We Care Online

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Advancing Your Career: The Role of Online Certifications in Healthcare In todays fast-paced world, staying competitive in the healthcare field requires more than just meeting the basics. Continuous learning and professional development have become cornerstones for building a thriving career. For healthcare professionals juggling demanding schedules, family responsibilities, and tight budgets, online certifications have emerged as a game-changer.

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Valant

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Community support can help behavioral health providers maintain their own well-being by providing camaraderie and understanding. Online communities such as r/therapists offer a space for mental health professionals to share experiences, seek support, and grow professionally. Understanding r/therapists r/therapists is a subreddit a forum on Reddit focused on a specific topic dedicated to professionals in the mental health field.

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Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Many nurses pick nursing as a satisfying line of work that suits them, yet find that stress is a common factor in the field. With work pressures looming, such as long hours, fast-paced environments, and caring for sick patients, many nurses realize that stress management is a crucial skill to develop to prevent overworking in a dynamic field. Providing emotional labor to others doesn’t have to include burnout.

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Northwest Career College

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Working as a medical administrative assistant means youre the first person patients see when they walk into a doctors office or clinic. That makes your role super important! Not only do you help organize appointments and handle paperwork, but youre also responsible for ensuring patients feel welcome and comfortable. Providing good customer service is critical to doing your job well.

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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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Health Prime

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Running a successful medical practice requires more than providing excellent patient care. It demands careful monitoring and analysis of various aspects of your operations. Reports are a great data-driven means of benchmarking the performance of specific processes or functions within your medical practice. In one of our past blogs, we delved into the end-of-year reports you should run in your practice.

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Northwest Suburban College

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Operative dentistry focuses on diagnosing, treating, and preventing dental diseases, playing a vital role in oral health. From cavity fillings to complex restorative procedures, it covers a vast range of practices. Aspiring dental professionals must understand these basics for effective patient care, restore function and aesthetics, and ensure patients maintain healthy smiles.

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Prism Career Institute

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Becoming a registered nurse (RN) may seem intimidating. Though RNs enjoy a higher level of job complexity, autonomy, and income, they require a higher level of education that may discourage prospective students. If you have already completed a practical nursing program, however, RN bridge programs let you reduce your coursework requirements and study while you work.

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Health Prime

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Running a successful medical practice requires more than providing excellent patient care. It demands careful monitoring and analysis of various aspects of your operations. Reports are a great data-driven means of benchmarking the performance of specific processes or functions within your medical practice. In one of our past blogs, we delved into the end-of-year reports you should run in your practice.

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Valant

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Navigating payer rules in behavioral healthcare can feel like running a maze. These rules are more complicated than those for physical healthcare they can feel downright intimidating. But understanding how to maintain compliance and bill properly is something that behavioral health clinicians and practice owners have to do. Failing to manage this part of your business well can result in lost revenue and delayed care for clients.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 16, 2024

One in two U.S. adults plans to purchase at least one health and wellness digital health technology product to gift during the winter 2024 holiday season, according to the 2024 Consumer Technology Holiday Purchase Patterns study served up by CTA, the Consumer Technology Association — aka the annual host of CES. Specifically, 41% of givers are looking to buy a dedicated health monitoring device, and 31% a product covering connected sports or fitness.

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Northwest Suburban College

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Dental assistants are vital in ensuring dental offices run efficiently, balancing clinical and administrative responsibilities to support dentists and care for patients. This role requires diverse skills, making dental assistants indispensable in any dental setting. Key Responsibilities of Dental Assistants Northwest Suburban College (NWSC) teaches its Dental Assistant students how to perform crucial tasks that keep dental offices functioning smoothly.

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We Care Online

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Deciding to further your education is an exciting step, and choosing to do it online with We Care Online means youre opting for flexibility, convenience, and a supportive learning environment. Whether you’re looking to become a Certified Nurse Aide , a Pharmacy Technician, or expand your skills in another area of healthcare, were here to make your online learning experience as smooth and engaging as possible.

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Practice Index

DECEMBER 19, 2024

You told us how much you loved it! So we've updated and refreshed the Practice Index Ultimate Social Media Planner 2025 (January June) for the first half of the year ahead. This essential document contains all the popular awareness days, health-related events and important dates to help you effectively plan your practice's social media. Download your copy and save it to your computer, or print off a copy for your desk to help your communication planning for the year ahead.

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19 Labs

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Supported by a $2 million grant from Aetna Better Health , the West Virginia Primary Care Association (WVPCA) and 19Labs are partnering to expand healthcare access across West Virginia, benefiting over 570,000 patients, including some of the state's most vulnerable populations. Redwood City, CA December 17, 2024 A Collaborative Approach to Advancing Healthcare Access and Equity with School-Based Health Services WVPCA and 19Labs are excited to announce their collaboration aimed at improving

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Serenity Nurse Aide Academy

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Aspiring healthcare professionals have a variety of specialties to consider as they start their careers. With medical training programs in Charlotte, North Carolina , trainees can explore paths that match their skills and interests while filling essential roles in patient care. Here are a few of the most in-demand specialties in healthcare today. Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) roles are particularly valuable, with growing demand in hospitals, clinics, and long-term care facilities.

