Minority Nurse
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Nursing is one of the most rewarding yet emotionally demanding professions. Nurses are on the front lines of patient care, often providing comfort during some of the most critical moments of people’s lives. However, the constant emotional toll of caregiving can lead to a phenomenon known as compassion fatiguea form of burnout tied explicitly to the emotional strain of caring for others.
CareerStep
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Educational institutions face increasing demands to secure funding for innovative programs. In a recent CareerStep Lunch and Learn session, Jennifer, Grants Funding Manager at Penn Foster Group, shared her extensive experience in grant funding and nonprofit work to guide Career Step and Penn Foster partners through the grant acquisition process. With over 20 years in the sector, Jennifer provided valuable insights on how educational organizations can secure grants to enhance their programs.
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Connect Care Bytes Blog
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
The Alberta Netcare Portal will be unavailable from Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 21:00 to 04:00 on Friday, February 14, 2025 in order to accommodate system maintenance and a software upgrade. Connect Care will still be available, but Connect Care users will not be able to launch the Alberta Netcare Portal during this time. Users who are logged in during this time will be disconnected and will need to re-authenticate following the outage period.
Accepted Blog
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Show Summary In the 601st episode of Admission Straight Talk, host Linda Abraham speaks with Dr. LeeAnna Muzquiz, Associate Dean for Admissions at the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM). Dr. Muzquiz, a graduate of UWSOM and a family physician with ties to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, discusses the unique five-state WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho) curriculum, which allows students to complete their foundational training in their home states.
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.
We Care Online
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Online learning has grown significantly due to its flexibility and accessibility, offering learners the ability to study from anywhere at their own pace. However, the convenience of virtual education often comes with hidden challenges. Extended screen time leads to eye strain, headaches, and fatigue, while long hours of sitting can contribute to poor posture and a lack of physical activity.
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Sensible Medicine
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
What we expect students to do to get into medical school -- and then match into a desirable residency -- is absurd. Why do we do this? Because we won’t admit that we can’t predict who will be a successful doctor. Because there are too many good applicants for the spots we have. Because we are too lazy, or cheap, to invest the time and energy to get to know our applicants.
Minority Nurse
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Harriet Tubman lived a life of advocacy, courage, and fearlessness as a conductor of the Underground Railroad, a system of safe houses and escape routes from slavery across America during the Civil War. However, not many people know that she also was a nurse at one point. She often took care of her passengers on their way to freedom, and this experience helped her serve as a Civil War nurse, where she cared for hundreds of wounded soldiers and nursed them back to health.
We Care Online
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Volunteering can be a powerful weapon if youre looking to get the edge in your job applications. Voluntary experience is beneficial if youre new to the healthcare industry or applying for entry-level roles, and dont have much relevant paid work experience. In this article, well discuss how and why volunteer work can make a difference for your job prospects, and provide guidance and examples to help you list volunteer work on your resume for maximum impact with employers. volunteer Why is volunte
The Healthcare Blog
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
By MIKE MAGEE As machines become more intelligent and can performance more sophisticated functions, a new relationship between human and automation is dawning. This relationship is moving from master-servant to teammates NASA Langley Research Center/2019 DeepSeeks Breakthrough Sparks National Pride in China, screamed the Wall Street Journal headline last week.
Practice Index
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Using the Salary Calculator in the HUB , practices have been able to estimate the impact of the upcoming increases to the National Minimum Wage and National Insurance on their practice budgets. The Institute of General Practice Management (IGPM ) invited Practice Managers to share their figures in order to gain an overview of how this forthcoming rise will really affect practices across the UK.
Legal Eye on Medical Assisting
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
I recently received an email from a medical assistant in pathology requesting clarification on their scope of practice. Specifically, they wanted to know whether they could read a providers diagnoses and use that information to decide which documents they need to gather to prepare a patients chart.
We Care Online
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
There are many kinds of love, and in healthcare, it is one of the strongest motivators that propel professionals to devote their lives to servingothers. Although Valentines Day generally revolves around romantic gestures, itis equally a perfect time to honor the compassion, empathy and steadfast commitment healthcare workers demonstrate day in and day out.
Sensible Medicine
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Let’s talk today about a study that assess the risk of death after a hospital visit for cannabis use disorder or CUD. JAMA Network Open published the Canadian stud y involving the entire population of Ontario Canada. Cannabis use disorder is obviously an important public health topic. Cannabis use is increasing and there is a lack of causal studies proving its efficacy (for anything) or its safety.
Practice Index
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
PA dispute goes to court A court hearing is under way over the role of Physician Associates (PAs) as doctors demand that regulators cease calling them medical professionals. The case, brought by the BMA, began as the regulator, the GMC, announced the registration of the first 250 PAs. Associates are now required to register with the GMC but the BMA claims the process is flawed.
