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2025 - COVID-19 Vaccine Variant Target: Who Should Choose?

Sensible Medicine

As of Aug 30, 2024, the US FDA has granted approval for Comirnaty (Pfizer) and Spikevax (Moderna) and emergency use authorization for Novavax for use in fall 2024 COVID-19 vaccine programs. 1,2 Moderna and Pfizer have manufactured mRNA vaccines targeting the KP.2 SARS-CoV-2 variant, a descendent of the JN.1 strain, whereas the Novavax recombinant protein platform targets the JN.1 variant.

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AI Superintelligence Startup Promises New Drug Discoveries

Forbes Healthcare

Lila Sciences promises AI superintelligence and Recursion Pharmaceuticals is creating an AI map of human biology

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Implications of Health Systems Losing their Non-Profit Status

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Health systems are facing serious headwinds this year with potential cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and the federal subsidy of health exchanges. A declining economy also threatens the jobs of a significant number of workers in the US and, with it, their health insurance. But these are not […] The post Implications of Health Systems Losing their Non-Profit Status appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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This Startup Lets Paralyzed People Use Computers–Without A Chip In Their Head

Forbes Healthcare

Startup Cognixion, which has developed a noninvasive brain-computer interface, has begun a clinical trial for patients with ALS.

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How to Start Virtual Care the Right Way: A Proven Roadmap for 2025 and Beyond

Speaker: Dr. Christine Gall, DrPH, MS, BSN, RN

The promise of virtual care is no longer theoretical and is now a critical solution to many of healthcare’s most urgent challenges. Yet many healthcare leaders remain unsure how to build a business case for investment and launching the right program at the right time can be the difference between value and failure. For organizations seeking a financially sound, clinically effective entry point, Virtual Patient Observation (VPO) offers a compelling case to lead with.

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Medicaid expansion cuts could hit provider revenue, spike uncompensated care: report

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

If states end their expansion programs in response to funding cuts, spending on healthcare services would fall by nearly $80 billion and uncompensated care costs would rise by nearly $19 billion in 2026.

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Top Safety Practices Every Phlebotomist Should Follow

Northwest Career College

As a phlebotomist, you are responsible for drawing a person’s blood, be it for testing, donation, or transfusion. Your work directly involves needles and blood, so it’s essential to follow strict safety practices to protect yourself, your patients, and others around you. In this guide, we’ll walk together through the most critical safety steps every phlebotomist should observe, helping you uphold your responsibility with integrity and care. 1.

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The High Cost Of Cutting Staff: Pharma Layoffs And The Future Of Innovation

Forbes Healthcare

Most organizations can afford a 10% efficiency cut, providing immediate financial relief, but how these cuts are done often creates new inefficiencies elsewhere.

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Florida-based hospital operator Landmark Holdings files for bankruptcy

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Landmark, which operates six hospitals across three states, will kick off a marketing process for its facilities in the coming weeks as it seeks new capital or owners.

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5 Conditions Where Integrative Medicine Is Transforming Healthcare

Forbes Healthcare

Integrative medicine is increasingly transforming healthcare Here's 5 patient types who stand to benefit the most.

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Remote patient monitoring in 2025: The major changes physicians need to know about

Medical Economics

Heres what to know about advanced primary care management and how to get paid for it.

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Virtual physical therapy company Hinge Health files for IPO

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The digital health IPO market has slowed to a crawl in recent years, but it could be poised for a turnaround in 2025, experts say.

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The 4% rule doesn’t guarantee you won’t go broke in retirement

Medical Economics

Rule of thumb on how much retirees can withdraw from their investment portfolio annually is just a rough starting point.

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Raising Capital in a Highly Regulated Market

Healthcare Law Insights blog

This post is the second in our five-part series, Navigating Life Sciences Transactions , where our team of attorneys provides essential strategies and insights for successful life sciences transactions. What Investors Look for in Early and Late-Stage Funding Rounds and How Regulatory Compliance Impacts Valuation For early-stage life sciences and health tech companies, raising capital is about more than demonstrating scientific promise.

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Technology in your practice: Why integrate more tech or AI into your workflow?

