Sensible Medicine

JANUARY 30, 2025

In 2023, the Maryland Department of Health (DOH) adopted a standard for return to universal masking in healthcare facilities when hospitalizations with respiratory viruses (covid, influenza, or RSV) reach a level of 10 cases per 100,000 population. A limited mask mandate is returning to my state this week. Maryland has a population of 6.3

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Emerging RN Leader

DECEMBER 17, 2023

We are at the end of 2023, and here is what leaders are telling me now: We are in a new world of work, and many leaders are struggling with […] The post What’s Trending As We Close 2023 appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Communication 144

Forbes Healthcare

AUGUST 21, 2024

Although fruit pouches were the fastest-growing products—with sales jumping 900% between 2010 and 2023—the researchers found they were the most unhealthy food items tested.

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Forbes Healthcare

JULY 22, 2024

Semaglutide—the brand name for Ozempic and Wegovy—was the most prescribed GLP-1 in 2023, and accounted for over 88% of all new prescriptions.

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Scrubs

MAY 6, 2023

It’s Nurses’ Week 2023, which means it’s time to reflect on all things related to your job. Employees may be expected to interact with electronic health records systems, AI-enhanced diagnostic tools, and even services like ChatGPT in 2023 and beyond. So, what else can we expect to see in the months ahead?

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

AUGUST 12, 2024

S&P Global also found no "meaningful" improvement in cash flow for providers between 2022 and 2023.

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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 9, 2024

The Houston, TX-based medical device company, LivaNova, is facing multiple class action lawsuits over an October 2023 cyberattack that exposed the protected health information of 180,000 patients. The post LivaNova Facing Multiple Class Action Lawsuits Over October 2023 Cyberattack appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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Medical Economics

MAY 29, 2024

Which states were paying primary care physicians the least in 2023?

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Consumers’ wellness life-flows and demands in 2023 will go well beyond exercise resolutions, eating more greens, and intermittent fasting as a foodstyle. The 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer found that scientists are the most-trusted institutional leader this year, ranked above all other leader types.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 29, 2022

The 2023 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey from the Business Group on Health (BGH) found that two in three large employers see their health and well-being strategy as an integral part of their overall workforce strategy.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2023

Thursday, May 4, 2023, is World Password Day. How Long Does it Take a Hacker to Brute Force a Password in 2023. In 2023, 19% of respondents said they reuse passwords on 1-5 sites, 36% reuse passwords on 5-10 sites, 24% reuse passwords on 10-15 sites, and 11% use the same password to secure more than 15 sites.

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The HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

More healthcare records have been exposed in 2023 than in 2021 and 2022 combined. Free Webinar: Lessons & Actionable Tips From 2023 Data Breaches Lessons can and should be learned from 2023’s data breaches. million settlement with Blackbaud.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

Kisco Senior Living experienced its attack in June 2023, and Island Ambulatory Surgery Center suffered an attack in July. According to the notification letters mailed to the affected individuals in April 2024, a cyberattack was detected on June 6, 2023, when its network was disrupted.

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Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 15, 2024

Demand for services is high, with nearly 1 million kids seeking mental health support in the 2022/2023 financial year.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The post An Antidote to Loneliness – Amazon’s 2023 Holiday Ad-Video Is A Lesson in Social Health, Aging and Love appeared first on HealthPopuli.com. Here’s a link to the Accenture blog post published earlier today.

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Forbes Healthcare

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Takedas plasma-derived therapies (PDT) business tackles supply-chain challenges to expand access to life-saving treatments, a key revenue driver at $5.85B in 2023.

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Forbes Healthcare

AUGUST 19, 2024

in 2023 were cardiology deserts, meaning that they did not have a single practicing cardiologist in them. A study found that 46% (or 1,454) of all counties in the U.S.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 30, 2024

The ransomware attack was discovered on November 19, 2023, and the forensic investigation confirmed that hackers gained access to its network on October 26, 2023. million in Q4, 2023, as a result of the attack. The post Patient Data Stolen from Livanova in October 2023 Ransomware Attack appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 30, 2025

changed his approach to type 2 diabetes after after being smitten by his wife and music partner Tanya at the 2023 CMA Awards. The War And Treatys Michael Trotter, Jr.,

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Accepted Blog

MARCH 30, 2024

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Secondary Application Essay Tips [2023-2024] The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine places special emphasis on the relationships formed during medical school between classmates and faculty. Students join one of four colleges on campus to participate in small group learning activities.

