Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

As the year draws to a close, many of us find ourselves in a whirlwind of activities—family gatherings, holiday celebrations, and the hustle and bustle of the season. For nurses, this time of year can be particularly overwhelming. The demands of patient care, the emotional weight of your responsibilities, and the added pressures of the holidays can leave even the most resilient among us feeling a bit stressed.

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Mobius MD

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The Triple Aim of healthcare refers to three goals: enhancing the patient experience, improving population health, and reducing costs. However, in the past decade, physicians and healthcare leaders have realized that we can only accomplish the Triple Aim if the care team also thrives at work. As a result, the Quadruple Aim of healthcare is a holistic approach to health systems improvement that focuses on provider wellbeing.

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MedQuest College

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

For many aspiring healthcare professionals, choosing a career path in nursing is an exciting first step toward making a difference in people’s lives. Within the nursing field, there are various roles, from Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to Registered Nurse (RN), and each has its distinct education and job responsibilities. A Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) career stands out as a flexible, cost-effective, and rewarding pathway into nursing, making it an ideal choice for aspiring nurses.

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Practice Index

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Recent articles, including this previous blog from Practice Index, have highlighted the growing challenges caused by pharmacy closures and industrial action. Yet for the 10% of surgeries that are also dispensing practices, the financial pressures are already acute, and their struggles often go unnoticed. What is a dispensing practice? A dispensing practice is a GP surgery that, in addition to providing medical care, is licensed to dispense medications directly to patients, primarily in rural are

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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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Northwest Career College

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

If you are considering a career as a pharmacy technician, you have come across two essential terms: PTCB and CPhT. Both terms sound confusing to the amateur ear, but they are both critical in the pharmacy language. Learn what PTCB and CPhT mean, how they differ from each other, and why they are significant for an aspiring pharmacy technician. What is PTCB?

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

In our home, we’re feeling very grateful for our healthy lives and work-flows right now, being very mindful about seeing blessings around me and within me… So I’m sharing the love (or “scaling the love” as I recently coined at OSF’s Digital Health Symposium !) to honor American Thanksgiving 2024 here in Health Populi pointing out several sources highlighting the evidence on gratitude and health… underpinned with love, the ultimate driver of health and we

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Practice Index

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Primary care is facing another storm on the horizon with significant numbers of Practice Managers on the verge of leaving – many citing deep dissatisfaction with their job, low morale and burnout. All of the roughly 9,000-strong workforce of Practice Managers in the UK know how challenging the job can be, despite its obvious rewards of being part of a team that helps to provide good healthcare for patients.

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19 Labs

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

We are thrilled to share highlights from our participation in a U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Reverse Trade Mission, hosting 20 esteemed public health leaders and government officials from Thailand. Held with our partner Zoom at their Boardroom of the Future, the event included a live demonstration of 19Labs’ GALE eClinic telemedicine platform, showcasing its potential to transform healthcare delivery in rural and underserved communities. 26 November 2024 Objectives of Thailand’s V

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Performance Health

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Despite considerable advances in patient safety , healthcare systems still face significant challenges in achieving “ zero harm ”—a commitment to eradicate preventable harm that affects approximately 400,000 hospitalized patients every year. Achieving zero harm , however, requires more than just following existing protocols. It calls for a transformation in culture, leadership, and innovation.

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Medbridge

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

According to the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) defines occupational therapy as “using daily activities in a therapeutic manner to support client participation”. Occupational therapy billing units (OT billing units) are a necessary part of clinical practice, providing a foundation for accurately documenting and billing for services.

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The Healthcare Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

By KIM BELLARD A year ago I wrote about disturbing news from the Pew Research Center that trust in science, and in scientists, had fallen since the pandemic. I am slightly relieved to report that a new follow-up study by Pew indicates that trust is up slightly – but still way below where they were pre-pandemic. Overall, 76% of Americans express fair or a great deal of confidence in scientists to act in the public’s best interests (versus 87% in April 2020).

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Legal Eye on Medical Assisting

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

I recently received the following question from an Indiana medical assistant: I am looking into getting my surgical technologist degree, but I am wondering if I can use my medical assisting degree in the [operating room]. I have read some articles, but I am not seeing where it states yes or no.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

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, November 26, 2024, from 20:00 to 21:00, affecting North, Central, Calgary and South Zone Connect Care users only.

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Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Here are my best survival tips for a hospitalization, based on my years of experience as a physician, patient advocate, and caregiver.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

A Texas federal judge has sided with UnitedHealthcare in determining regulators messed up calculating its Medicare Advantage quality scores for next year. The decision could have big implications for similar pending cases.

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Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

With the majority of devices manufactured outside the U.S.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Alberta Health Services is seeking passionate leaders to fill multiple available positions as Site Medical Informatics Leads (SMILs) in the North, Edmonton, Central, Calgary, and South Zones. 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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Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

The bird flu virus has been detected in raw milk for sale in California. No infections have been reported yet and the product has been recalled by the retailer.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Twenty-three percent of working-age adults with health insurance face high out-of-pocket costs that make it difficult to afford care, according to a survey by the Commonwealth Fund.

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Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index increased 0.2% in the month of October.

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99MGMT

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Running a medical practice involves more than providing excellent patient care – it requires managing the expenses that keep daily operations running smoothly.

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Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan concluded with a $300 billion climate finance package, but the health impacts of climate change captured renewed attention, too.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Insurers could save 20% in administrative costs and 10% in medical costs by harnessing the technology, experts said during a panel hosted by Healthcare Dive last week.

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Performance Health

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

A patient safety checklist is a powerful tool that transforms healthcare workflows, helping care teams consistently meet safety standards and improve outcomes. By using a checklist in hospital settings, teams can standardize practices, identify risks, and ensure that critical safety measures are never overlooked.

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Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Mental health treatment access is low while cost is high. Here’s what to know about digital solutions.

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Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Here are affordable ways to reduce the plastic you consume while shopping and eating, enjoying a healthier lifestyle that’s better for both you and the environment.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights’ audit program was too narrow in scope to effectively assess data protections and reduce cyber risks in the healthcare sector, according to the report.

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Physicians Practice

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Burnout and social media toxicity are ravaging the public, but doctors can help.

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Medical Economics

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

On behalf of Patients for Safer Nuclear Medicine, we object to the content of Cathy Sue Cutler’s column dismissing efforts to improve nuclear medicine safety and transparency.

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Forbes Healthcare

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Using artificial intelligence, researchers at Stanford now have uncovered complex variants throughout the human genome that may contribute to psychiatric disorders.

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