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A Roadmap For Women Leading Through Personal Health Crises

Forbes Healthcare

Paramount’s Shari Redstone is quietly battling cancer. Billie Whitehouse isn’t. Her bold story offers a roadmap for women leading companies through health crises.

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2025 HIPAA Journal Annual Survey Published: Key Insights into Compliance Challenges

The HIPAA Journal

The HIPAA Journal has released the results of its 2025 Annual HIPAA Compliance Survey, offering a detailed snapshot of how healthcare organizations are managing HIPAA compliance in today’s regulatory environment. The HIPAA Journal Annual Survey continues to serve as a key barometer of industry trends, pain points, and progress in HIPAA compliance efforts.

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New bipartisan legislation takes aim at the physician shortage

Medical Economics

The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025 would add 14,000 Medicare-support training slots over seven years and codify rural residency support.

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Affordable GLP-1 Drugs For Weight Loss Are Within Reach

Forbes Healthcare

Although GLP-1 drugs offer many health benefits, their high cost has created an affordability crisis for patients. With a dose of common sense, we can solve this problem.

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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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Physicians see AI as a tool — and a threat

Medical Economics

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Lumeris Is Leveraging Google Cloud’s Platform To Launch AI Powered Primary Care Services

Forbes Healthcare

With Lumeris' experience in healthcare and Google Cloud's AI suite, there is significant potential to create a lasting impact.

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RFK Jr. lists 8 new appointees to ACIP vaccine advisory committee

Medical Economics

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Accountability is a Two-Way Street: From the Classroom to the Nurse’s Station

Minority Nurse

I was not looking for a standing ovation. I just wanted a reply. Something simple to acknowledge that I had followed the process, submitted what was needed, and did my part. Instead, I was met with silence. The kind that leaves you second-guessing yourself. That moment stuck with me. In nursing, we are expected to show up fully, carry the weight, follow through, and then some.

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Billions for the NHS, “thousands more GPs”, but will the Spending Review really make a difference?

Practice Index

The Government’s 2025 Spending Review has promised a major funding boost for the NHS, with general practice named as a key priority. Headlines talk of thousands more GPs, millions more appointments and a shift towards community-based care. But for Practice Managers already stretched to capacity, the question is what – if anything – this announcement will change in real terms over the next few years.

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Texas Provider Credentialing: The Complete Checklist

99MGMT

Starting or growing a medical practice in Texas comes with its fair share of logistical challenges, but few are more critical than completing the physician credentialing process. Whether you’re opening a new clinic in Austin or adding a new specialist to your Fort Worth group, the credentialing process for physicians is what ensures compliance, payer reimbursement, and uninterrupted patient care.

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Understanding Chiropractic Adjustments: Purpose and Method

We Care Online

Chiropractic adjustments are targeted, hands-on techniques used to improve spinal alignment and joint function. The purpose is to restore normal motion in areas where joints have become restricted, often due to stress, injury, or poor posture. These restrictions can affect surrounding muscles and nerves, leading to discomfort, stiffness, or pain. By applying gentle, controlled pressure to specific joints, chiropractors help relieve tension and improve overall movement.

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Primary care news round-up (5th to 11th June 2025)

Practice Index

Action needed to encourage partnerships The NHS must take action to support GP partnerships and encourage doctors to sign up for them, the Royal College of GPs has said. The College suggests evaluation and piloting of different ways of doing partnerships, and calls for practices to remain connected to their local communities. It points out that last year’s Darzi report found that partnerships have the “best financial discipline” in the health service.

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Overcoming the Challenges of Scaling Your Revenue Cycle

CollaborateMD

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$5.48 Million Settlement Approved to Resolve HealthEC Data Breach Litigation

The HIPAA Journal

A settlement has been agreed to resolve class action data breach litigation against HealthEC and its clients over a 2023 hacking incident and data breach. HealthEC is a New Jersey-based analytics software vendor whose platform is used by healthcare organizations to identify high-risk patients and barriers to optimal care. Between July 14, 2023, and July 23, 2023, hackers accessed its network and stole files containing sensitive data.