Medical Economics

Technology and AI offerings for doctors are exploding. Should you integrate more tech into your practice?

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Regulatory compliance for risk assessments

Physicians Practice

Andrea Greco, SVP of Healthcare Safety at CENTEGIX, breaks down the key legal and regulatory factors medical practices must consider when conducting risk assessments.

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The state of primary care: Testing the PCO Flex model

Medical Economics

Primary Care Collaborative President and CEO Ann Greiner, MCP, discusses primary care in the U.S. health care system.

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Retaining health care workers

Physicians Practice

Neil Baum, MD, walks through how to retain the good employees your practice already has.

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How providers can improve health equity and their bottom lines

Medical Economics

Creative financing gets physicians out of the collections business and back into the care business.

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Elevating Care Quality: The Role of Competency Assessments and Evaluations

Relias

In post-acute care, workforce competency directly impacts care quality, regulatory compliance, and patient outcomes. To ensure that employees are qualified at the time of hire and continue to develop their skills over time, post-acute care organizations must implement effective competency assessments and competency evaluations. In a recent webinar, Competency Made Clear: How Assessments and Evaluations Drive Compliance and Care Excellence , hosted by Relias, industry experts Felicia Sadler, MJ,

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Technology in your practice: How difficult is it to implement these new technologies?

Medical Economics

Technology and AI offerings for doctors are exploding. Should you integrate more tech into your practice?

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What Gene Hackman’s Death Teaches Us About Caring For A Loved One With Dementia

Forbes Healthcare

Caring for a loved one suffering from dementia can be grueling, requiring family support and nearly constant vigilance.

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Fraudulent clinical drug trials; HHS, RFK Jr. direct FDA to end industry self-affirmation of food ingredient safety; blood test for early dementia detection in sleep disorder patients – Morning Medical Update

Medical Economics

The top news stories in medicine today.

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InnovationRx: The Measles Outbreak Keeps Spreading

Forbes Healthcare

In this weeks InnovationRx newsletter, the worsening measles outbreak, a noninvasive brain-computer implant, replacing heart valves with robots and more.

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The state of primary care: Reasons why the system fails

Medical Economics

Primary Care Collaborative President and CEO Ann Greiner, MCP, discusses primary care in the U.S. health care system.

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What’s the Most a CNA Can Make Per Hour?

We Care Online

Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) form an important component of the healthcare system as they render care to the patients. How much can aCNA actually earn an hour? The answer hinges on ahandful of factors, including where you work and where you live. Highest-Paying CNA Positions However, notevery CNA job pays the same. Others realize that the type of facility orother obligations are worth a higher wage.

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The state of primary care: A surprising finding

Medical Economics

Primary Care Collaborative President and CEO Ann Greiner, MCP, discusses primary care in the U.S. health care system.

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15K Patients Potentially Affected by Insider Incident at New York Healthcare Provider

The HIPAA Journal

More than 15,000 patients of Stram Center for Integrative Medicine have potentially been affected by an insider incident, SSK Plastic Surgery has disclosed a 2024 cyberattack, and The Grove at Valhalla Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has been affected by a security incident at one of its vendors. Stram Center for Integrative Medicine Stram Center for Integrative Medicine in New York has notified 15,263 individuals about a security incident involving the misuse of a patients payment card inform

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The state of primary care: Where to start improvements

Medical Economics

Primary Care Collaborative President and CEO Ann Greiner, MCP, discusses primary care in the U.S. health care system.

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Columbus Regional Healthcare Agrees to $1,175,000 Data Breach Settlement

The HIPAA Journal

Columbus Regional Healthcare has agreed to a $1,175,000 settlement to resolve litigation stemming from a May 2023 data breach. The breach was detected on May 21, 2023, and the forensic investigation confirmed that hackers had access to parts of its network between May 19, 2023, and May 21, 2024, including systems that contained the personal and protected health information of 132,887 individuals.

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The state of primary care: Help from the president and Congress

Medical Economics

Primary Care Collaborative President and CEO Ann Greiner, MCP, discusses primary care in the U.S. health care system.