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Every 100 Grams Of Ultra Processed Foods Consumed Per Day Increases Risk Of Diseases

Forbes Healthcare

With every 100 grams of ultra-processed foods you consume each day, your risk of developing cardiovascular disease, hypertension, digestive diseases, and cancer increases.

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Underappreciated Harms of the Electronic Medical Record

Sensible Medicine

I did my residency at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. Some people think of it as The House of God , I think of it as the home of Open Notes. 1 Dr. Tom Delbanco was the chief of General Internal Medicine while I was there and was already advocating that patients have access to their medical records. He encouraged me to document clinic visits in notes that I’d be comfortable with my patients reading.

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Ten Questions Nurse Managers Are Asking

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nurse Managers have one of the most challenging roles in healthcare today. They are at the frontline of care and usually among the first to witness trends in both the workforce and workplace. I pay close attention to the questions they ask during the leader development session […] The post Ten Questions Nurse Managers Are Asking appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Medicaid cuts could threaten healthcare access for young adults: report

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Young adults could struggle to navigate government bureaucracy and face other challenges managing work requirements or increased eligibility checks in the safety-net insurance program, the Urban Institute found.

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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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Meet India’s Self-Made Biologics Brewmaster Billionaire

Forbes Healthcare

Thwarted in her ambition to become a brewmaster, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw channeled her frustrations into building a knockoff drug powerhouse and has become one of the worlds most successful female entrepreneurs.

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Stark Law Changes: What They Mean for Your Medical Practice

99MGMT

Referral relationships are part of everyday operations in a medical practice – but they can also create unexpected legal risk. If a physician refers patients to a facility where they have or a family member has a financial interest, that referral could violate federal law. The Physician Self-Referral Law , known as Stark Law, was created to prevent these conflicts and reduce unnecessary services billed to Medicare or Medicaid.

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GLP-1 prescriptions for weight loss are shooting up, despite obstacles

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The percentage of overweight or obese adults prescribed GLP-1s jumped by almost 587% between 2019 and 2024, according to a new Fair Health report.

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3 Ways The $41 Billion Agentic AI Market Is Reshaping The Future Of Work

Forbes Healthcare

With AI agents, workflows are delegated, not just automated; healthcare moves from fragmented to intelligent; and enterprise operations shift from reactive to proactive.

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Comparing the Healthcare and Airline Industries

Sensible Medicine

We had planned this trip for months. A fortuitous change in my clinical schedule gave me more than a week off. I wanted to take advantage and go somewhere special with the family: Hawaii. After a long stretch of clinical shifts, the day finally arrived. We all loaded ourselves and our luggage into the SUV that was taking us to the airport. On the way, I got a text: "Your flight has been cancelled.

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AMA: Physician private practice ‘unraveling’ due to low payment, high costs, administrative burdens

Medical Economics

Factors across U.S. health care pose a dire threat to severely destabilized independent private practice, threatening patient access.

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PeaceHealth to cut 1% of workforce, freeze nonclinical hiring through 2025

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

A spokesperson said the cuts came “after months of discernment, financial analysis and a thorough review of the dynamic healthcare market.” Open clinical roles will not be impacted.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Removed From Immunization Schedule For Children, Pregnant Women

Forbes Healthcare

HHS secretary Kennedy announced that the COVID-19 vaccine no longer would be recommended for healthy children or healthy pregnant women. Experts criticized the change.

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Merch.

Sensible Medicine

Yup, it’s a little goofy but we have Merch. Just t-shirts but they’re actually kind of cool. You can see VP modeling one in this video. The link to the shop is here.

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Medical Malpractice: Physician Found Liable by Jury Gets New Trial After Appeal

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

A pulmonologist sued for malpractice, found liable by a jury, and ordered to pay $2.7 million gets a new trial after appealing the decision; why does this happen? The post Medical Malpractice: Physician Found Liable by Jury Gets New Trial After Appeal appeared first on Pulmonology Advisor.

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CVS, Cigna sue Arkansas to overturn new PBM law

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The massive pharmacy middlemen contend that Arkansas’ law, which requires PBMs to divest pharmacies they own in the state, flies in the face of the Constitution and would worsen healthcare access.

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How Parents Can Support Incoming Students With Mental Health Concerns

Forbes Healthcare

Many parents seek ways to support incoming students who have a history of serious mental health concerns. Providing such vital support doesn't have to be daunting.

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Nearly 1 in 3 family physicians report loneliness — and it’s shaping patient care

Medical Economics

A new national survey finds loneliness is widespread among academic family physicians, especially women and minority doctors, and may be hindering efforts to address the same issue in patients.

