Northwest Career College

MARCH 12, 2025

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.

Sterilization

Emerging RN Leader

MARCH 12, 2025

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.

Insurance

Sensible Medicine

MARCH 12, 2025

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.

Collaboration

Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 12, 2025

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

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.

Clinical Operations

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MARCH 12, 2025

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.

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MARCH 12, 2025

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.

Hospital

Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 12, 2025

PPRV is a common-sense, conservative solution that accelerates FDA approvals, promotes free-market innovation, and gives hope to children suffering from rare diseases.

Medical Economics

MARCH 12, 2025

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

Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 12, 2025

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

Medical Economics

MARCH 12, 2025

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

Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 12, 2025

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

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

MARCH 12, 2025

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.

Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 12, 2025

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.

Huddles/Rounds

Medical Economics

MARCH 12, 2025

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

Physicians Practice

MARCH 12, 2025

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

Medication

Medical Economics

MARCH 12, 2025

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

Physicians Practice

MARCH 12, 2025

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

Medical Economics

MARCH 12, 2025

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

Relias

MARCH 12, 2025

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,

Acute Care

Medical Economics

MARCH 12, 2025

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

Tests

Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 12, 2025

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

Medical Economics

MARCH 12, 2025

The top news stories in medicine today.

Tests

Forbes Healthcare

MARCH 12, 2025

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

Medical Economics

MARCH 12, 2025

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

Collaboration

The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 12, 2025

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

HIPAA

Medical Economics

MARCH 12, 2025

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

Collaboration

The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 12, 2025

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.

Medical History

Medical Economics

MARCH 12, 2025

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

Collaboration

We Care Online

MARCH 12, 2025

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.

Certified Nursing Assistant

Medical Economics

MARCH 12, 2025

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

Collaboration