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Practice Managers and patient outcomes – New research highlights their critical role

Practice Index

For years, healthcare research has focused on the contributions of clinicians to patient outcomes, while the role of Practice Managers has remained largely unexamined. However, a recent national survey of 174 General Practitioners (GPs) and Practice Managers across the UK has found overwhelming agreement: Practice Managers do affect patient outcomes.

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What Is the Easiest Healthcare Certification to Get Online?

We Care Online

Online certifications are an excellentway to get started if youre interested in a career within healthcare. They are flexible, inexpensive and can give rise to well-paying jobsrelatively quickly. Below are five popular paths, along with their average salaries, their job outlooks, and links touseful resources. CertifiedNursing Assistant (CNA) Pay: The average CNA makes $30,000$36,000 peryear, depending on where they live and what they have experience doing ( BLS. gov ).

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InnovationRx: Eli Lilly Has Stockpiled Nearly $550 Million Of Its Next Obesity Drug

Forbes Healthcare

In this weeks edition of InnovationRx, we look at Eli Lillys weight-loss pill stockpiling, scaling stem cell manufacturing, the growing measles outbreak in Texas, an.

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Telehealth, Right Here, Right Now: Calling on Congress to Vote for America’s Health and Well-being

Health Populi

In the U.S., there are some issues that still unite most Americans in 2025. We can agree that, The cost of eggs is too high AI can be both exciting and promising at the same time as concerning It s ucks to have your personal data cyberattacked and breached, and, Having access to telehealth is important. While I would be really sad to give up my omelets, Im sticking a mindful toe into AI for some simple workflows, and Im still dealing with t he aftermath of the Change Healthcare data breach ,

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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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Will neighbourhoods require a reconfiguration of PCNs? – By Ben Gowland

Practice Index

Neighbourhoods are coming. The 10-Year Plan hasnt yet been published but the Government has consistently repeated their desire for the NHS to be a Neighbourhood Health Service, and ICBs are under very clear instructions to put these neighbourhoods in place. What will this mean for PCNs and practices? Alongside the annual Planning Guidance published at the end of January, NHS England produced Neighbourhood Health Guidelines for 2025/26.

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Why Offering Pharmacy Technician Training And Certification Is Crucial

CareerStep

The healthcare field has faced many challenges over the last five years, making the need for qualified healthcare professionals more dire. While things may have calmed down some since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, roles like pharmacy technicians are still as important as ever. In fact, there are about 47,000 job openings on average each year.

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How hard is it to prove you have coverage?

The Healthcare Blog

A friend of mine who wants to stay anonymous (for now at any rate) had a crazy waste of time proving that he was eligibile for a medication on his plan. I thought his story might trigger a few of you! And yes Optum is of course part of United HealthGroup– Matthew Holt Here is the ridiculous situation I had with filling a prescription through COBRA a few weeks back.

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Black History Month Physician Spotlight: Victor Ekuta, MD

Doximity

During Black History Month, we reflect on the contributions of Black physicians and healthcare professionals, both past and present, to the field of medicine. Each week, we highlight distinguished members of the Doximity network. These interviews provide insight into the unique experiences these physicians encounter in today's medical field, as well as the paths they are pioneering.

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When Nurses Have Something to Say

Minority Nurse

Nurses are highly trusted by the public and are viewed as honest, intelligent, caring, and reliable professionals. Given this high esteem, how valuable are nurses’ opinions, thoughts, and feelings? Furthermore, where can nurses express these insights and share what they have to say? Many Messages, Many Media In the 21st century, our ability to share opinions has undergone a significant transformation.

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Does President Trump’s Executive Order Prohibit Licensing and Certifying Bodies from Testing on DEI?

Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

President Donald Trumps January 21, 2025, Executive Order Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity orders all agencies to enforce our longstanding civil-rights laws and to combat illegal private-sector [diversity, equity, and inclusion] preferences, mandates, policies, programs, and activities. Does this executive order forbid testing bodies from including items about diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, justice,… Continue reading Does President Trumps Ex

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Advancing health care through physician leadership: 5 skills for changing health care

KevinMD.com

No one knows for sure what’s coming in health care in the months ahead, but one thing is clear: The landscape in 2025 will undoubtedly be changingand challenging. For physicians and others working in such fields, this is not new but an acceleration of recent trends. External factors, like the COVID-19 pandemic, and internal, more Read more Advancing health care through physician leadership: 5 skills for changing health care originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

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HLC Joins Stakeholder Groups in Pushing for Extension of Telehealth Flexibilities

Healthcare Leadership Council

This week, the Healthcare Leadership Council, along with more than 300 stakeholder groups, sent a letter to Congressional leaders in the House and Senate urging them to expand access to care and improve affordability by allowing employers and health plans to offer telehealth services pre-deductible. The expanded flexibilities for Health Savings Account-eligible plans, first enacted in 2020 and subsequently extended to the end of 2024, have helped millions of Americans access the care they need.

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Being a Hopeful Nurse Leader

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Every year, Gallup polls the qualities the workforce globally looks for in leaders. The data is in for 2025, and the answer is that staff want to work for hopeful leaders. Four attributeshope, trust, stability, and compassionalways track in the top four, but this year, the need […] The post Being a Hopeful Nurse Leader appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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MUSE and ECG Web Scheduled Outage (North, Central, Calgary and South Zones) - Tuesday February 25, 2025, 20:00-21:00

Connect Care Bytes Blog

The Marquette Universal System for Electrocardiology (MUSE) receives patient tests from ECG carts, monitors, the Holter system, and the Exercise Stress system, and ECG Web is used to view and print data from MUSE. There will be a scheduled outage for MUSE and ECG Web, on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, from 20:00 to 21:00, affecting North, Central, Calgary and South Zone Connect Care users only.

