Northwest Career College

OCTOBER 28, 2024

If you are considering pursuing a career in medical billing and coding, you may have questions like where you will be able to work after receiving your certification or license. Many healthcare settings require the services of medical billing and coding specialists for record organization and management, insurance claims, and billing. Medical Billing and Coding careers are in high demand, and one study predicts an outstanding 8.7 growth in this field through 2033 —much faster than the average fo

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Practice Index

OCTOBER 31, 2024

I’ve just taken some time, in peace and quiet, to listen to the Budget speech in full. At a time when every penny counts for our primary care, I really needed to know what this would mean for the practice, and my team. What do I think? I’m pretty irked if I’m honest. On a personal level, I’ll see some tax implications coming down the line, but honestly, I know that those who can afford to pay it need to pay it.

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Northwest Suburban College

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Choosing a career is one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make. If you’re considering a job in the healthcare field, becoming a medical assistant could be a perfect choice. Medical assistants are vital team members in healthcare settings such as hospitals, clinics, and private practices. They juggle clinical and administrative tasks, making them essential to their workplace.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Bedside nurses can spend hours moving and standing on their feet for hours on end. One 2023 study reported that nurses who’ve worked 12-hour shifts walk an estimated distance of four to five miles. The increase in steps can also come with severe foot pain and aches. This type of pain can even extend to the legs and ankles, leaving plenty of nurses disgruntled and leaving their workplace for an environment where they can rest more and stay on their feet less.

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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

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Patient feedback plays an important role in the quest to achieve process improvement in medical practices. An article in the BMJ said that feedback on the patient’s experience, with the encouragement of the healthcare team to address identified problems, improves quality. It said that “this is the best guarantee that services meet the set objectives.” The pursuit of excellence in patient care is an ongoing journey.

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 29, 2024

It goes without saying that we at Sensible Medicine pray at the church of Evidence-Based Medicine. Fields of medicine vary in how strong the “best available evidence from systematic research” leg of the three-legged stool is. If you are a cardiologist, you might be able to rely heavily of RCTS. Some other fields, with a weaker evidence base, might have to lean heavier on basic science or clinical experience and “N of 1” trials.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The American Nurses Foundation has made a significant stride in promoting diversity in nursing education by awarding one of its prestigious nursing research grants, Diversify Nursing Research through Support of Minority Institutions. This initiative aims to boost the number of ethnic minority nurse researchers while broadening the diversity of research topics and perspectives.

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Emerging RN Leader

OCTOBER 27, 2024

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I had a mentor who often said that the “soft skills” are frequently the “hard skills” to master. Communication is undoubtedly at the top of that hard skills list. Poor communication skills in healthcare environments can lead to medical errors, fragmented care, poor team coordination, and incivility. […] The post Teaching Nurses to Become More Effective Communicators appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Northwest Suburban College

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Are you considering becoming a pharmacy technician? You might be surprised by the range of skills you will learn in this rewarding career. From understanding different types of medications to mastering new technologies, being a pharmacy technician is more dynamic than most people realize. Pharmacy technicians play a crucial role in healthcare. They ensure that patients receive the correct medications and understand how to take them.

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Mobius MD

OCTOBER 31, 2024

One of a physician’s most underrated skills is the ability to communicate effectively and compassionately with patients. While most physicians have valuable experience from years of clinical work, few receive formal communication training after medical school. A rapidly changing healthcare environment also requires new skills from providers. Clinical work today demands increasing productivity while offering less time with each patient.

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Southern University’s College of Nursing and Allied Health is shattering barriers and making headlines in extraordinary ways. According to WBRZ-2 News, this Baton Rouge, LA-based Historically Black College and University (HBCU) has reached a historic milestone by welcoming its largest cohort of Black male nursing students—33 ambitious individuals ready to transform the healthcare landscape.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

An exciting Quality Improvement project is about to launch in three emergency departments within AHS. Starting November 5, an artificial intelligence (AI) digital scribe application is going to be trialed by a small group of emergency physicians at the University of Alberta Hospital, the Royal Alexandra Hospital, and the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre (RDRHC).

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We Care Online

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Running a health centre is not an easy task. From patient safety to avoiding medical errors, you have to be efficient in all aspects of efficiency. Millions of people visit hospitals or health centres for medical help every day. To ensure quality, many people wonder how to keep patients safe in hospitals. According to the World Health Organization, medical errors or inefficient staff harm thousands of patients annually.

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Practice Index

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Now that the dust has settled on the publication of two damning reports regarding the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which should prompt some significant changes to the regulatory framework, we thought we’d explore what this means for practice management. The two reviews – an internal one led by the former chief inspector of hospitals at the CQC, Professor Sir Mike Richards, and a Government-commissioned review led by North West London ICS Chair, Dr Penny Dash – reported their findings.

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Performance Health

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Risk management information systems (RMIS) are becoming essential tools for healthcare organizations aiming to prevent medical errors , which pose significant challenges globally by impacting patient outcomes and operational costs. These errors, ranging from medication mistakes to diagnostic oversights, can result in serious consequences, including prolonged hospital stays, unnecessary treatments, and even fatalities.