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Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

There were no data suitable to support initial emergency use authorization— and there is certainly no data to support administering the shot to a child born in 2023. Meanwhile, the virus has mutated, most kids already had covid, and there is no reliable data that little kids benefit from a COVID19 shot in 2023 and beyond.

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Emerging RN Leader

APRIL 20, 2025

A Surgeon Generals report issued in 2023 called for workplaces to do a better job of protecting employee mental health. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Many nurses feel like they no longer matter as individuals to their organizations.

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Sensible Medicine

APRIL 30, 2024

For her research, in 2023, she was awarded a Gairdner Early Career Investigator Award. Her research centers on evidence synthesis and evaluation—identifying and appraising research to optimally inform healthcare and public health decisions. First, it would help to read my comments yesterday on the paper.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

External payer audits quadrupled in volume in 2023, making timely responses more challenging than ever for resource-strapped healthcare organizations. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Electronic Health Reporter

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

External audit volume more than doubled in 2024 over 2023-including higher rates of pre-payment audits-and total at-risk dollars increased fivefold to $11.2 This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 30, 2024

Every patient’s journey through the healthcare system is different, but patients on specialty medications need extra support with navigating both […] The article Year in Review: Five Trends that Impacted Patient Services in 2023 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

“Businesses which have witnessed a rise in brand value…have all transcended their established category norms and play a more significant and meaningful role in society and consumers’ lives,” we learn in the Interbrand Best Global Brands 2023 report, subtitled, “How Iconic Brands Lead Across Arenas.

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The American Association of Medical Assistants® (AAMA) Board of Trustees, other AAMA volunteer leaders, and AAMA staff salute all medical assistants on this 2023 Medical Assistants Recognition Day—October 18, 2023.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MAY 17, 2024

Epic was the only vendor to see a net increase in acute care market share last year, while Oracle Health saw its largest net hospital loss on record, according to Klas Research.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

health care’s negative-sum game, stakeholders who survive and win that game will have to deliver value-for-money, we learn from Trilliant Health’s 2023 Trends Shaping the Health Economy Report. The Report synthesizes a database covering |300M American lives and 2.7M

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Emerging RN Leader

MARCH 16, 2025

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.

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Communication 78

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

AUGUST 19, 2024

The decline doesn’t mean the sector’s financial challenges have gone away, and case volumes could increase later this year, according to healthcare restructuring advisory firm Gibbins Advisors.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 16, 2025

A settlement has been agreed to resolve a class action lawsuit against Retina Group of Washington over a March 2023 data breach that involved unauthorized access to the protected health information of 455,935 individuals. Under the terms of the settlement, a $3.6

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Emerging RN Leader

JUNE 25, 2023

Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN This week marks the mid-point of the calendar year 2023. Most healthcare leaders had hoped that 2023 would be less turbulent, but most of the previous three years’ challenges continue.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JANUARY 31, 2025

Insurers poked holes in the KFF’s methodology — a spokesperson for UnitedHealth called the study “grossly misleading” — to argue that they approve most of the claims they receive.

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Intercoast

MARCH 26, 2025

Thumbtack report ) This shift is already reflected in vocational school enrollments , which saw a 16% increase in 2023 , the highest rise since the National Student Clearinghouse started tracking this data in 2018. (CF: Bureau of Labor Statistics , the median salary for electricians was $61,590 in 2023. Additionally, the U.S.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 9, 2023

With the HLTH 2023 Conference meeting up in Vegas these past couple of days, this “what if” scenario can be constructed with announcements coming out of the meeting, coupled with recent developments in the larger health/care ecosystem. The post What If We Built a Consumer-Enchanting Health System in the Context of HLTH 2023?

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