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Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Frequently, after a school shooting, The Onion publishes the headline , “‘No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens." 1 I find this a brilliant response. Admittedly, less brilliant is my response every time the media predictably starts reporting on a “motive”: “Why are people looking for a motive?

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We Care Online

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Celebrating Our December Tuition Reimbursement Winner: Gracyn! We are excited to announce the winner of our December Tuition Reimbursement drawing for CNA and MA studentsGracyn! This monthly giveaway is one of our favorite ways to recognize the hard work and dedication of our students. Gracyn, a newly registered CNA from Southwest Kansas, shared her joy and surprise upon winning: “Receiving this tuition reimbursement makes me very happy!

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 16, 2024

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ben Beadle-Ryby, co-founder, AKASA. As we approach 2025, healthcare and health IT are on the cusp of transformation, driven by advancements in generative AI (GenAI). To understand where the industry is heading, we spoke […] The article The Healthcare Theme of 2025 Is Generative AI appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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The Healthcare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Sara Ratner is President of integrated Programs at Nomi Health. They work with employers and health plans to connect them to a network of providers (both telehealth and physical) who accept steep discounts in return for immediate payment. The employees in turn get no co-pay/no coinsurance. In addition they have an analytics company called Artemis which recommends care paths and a PBM to lower drug prices.

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Northwest Career College

DECEMBER 17, 2024

As a dental administrative assistant , your workplace greatly influences your happiness and success. Finding the right office can make all the difference in how much you enjoy your job. You feel appreciated, supported, and motivated to do your best in a suitable workplace. But how do you know if youve found the perfect fit? In this article, well share 4 signs that show youve landed in a suitable workplace as a dental administrative assistant where you can grow and thrive. 1.

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Intercoast

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The opioid crisis remains a pressing public health challenge, affecting individuals and communities across the nation. The United States is now focusing on addressing the opioid crisis through a “whole-person” approach. This method considers an individual’s physical and mental health needs alongside their social support, potentially leading to more successful treatment and recovery outcomes.

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 19, 2024

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Despite the rapid adoption of digital tools, healthcare practices still rely heavily on manual workflows, with staff spending countless hours on phone calls, paperwork, and fragmented systems. While most solutions focus on automating individual tasks,Confido […] The article Confido Health secures $3M for AI-Powered digital workers on healthcare’s front lines appeared first on electroni

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The Healthcare Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Brad Kittredge is CEO of Brightside Health, which he co-founded with CMO Mimi Winsberg. They are a large online mental health group that aims a providing more access with higher quality. They have built their own technology stack and medical group, and are in network for about 135m lives. They also take patients from the emergency departments of health systems–as well as direct patient outreach for “standard” mental health conditions.

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Minority Nurse

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Providing maintenance for your car may seem very unlike the maintenance of your nursing career, but these two important processes may have more in common than you think. Both your car and your nursing career are vehicles for getting you from one place to another, and a car in disrepair can’t be as reliable or take you as far as one that’s well-maintained and in tip-top shape.

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Forbes Healthcare

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Dalan Animal Health is working to sell its bee vaccines to commercial beekeepers and governments and potentially expand to other invertebrates.

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Usherk Khan

DECEMBER 20, 2024

If you are going into college for a degree in neuriscience, you are probably wondering what options you have after you graduate. Neuroscience is a competitive major but thanfully there are a lot of careers you can go into with that degree.

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The Healthcare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This is part 3 of Jeff Goldsmith’s history of managed care. If you missed it read Part 1 & Part 2 By JEFF GOLDSMITH Two major changes in health insurance ensued as the US health system entered the 21 st century- a strategic shift of health cost risk from providers to patients and the emergence of machine driven managed care. Insurers Shift Strategy from Sharing Risk with Hospitals and Doctors to Markedly Implicating their Patients.

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Emerging RN Leader

DECEMBER 15, 2024

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD. RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I was reminded again last week in talking with managers about how important leadership boundaries are today. I asked how many of you have a hard stop to your days. The answer was very few – most don’t have hard boundaries about when they leave at the […] The post Setting a Hard Stop to Your Day in Leadership appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Effective end of this month (December 31, 2024), we will be discontinuing our current email subscription service for all our Connect Care clinician blog channels. At this time, we do not have an alternate email subscription service available, but will continue to look for an appropriate service that meets our readers' needs. In the meantime, the blog channels do each support subscribing to their RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed, for those who use newsfeed readers - see the tip sheet for more

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Don Rucker, MD, chief strategy officer, 1up Health Medicare Advantage is a capitated health plan and the government, which pays for the plan, needs massive amounts of performance data to ensure that plans do […] The article How is Medicare Advantage Policy Forcing Changes in Payer Tech Stacks?

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