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Northwest Career College

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Patient scheduling is the process of ensuring that patients get the required care at the appropriate time. Effective scheduling enables dental professionals to manage their time effectively. This also helps avoid long wait times, miscommunication, or overbooking. When the dental administrative assistant (i.e., dental front office, receptionist, etc.) knows how to handle scheduling properly, the office runs so much smoother.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Most consumers using digital health devices felt more trust in the technology when coupled with doctors’ office reviews — another lens on the importance of trust-equity between patients and physicians. This insight came out of a report on How Consumers Purchase, Use and Trust Medical Devices based on market research sponsored by Propel Software.

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The Healthcare Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Andrea Ippolito has combined her personal experience as a mum struggling with breast feeding, and her professional career as an entrepreneur and engineer at Athenahealth building integrations with EMRs. She’s now the CEO of Simplifed which has built a network of lactation consultants, and much more, and has placed it in the workflow of that most important part of health care — pre and post partum.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Continuing a list of essential actions for Connect Care Launch 9 prescribers readying for launch November 2, 2024. Share and Learn We are down to the final few hours. Any preparations that could be, have been. Now we must turn to one another in a spirit of collaboration. Super Users are widely distributed. Look for yellow and orange lanyards (prescriber supports; pink caps in the OR).

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Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The study of the week will take a short break. I head to Curitiba Brazil tomorrow for the Brazilian EP society meeting. I have five lectures. I will be back next week. And there will be plenty of studies to choose from because we are entering the fall season of medical meetings. This week, Sensible Medicine features a guest column from Zachary R. Caverley, a Cardiology Physician Assistant working in the Northwest coast of Oregon.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Today marks eight days before #Election2024 in the U.S. While many political pundits assert that “health care is not on the ballot,” I contend it is on voters’ minds in many ways — related to the economy (the top issue in America), social equity, and even immigration (in terms of the health care workforce). In today’s Health Populi blog, I’m digging into Access Denied: patients speak out on insurance barriers and the need for policy change , a study conducted

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The Healthcare Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2024

By KIM BELLARD The article I can’t get out of my head is one by Greg Ip in The Wall Street Journal : Crises at Boeing and Intel Area National Emergency. I’m old enough that I remember when the Boeing 707 took airline passenger travel from the prop age to the jet age. I’m old enough that I remember that we all wanted PCs with Intel chips when companies starting giving office workers their first PCs.

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We Care Online

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Telehealth, the practice of delivering healthcare services remotely through digital platforms, has grown tremendously in recent years. This technology-driven approach has opened new doors for both patients and healthcare providers, allowing greater access to care, especially in underserved areas. Telehealth saw a significant surge during the COVID-19 pandemic, it remains a vital option in modern medicine and one of the handful of places nurses can work.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Alberta Health Services is seeking passionate leaders to fill multiple available positions as Site Medical Informatics Leads (SMILs) in the North, Central, and South Zones (positions for Edmonton and Calgary Zones will be posted and advertised soon). The SMILs will collaborate closely with their Zone's Medical Leadership team and work together with leadership and healthcare practitioners at assigned facilities/site(s) to ensure the seamless integration and optimization of Digital Health.

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Practice Index

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Capital boost and tax threat for practices in Budget Practice leaders have raised concerns that a huge infusion of cash promised to the NHS will not make enough difference to struggling primary care services. Practice Managers were particularly concerned that the Chancellor Rachel Reeves had not heeded their pleas about the impact of employer National Insurance increases.

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Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Nick Arroyo is a 65-year-old man without medical problems. He feels well and sees a primary care doctor every three years or so. He had a chest CT for lung cancer screening because he smoked a pack-a-day for 50 years and heard a radio advertisement that said that lung cancer screening would be helpful. The scan detected a 1 cm nodule. A PET scan was positive, and a biopsy diagnosed it as small cell lung cancer.

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We Care Online

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Over the past few decades, human behavior in social settings has undergone significant transformation. These changes, driven by technology, shifting cultural norms, and broader societal trends, have profoundly impacted the way we interact with one another in person. While some of these shifts have brought about positive developments, others have introduced new challenges, particularly concerning mental and emotional well-being.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Continuing a list of essential actions for Connect Care Launch 9 prescribers readying for launch November 2, 2024. Dictate any pre-launch admission or transfer notes Launch 9 inpatient facilities are supported for dictation of admission histories, transfer notes, consultation reports and discharge summaries. This is done through the provincial eScription service , with products appearing in the Netcare electronic health record.

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Practice Index

OCTOBER 31, 2024

I have impostor syndrome: never thinking I’m good enough, always imagining that everyone else is doing a better, safer, stronger job than me. That everyone else is more organised, prepared and together, and I’m just about managing. You’d think that in conferences I’d be hiding in a corner, but you’d be surprised to hear that I actually love being there, speaking and chairing, but most of all, meeting all of you and knowing that we all feel exactly the same way!

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Emerging RN Leader

OCTOBER 31, 2024

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN During a recent workshop, I asked nurse managers what they felt was the biggest workforce problem they face today. Without hesitation, they talked about the mismatch between what new graduates expect nursing to be and what they find it to be when they enter practice. The late […] The post When Expectations About Nursing Are Unmet appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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