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Empowering our children with financial literacy: Raising bold thought leaders and compassionate changemakers

KevinMD.com

We, as physicians, dedicate years to rigorous education and training to excel in our chosen specialties. We endure periods of sleepless nights, poor nutrition, personal sacrifices, time constraints, and modest pay. For many, this journey is further compounded by the significant burden of student loan debt. We do this with the expectation that we will Read more Empowering our children with financial literacy: Raising bold thought leaders and compassionate changemakers originally appeared in Kevin

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Lynda Brown-Ganzert, RxPx

The Healthcare Blog

Lynda Brown-Ganzert is CEO of RxPx. The company is the 2022 merger of the company she founded, Curatio, which was a support system for rare disease patients, with RxMx, a complementary service that helped clinicians manage patients on treatment or clinical trials. Lynda says that somehow I inspired the merger! (Although I don’t remember it, nor did she send me my 10%!).

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Improve Sleep, Improve the World and Health: ResMed’s Look at Global Sleep Trends

Health Populi

The world would be a better place if we had more, and better quality sleep. That’s the hopeful conclusion from the fifth annual Global Sleep Study from ResMed. ResMed’s global reach with the sleeping public enabled the company to access the perspectives of over 30,000 respondents in 13 markets, finding that one in 3 people have trouble falling or staying asleep 3 or more times a week.

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Mastering the Balance: Tips for Nurses Managing Work and School While Pursuing an Advanced Degree

Minority Nurse

There are a multitude of opportunities for nurses wanting to pursue an advanced degree, such as a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Each program has different requirements, so researching which path is best for you is crucial. Besides deciding on the degree, you must also decide on the specialty, which, for advanced degrees in nursing, there are many.

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Questioning Coverage for Coronary Artery Scans

Sensible Medicine

As many readers know, I hold a highly skeptical view of CAC scans. Andrew Foy and I have made the case against CAC scans for any use. In today’s guest post, Zachary Robert Caverley argues that CAC scans should remain uncovered by medical insurance. JMM The coronary artery calcium (CAC) score – an estimation of coronary atherosclerotic plaque via calcium build-up on CT – has been promoted as a powerful predictive tool for estimating the chance of future cardiovascular (CV) event

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No More ‘Dabbling’: It’s Time to Embrace Value-Based Care

The Healthcare Blog

By ALEX AZAR Presidential transitions are always a time of great change, but few leaders have ushered in a shift as sweeping as the rewiring of one-seventh of the U.S. economy.President Trump has the opportunity to do just that by doubling down on the health transformation achievements of his first term. A key to success is continuing the shift from a fee-for-service (FFS) healthcare model to value-based care (VBC).

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10 Experts On The Right Steps To Product Iteration

Arkenea

You’ve got your product out in the market. Now’s the time to iterate. But, it’s usually challenging to assess what’s the right way to go about it – how much of iteration should be that from user feedback versus founder’s vision for the product? And, how do you also tell the difference between what feedback to incorporate?

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Bias Capital Withdraws $25 Million Investment from Parker Health Amid Fraud Concerns

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Venture capital firm Bias Capital has announced the cancellation of its $25 million Series A investment in Parker Health, citing serious concerns uncovered during its due diligence process. The firm stated that its investigation identified […] The article Bias Capital Withdraws $25 Million Investment from Parker Health Amid Fraud Concerns appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Responding to the Rise of Individualism

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Individualism and individual rights have become defining features of life in the United States. Focusing on one’s needs versus the group’s needs began with the Baby Boomer generation, and research indicates that it has steadily increased with each subsequent generation. I was struck by an op-ed piece […] The post Responding to the Rise of Individualism appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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What would a rational DOG(gi)E do(o)?

The Healthcare Blog

By MATTHEW HOLT DOGE, or Doggie as Kara Swisher has been calling it, has gone from being a meme about Shiba Inus to a crypto scam to a group tearing the Federal government apart.So I thought I would use the title of this piece to make a joke. Like Musks humor its puerile and not funny. Whats also not funny is what Musks team has done to small government agencies, like USAID & CFPB that really help people, not to mention the irrational firing of thousands of government employees that appear t

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What Is HKU5-CoV-2? Scientists Find Bat Virus Similar To COVID-19

Forbes Healthcare

Researchers have discovered a virus that could enter human cells in a similar way to COVID-19. But they caution it's much more poorly adapted to humans.

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Surging Audit and Denial Rates Signal Need to Prioritize Continuous Financial Risk Monitoring in 2025

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ritesh Ramesh, CEO, MDaudit. Amid a 125% rise in coding-related denials and a 140% increase in inpatient medical necessity denials, 2025 will see healthcare providers deploying real-time financial risk monitoring as a cornerstone of […] The article Surging Audit and Denial Rates Signal Need to Prioritize Continuous Financial Risk Monitoring in 2025 appeared first on electronichealthreport

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House Republicans pass budget blueprint that could spell Medicaid cuts

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Although the budget resolution does not mention Medicaid specifically, lawmakers would be hard pressed to find enough cuts to meet an $880 billion target without touching federal healthcare programs.

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Successfully implementing AI into your practice: A strategic and tactical approach

Physicians Practice

How can organizations bridge the gap between AIs potential and its acceptance among providers and staff?

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Robotic Pets Can Dramatically Improve The Lives Of Older Adults With Dementia And Depression

Forbes Healthcare

Millions of older adults in the United States are experiencing loneliness and social isolation. Robotic pets offer a high-tech, low-cost solution.

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Incident Manager Software: A Guide to Selecting the Right System

Performance Health

Effective management of incidents, near misses, and other safety events is crucial for maintaining the integrity of patient safety. Incident manager software is an essential tool in this regard, offering a structured way to gather, manage, and analyze data around safety events. But not all software is created equal.