Health Populi

JANUARY 9, 2023

First, check out the top portion on funding by therapeutic area: note the blue bars all show declining funding across five therapeutic areas between 2021 and 2022 following go-go growth from 2020 to 2021. That’s my 2023 work-theme for the New Year. and health justice for all health citizens?

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Health Populi

JULY 4, 2022

Spending on mental health apps, in particular, spiked up in the COVID-19 pandemic reaching at least $500 million according to Deloitte’s analysis. Avoiding recommended follow-up care such as diagnostic tests and labs, or visits to specialists. is seen as likely among a growing consensus of economists).

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Relias

MARCH 17, 2023

For 2023, its list of patient safety goals for hospitals includes the following: Identify patients correctly. Results from tests and diagnostic procedures could potentially have a major impact on a patient’s health outcome if not delivered expediently. Improve staff communication. Use medicines safely. Use alarms safely.

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ACMA Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The goal of PAs is to ensure patients receive the most appropriate care for their medical needs in agreement with the most up-to-date medical evidence and guidelines 1. Improved treatment adherence can lead to better health outcomes, as patients are more likely to follow their prescribed medication plans consistently.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 27, 2025

OCR stepped up enforcement of compliance with the HIPAA Rules in 2016, more than doubling the number of financial penalties imposed. The following three years saw similar numbers of financial penalties; however, there was another major increase in HIPAA fines in 2020 when 19 HIPAA violation cases were settled with OCR.

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Accepted Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Part of what you do when you sign up for medicine is like you didn’t sign up to sit in the classroom. You signed up to go in the hospital and see patients. A lot of them talk about where they grew up or who influenced them during their careers. They’re way up there. For 2023, it was like 500 to 526.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

A model’s accuracy is ideally assessed by comparing what the model predicted would happen with what actually happened, for example, predicted deaths following admission to hospital compared with actual deaths. The costs and consequences of false negatives and positives need to be carefully weighed up [7]. 2023 May;26(5):858-66.

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Health Populi

MAY 20, 2024

In the past year, the growth of prescription drug utilization and spending has much to do with the use of GLP-1 agonists to treat diabetes and obesity, along with immunology therapy, and lipid meds, along with specialty medicines now accounting for over half of spending — up from 49% in 2018.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

A model’s accuracy is ideally assessed by comparing what the model predicted would happen with what actually happened, for example, predicted deaths following admission to hospital compared with actual deaths. The costs and consequences of false negatives and positives need to be carefully weighed up [7]. 2023 May;26(5):858-66.

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The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 4, 2024

They are everywhere – security, e-commerce, automobile licensing, banking, immigration, airport security, media, entertainment, traffic cameras – and now health care with diagnostic, therapeutic, and logistical applications leading the way.

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Health Prime

JANUARY 17, 2024

Key Highlights of the CMS CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule : Rate setting and conversion factor Payment rates under the PFS will be reduced by 1.25% in CY 2024 compared to CY 2023. Also, the final CY 2024 PFS conversion factor is $32.74, a reduction of $1.15 (or 3.4%) from the current CY 2023 conversion factor of $33.89.

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Sensible Medicine

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

If you picked up on it, you’re seeing a much bigger trend. billion in 2023—94% of them placed online. Despite gambling addiction being recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , it remains largely overlooked in healthcare and public health with no formal ongoing surveillance.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This means NPs can evaluate patients, diagnose, order, and interpret diagnostic tests, and initiate and manage treatments (including prescribing medications) under the licensing authority of the State Board of Nursing. Since 2023, 27 states and the District of Columbia have granted NPs full practice authority (AANP, 2023).

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The second fact is no covid test manufacturer nor NIAID has shown that voluntary COVID19 testing (among those who want to do it) or even mandatory or systematic testing of healthy people (screening) or sick people (diagnostic/ isolation) slow the spread of COVID19 over 60 or 90 day time horizons. If you feel up to going to work, go for it.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The second fact is no covid test manufacturer nor NIAID has shown that voluntary COVID19 testing (among those who want to do it) or even mandatory or systematic testing of healthy people (screening) or sick people (diagnostic/ isolation) slow the spread of COVID19 over 60 or 90 day time horizons. If you feel up to going to work, go for it.

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