoscintigraphy, and lymphangiogram may be helpful, although test results may appear normal in the earlier stages. Remember that the FDA does not test supplements, so there is no way to know possible side effects. Epub 2021 May 28.

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Doximity

JULY 20, 2021

Today we’re excited to announce the release of the 2021-2022 Residency Navigator , the most comprehensive online directory of U.S. We like to joke that the person who coordinated the rotation is.our matchmaker,” said the couple, one applying to Dermatology and the other to Diagnostic Radiology. I’m going to be sending this around. “I

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Health Populi

JANUARY 27, 2022

.” AdWeek said that the female-led creative team has crafted “the crown jewel of Hologic’s ‘Well-Woman’ campaign” to promote diagnostic screening and early detection of disease. Note that in the world’s wealthiest economies, the score is only 61 compared with 49 in low-income countries.

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Health Prime

JULY 13, 2023

According to a 2021 FPM Journal article , as healthcare costs spiral higher, more payers are looking to replace the fee-for-service (FFS) system with value-based payment models focused on quality (rather than quantity) care. The healthcare industry has experienced a profound transformation.

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Patient Centered Care Collaboration Patient Satisfaction Tests 52

Northwest Career College

OCTOBER 8, 2024

from 2021 to 2031. The population is growing and aging, thus increasing medical needs that involve imaging diagnostics and treatments for disorders such as broken bones, cancers, and heart diseases. Chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease are also on the rise, further increasing demand for diagnostic imaging.

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Health Prime

JULY 13, 2023

According to a 2021 FPM Journal article , as healthcare costs spiral higher, more payers are looking to replace the fee-for-service (FFS) system with value-based payment models focused on quality (rather than quantity) care. The healthcare industry has experienced a profound transformation.

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Patient Centered Care Collaboration Patient Satisfaction Tests 40

Healthcare Law Insights blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

emissions testing, and TD Bank pled guilty in 2024 for alleged anti-money laundering program failures. Separately, Dr. Perwaiz was alleged to have submitted claims for diagnostic procedures that he only pretended to perform. Dr. Perwaiz was sentenced in May 2021. But indictments against companies are rare.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 27, 2025

The first request was made on December 30, 2020; however, the EEG tracing was not provided until September 29, 2021, 9 months after the first request was made. In the Fall of 2021, OCR received complaints from 6 individuals who claimed not to have been provided with a copy of their requested records in a timely manner.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

That’s such welcome news and a positive outlook for a healthier 2021. The post 2020 Was Our Year of COVID; 2021 Will Be Our Year of Vaccines and Excess Deaths in America appeared first on HealthPopuli.com. With a third vaccine approved by the FDA for licking COVID-19, brought to market by Johnson & Johnson, the U.S.

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Sensible Medicine

JULY 11, 2023

How large a number needed to screen is too large for a test to be acceptable? If we are to reach agreement on the benefit of cancer screening, thus enabling guideline committees to speak with one voice, we must agree on what constitutes an effective screening test and on how much we, as a nation, are willing to pay for it.

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The HIPAA Journal

JUNE 12, 2025

She reported 10/10 pain, left lower quadrant pain, extreme cramping, and bleeding, and had a positive pregnancy test with her OB/GYN earlier that day. Diagnostic tests revealed a beta HCG of 4049, indicative of intrauterine or ectopic pregnancy. The patient presented at the ED with a suspected ectopic pregnancy.

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Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Ordering diagnostic tests is a standard procedure for physicians; yet if the test results aren’t reviewed and acted upon, what was the point of ordering the test? “ Physicians who overlook test results do their patients a disservice — possibly a fatal one. Some would be on top of their own diagnostic tests.

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The Healthcare Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Since 2021, screening ages have been lowered; colon cancer screening now starts at 45 and breast cancer at 40 for average-risk individuals. Recently, the FDA approved Guardants SHIELD test, a blood-based screening test for colorectal cancer. Additionally, for many cancer types, no screening tests are available.

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Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2021

The company published the Health Trends Report 2021 today, calling out ten forces shaping health care this year. We can weave these market forces together into several mega-trends… Community-based care grows in 2021. Data makes health care smarter in 2021, especially for chronic conditions. Cancer Needs a Better Roadmap.

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Forbes Healthcare

JULY 2, 2025

Representatives from several major health insurers said last week they had pledged to the Department of Health and Human Services they would improve their prior authorization protocols for diagnostic and screening tests, prescription medications and hospital or clinic procedures. In these instances, prior authorization is essential.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 14, 2024

A 2021 AAP article by Parks and colleagues says, “Lack of uniformity in defining and classifying SUID is a long-standing limitation of surveillance. Only 23% of all cases across all seven states did genetic testing. According to CDC data , 544 infants died per 100,000 live births in 2021.

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