The Healthcare Blog
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
By MATTHEW HOLT Theres been a lot of discussion lately about whether digital health is a legitimate place for venture capital. There have been lots of huge failures, very few notable successes (and certainly no biggest companies in the world yet, while some real giants (Walmart/Walgreens/Amazon) have come in and then got out of health care. I dont have to tell you again that most of the publicly traded digital health companies are trading at pennies on the dollar to their initial valuations.
Mobius MD
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Doctors rely on smartphones for almost everything, so its no surprise theyre also using them in the clinic. Mobile apps for physicians can enable communication with patients and other providers, enhance medical education, inform clinical decision-making, and streamline documentation. But with thousands of medical apps available for Apple and Android smartphones, where should you start?
Sensible Medicine
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Pitchers and catchers. George Vecsey probably said it best. Just say it out loud, the mantra that gets some of us through the winter. Pitchers and catchers, pitchers and catchers. Like NPR republishing Susan Stamberg's cranberry relish recipe or every dance school putting on The Nutcracker each December, I think Sensible Medicine needs a tradition. So here, in honor of the start of spring training, when pitchers and catchers report for duty, a Friday Reflection that I first posted on Feb 17, 202
Minority Nurse
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Nursing is an incredibly rewarding career path with ample opportunities for growth, including pursuing an advanced degree. An advanced degree may be a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), or Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD), which all open doors to new opportunities in nursing. By completing an advanced degree, the opportunities in leadership, patient care, and contribution to nursing and healthcare science grow.
Connect Care Bytes Blog
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
There will be an upgrade to the Workspace ONE Tunnel application that AHS uses to manage clinical applications on mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) on Thursday February 13, 2025, from 07:00 to 09:00. During the upgrade process, Workspace ONE Tunnel will be down for up to 10 minutes, affecting the Connect Care mobility apps (Haiku, Limerick and Canto).
Practice Index
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
This week, the IGPM was approached to speak at a national conference about our profession and the workforce crisis were facing. Im sure you know that were all full-time PMs, but what you might not know is that to attend events, we usually take holidays from our day jobs or work extra hours during the week to make up the time. We dont need to tell you that no one does our job for us; the problems mount up, the emails continue, the work of the PM (or any manager in general practice) doesnt wait wh
Emerging RN Leader
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN January and February are proving to be very challenging times for hospitals across the United States. In record numbers, patients with COVID, the flu, RSV, and pneumonia are now being admitted. Becker’s Hospital Review reported that flu cases have surged to numbers that have not been seen […] The post Managing Staff Negativity about Staffing appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
Usherk Khan
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
If you have medical experience or are looking to apply for medical school, volunteering in the healthcare field is a great choice. Volunteering in general is wonderful for so many reason, and using your skills to volunteer in healthcare is beneficial for you and patients.
Electronic Health Reporter
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. ByMeredith Kirchner, COO and chief client success officer, Curae. Emergency rooms and specialty care facilities, like infusion and burn centers, serve millions of patients annually in urgent, often life-saving situations. For many patients, however, these […] The article Expanding Access to Patient Financing for High-Cost Care Episodes appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Connect Care Bytes Blog
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Below is a digest of new blog posts across all the Connect Care clinician blog channels in the last week. For more info on the blogs, click here. Note: A camera icon in a post on any of our channels indicates that there is an accompanying screenshot - just click the icon to view. Support Updated Respiratory Infection (Incl.
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
In the wake of the always-creative ads for Super Bowl and last Sunday’s LIX bout, game-watchers got to see a plethora of commercials dedicated to the annual event’s major features: food and game-day eating. Oh, and what’s turned out to be the most controversial commercial, the one on GLP-1s from Hims & Hers. In that vein, and converging with many news and policy events, I’m trend-weaving the latest insights into that most consumer-facing of the social determinants of
Emerging RN Leader
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A seasoned nurse leader recently asked me if it was just her perception or if things were shifting so quickly with the nursing workforce that many of her well-honed strategies no longer seemed to work. She began noticing a cultural shift in her team two years ago, […] The post The Law of the Magic Third appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
Forbes Healthcare
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
On Friday, the National Institutes of Health announced major cuts to funding of indirect costs for Universities, etc. Here's the potential impact on science and society.
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
House Republicans unveiled their budget wish list on Wednesday, which directs the Energy and Commerce Committee — which oversees Medicare and Medicaid — to find $880 billion in savings.
Medical Economics
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Yale researchers revealed $2.6 trillion in payouts over two decades, raising concerns about affordability and reinvestment.
Physicians Practice
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Whether caused by harsh weather events, mandated rolling black or brown-outs or an unreliable grid power outages cause tremendous strain to a practice.
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