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AI Agents Are Coming To Healthcare

Forbes Healthcare

AI agents are entering healthcare not just as tools, but as digital workers. Here, I explore the jobs they’re taking on—and what it will take to unlock their potential.

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How Not to Get Fooled by the Medical Literature - Part 4 Diagnostic Tests

Sensible Medicine

The most common question we get asked is: is there a course on how to become better at critically reading medical research. Here it is! This is the fourth of 9 videos that we recorded as part of a course on clinical appraisal, and there will be many more to come. This and future videos will be made available as a thank you to paid subscribers.

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AI is Changing Patient Search and Medical Practices Need To Evolve

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Evan Steele, founder and CEO, rater8. The way patients search for care is undergoing a seismic shift. Traditional search results, those familiar blue links we’re all familiar with, are giving way to answers generated […] The article AI is Changing Patient Search and Medical Practices Need To Evolve appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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HHS watchdog accuses CVS Medicare Advantage plan of upcoding

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The vast majority of diagnoses codes that CVS subsidiary Coventry submitted to the CMS between 2018 and 2019 weren’t supported by patient documentation, the HHS Office of the Inspector General 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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Nvidia Announces Massive New Initiatives in Pharma And Clinical Research

Forbes Healthcare

This further diversifies Nvidia's already strong impact in the AI ecosystem.

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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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Healthcare job growth remained strong in May: BLS

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Employers added 30,000 hospital jobs, 29,000 ambulatory healthcare services roles and 6,000 skilled nursing positions last month, according to the report.

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RFK Jr. Will Shrink The Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration. Here’s What That Means For Public Health

Forbes Healthcare

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will be consolidated under RFK Jr. into a new Administration for a Healthy America, or AHA.

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Think your email is secure? A new report says otherwise

Medical Economics

A new Paubox report reveals a dangerous disconnect between health care leaders' confidence in email security and the widespread vulnerabilities still putting patient data at risk.

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Sticker Shock in Aisle 4: What New Tariffs Mean for Your Everyday Medical Essentials

Minority Nurse

As nurses, our roles provide us a front-row seat to the daily realities our patients face. We understand the delicate balance many families maintain, with some of us navigating the same waters. When whispers of rising costs on everyday medical essentials begin to circulate, concern grows. Unfortunately, the latest news regarding potential tariffs on internationally imported goods such as medical supplies could mean just that – a squeeze on already tight budgets right where we least expect it: t

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Exploring Medical Language, 12th Edition – Now in Print for 40 Years

Medical Terminology Blog

Exploring Medical Language, 12th Edition “I have never enjoyed learning so much; I am dreading coming to the end of the book. The pictures, numerous exercises, flashcards, and online resources, including games, have all been wonderful tools for aiding memory and retention in a fun and interesting way.” This former student effectively highlights why “Exploring Medical Language” has been a leading medical terminology textbook for 40 years, having sold over 2 million copies

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Secretary Of HHS Kennedy Fires Entire CDC’s Vaccine Advisory Committee

Forbes Healthcare

RFK Jr. is making good on his promise to radically reshape the vaccine policy landscape as he ousts the entire CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

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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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Addiction treatment center to pay $1.9M to settle allegations it misled consumers

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The civil penalty could almost quadruple if the FTC discovers Evoke Wellness, which allegedly poised as other treatment centers in a bid to nab new business, misrepresented its financial holdings.

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The changing role of the GP Receptionist – By Ben Gowland

Practice Index

There are few roles in general practice that have changed as much as that of the Receptionist in recent years. Unfortunately, there’s very little public understanding of these changes, and this has just served to make the role more challenging than ever before. Changes to the role really came to the fore in 2016 when the GP Forward View (remember that?

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Noise Is The New Secondhand Smoke

Forbes Healthcare

Noise is the new secondhand smoke, a measurable health and business risk. Learn how it impacts customer experience, employee wellbeing, and brand value.

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Physicians see AI as a tool — and a threat

Medical Economics

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Washington Times: Ohio’s Senior Care at a Crossroads: The Case for PACE

Patients Rising

Ohio is on the verge of implementing the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) to provide better, more cost-effective care for its senior population. However, the program’s success […] The post Washington Times: Ohio’s Senior Care at a Crossroads: The Case for PACE appeared first on Patients Rising.

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Providence cuts 600 roles amid restructuring

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The move comes after the health system downsized its executive team and froze nonclinical hiring earlier this year. Providence blamed external pressures, like possible Medicaid cuts and rising supply costs.

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AMA: Doctors And Patients Hurt By ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

Forbes Healthcare

The American Medical Association says the Republican Congress' Big Beautiful Bill Act would “take us backward” by cutting health benefits for low-income Americans.

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Bobby Mukkamala, M.D., sworn in as 180th AMA president

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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Helping Staff Navigate Conflict Is Getting Harder

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA, BC, FAAN Helping staff to navigate their conflicts with one another has always been challenging for nurse leaders. In recent McKinsey research on the nurse manager role, nurse managers indicated that managing conflict and performance issues are the top frustrations in their role and areas where they need […] The post Helping Staff Navigate Conflict Is Getting Harder appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Eddie Vedder Amplifies Fight Against Childrens Butterfly Disease

Forbes Healthcare

Eddie Vedder new documentary “Matter of Time” is powerful story about bringing science and celebrities together to cure devastating rare pediatric disease

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What consumers think about medical devices

Medical Economics

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Six Reasons to Become a Dermatologist

Sensible Medicine

In the nearly 30 years on medical school faculties, I have counseled students as they made their decisions regarding a future specialty. Only once have I needed to encourage a student to apply into dermatology. Usually, proto-dermatologists have their eyes doggedly fixed on the field from the moment they arrive at medical school (sometimes even years before).

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Why Medicaid cuts should alarm every doctor

KevinMD.com

As a pediatrician and public health advocate, I’ve spent my career serving families whose lives often depend on a strong safety net. Medicaid is that safety net. It provides care for over 70 million Americans — including children, pregnant women, seniors, and people with disabilities. Right now, federal policymakers are considering dramatic Medicaid cuts that Read more… Why Medicaid cuts should alarm every doctor originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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Scammers Are Stealing Billions From Elders — And They’re Getting Better At It

Forbes Healthcare

In the U.S. and worldwide, predators prey on vulnerable elders and rip them off. Awareness of how to protect them is in everyone's interest.

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Study: Continuous glucose monitoring at the primary care level can be effective

Medical Economics

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Procedures that Require Phlebotomy Proficiency

Prism Career Institute

Phlebotomy is a medical practice that involves opening a vein to take blood from a patient or to deliver fluid to their body. It’s done to produce a blood sample or administer treatment. Students can develop the skills required to perform different phlebotomy procedures through the Medical Assistant training program at Prism Career Institute. We offer healthcare training programs at our locations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , and Cherry Hill and West Atlantic City, New J ersey.