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The business lesson new doctors must unlearn

KevinMD.com

When graduating residents and fellows begin their careers as attending doctors, there is a wealth of financial advice out there. Grow into your salary slowly. Don’t buy a house right away. Get disability insurance. Plan ahead for the tax bomb that always takes attendings by surprise during that half-trainee/half-attending year. Today, we won’t discuss any Read more The business lesson new doctors must unlearn originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Supervision in IDD: Using Checklists to Evaluate DSPs

Relias

It came up over and over again in our national survey of direct support professionals ineffective supervision results in frustrations among experienced DSPs and dissatisfaction with their job. Certainly, supervision in intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) services is challenging. Providing IDD services is often a personal and intimate experience, and it can be difficult to quantify the characteristics so important to person-centered care respect for the individual, kindness, empathy,

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CVS Sues Arkansas Over Law Banning PBM Ownership Of Pharmacies

Forbes Healthcare

CVS Health sued Arkansas, trying to thwart a law the healthcare company said would lead to the closure of all 23 CVS drugstores in the state.

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Is CMS going to wreck ACOs with bad math?

Medical Economics

Aledade and ACOs press CMS to fix benchmarking error that could slash shared savings

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Best Buy restructures health unit

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The retailer logged a $109 million charge related to the restructuring in its first quarter. Its home health services have taken longer to develop than expected, CEO Corie Barry said Thursday.

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Honoring Memorial Day: A Tribute to Healthcare Heroes

We Care Online

As Memorial Day approaches, many of us eagerly anticipate a long weekend filled with barbecues, beach trips, and quality time with loved ones. However, it’s essential to remember the true significance of this holiday to honor and remember the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Memorial Day serves as a poignant reminder of the selfless sacrifices made by the courageous men and women of our armed forces in defense of our nati

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Being Curious Might Help Keep Alzheimer’s Disease At Bay: Study

Forbes Healthcare

The secret to maintaining your brain health and staying sharp as you age might just be cultivating your sense of curiosity, a recent study found. Being curious during old age could also help in preventing or at least off-setting Alzheimers disease.

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Supervision in IDD: Monitoring DSP Job Performance

Relias

In the Relias 2025 DSP Survey Report , we asked direct support professionals about the traits that make a good supervisor. Across the board, DSPs told us that one of the most valuable supervisor traits is holding all staff accountable in an equal manner. Additionally, the longer a DSP has worked in the IDD field , the more important this supervisory trait becomes to them.

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Cooper Health System Data Breach Affects Almost 60,000 Individuals

The HIPAA Journal

Data breaches have been reported by the Cooper Health System in New Jersey, Union County Children and Youth Services in Pennsylvania, Balance Autism in Iowa, and the Carpenter Health Network in Louisiana. The Cooper Health System, New Jersey The Cooper Health System in New Jersey has recently notified the Maine Attorney General about a security breach that potentially involved unauthorized access to the personal and protected health information of up to 57,412 individuals.

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Strategies for Improving Patient Safety Amid Budget Constraints

Performance Health

As budgets grow tighter and staffing becomes increasingly strained, improving patient safety is essential to both care quality and financial sustainability. For healthcare organizations navigating budget cuts, shrinking resources, and workforce shortages, the question isnt whether to invest in safety, but how to do it smarter. The answer lies in strategic, cost-smart care that aligns operational efficiency with safer outcomes, improving quality while protecting the bottom line.

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Over 256,000 Pounds Of Canned Beef Stew Recalled Due To Wood Fragments

Forbes Healthcare

Hormel Foods Corporation is voluntarily recalling nationwide around 256,185 pounds of its Dinty Moore canned beef stew product after three consumers found wood fragments.

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Elevance sues Georgia providers for allegedly gaming No Surprises arbitration

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Hospitalist Medicine Physicians, Sound Physicians Emergency Medicine and their billing provider HaloMd allegedly filed thousands of ineligible disputes into the arbitration process, costing the insurer millions of dollars.

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$4.4 Million Settlement Agreed to Resolve WellNow Urgent Care Data Breach Litigation

The HIPAA Journal

WellNow Urgent Care (formerly Five Star Urgent Care), a network of walk-in urgent care clinics in New York, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio, has agreed to settle a class action data breach lawsuit for $4.4 million. The lawsuit was filed in response to a cyberattack and data breach detected on or around April 25, 2023, when ransomware was used to encrypt files.

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