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What’s new across Practice Index – May 2025 roundup

Practice Index

The month of May was another busy one in general practice! From the DDRB to National Patient Participation Week, alongside the release of our brand new Appraisals Manager, there was so much happening. If you missed anything, here is your chance to catch up! Out of sight = out of mind? Managing long-term absence within your team - By Susi O’Brien - Long-term absence can leave us feeling pulled in different directions: it’s one of those situations where compassion, business needs, legalities and g

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8 ways practice administrators can harness AI today

Physicians Practice

From reducing denials to filling last-minute slots, here's how smart practice administrators are using artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline operations and boost revenue.

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Presidio Medical wins FDA IDE approval for neuromodulation trial, names new CFO

Medical Economics

The FDA’s IDE approval allows Presidio to initiate a randomized, controlled trial in the United States and Australia to evaluate the safety and efficacy of its ULF neuromodulation technology

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Making the most of your benchmarking data

Practice Index

Last week we released the latest update to Benchmarking Manager , populated with the 2023/24 data. Now that you’ve had time to review the figures and have a look at your practice and PCN, it’s the ideal opportunity to analyse your results and discover the next steps. Knowing what the figures say is one thing, but being able to use the information to help you increase your income can be difficult If you’re studying your figures, how can you best establish what you need to look at first?

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RFK Jr. reveals picks for influential vaccine panel

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Days after firing all 17 members of the CDC's Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, the HHS Secretary named a small new committee that includes multiple vaccine critics.

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Matthew on the Inside Medtech Innovation podcast

The Healthcare Blog

I was a guest on Shannon Lantzy ‘s podcast Inside Medtech Innovation. I went on far too long about my background but we had a very fun chat, including the real origin story of why I am in health technology, and a bit about my fascination with Japan. Plus some more health care stuff. I enjoyed it.

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Front Desk Etiquette: How to Make a Good First Impression in Healthcare

Northwest Career College

Have you ever stepped into a doctor’s waiting room and felt warmly welcomed? Or perhaps you’ve had the opposite experience — you’re met with silence and lack of even a glance up from the person working on the computer? Those initial few seconds count. When patients enter a health office, they contact you at the front desk. Your attitude, words, and smile can set the tone for the entire experience, positively or negatively.

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ACP, AMA, parents’ group criticize ACIP replacement vaccine advisers, RFK Jr.’s selection process

Medical Economics

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Navigating Client Expectations: The Role of Photorealistic Rendering in Design Approval

We Care Online

Design meetings can sometimes feel like playing a dangerous game of “guess what I’m thinking.” An architect presents the plans, the client nods politely… but behind those nods? Uncertainty. Hesitation. Because while architects see detailed layouts, proportions, and material specs – clients often struggle to visualize how their future home, office, or hotel will actually feel.

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Unraveling stigma: Mental health care for physicians is critical for them and their patients

Medical Economics

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HHS-OIG Settles Alleged EMTALA Violations with 3 Healthcare Providers

The HIPAA Journal

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) has entered into settlement agreements with three healthcare providers to resolve alleged violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). Two of the settlements resolve alleged failures to provide an appropriate medical screening examination, and one resolves an alleged failure to accept appropriate transfers.

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Cycling linked to lower dementia risk, better brain health; this light-based tool tracks bone healing without X-rays; new bioengineered skin doubles burn recovery – Morning Medical Update

Medical Economics

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The NIH Just Canceled Funding for HIV Vaccine Research – Is That Wrong?

Sensible Medicine

I was fortunate to go to medical school in the San Francisco Bay area from 1988-1994. I spent two of those years in a molecular immunology lab studying mechanisms of T-cell receptor expression. When I started my 3 rd year clerkships in 1992, the HIV epidemic was devastating the gay men’s community in San Francisco. Other than Bactrim for PCP prophylaxis, there was little effective treatment.

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Sanders, senators float ban on direct-to-consumer ads for prescription drugs

Medical Economics

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Summer Insomnia Troubles? Here Are 10 Ways To Sleep Better

Forbes Healthcare

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Employers eye rising costs as they assess benefit offerings: WTW

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

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