Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This week, I talk with Andrew Foy, who is an academic cardiologist at Penn State University in Hershey, PA. Andrew is one of the smartest voices in medicine today. We start with the REMEDIAL trial, published recently in JAMA. Ablation vs Meds. Primary endpoint—depression and anxiety. One of the main issues was the control arm—namely that there was no sham control.

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Emerging RN Leader

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Many aspects of routine nursing care were skipped during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurse leaders are now trying to do a reset on care as they look at declining quality and safety measures. Consider the story a nurse manager recently shared on a webinar: I have been shocked […] The post The Normalization of Missed Nursing Care appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Nursing has always held health equity as a critical value in many ways. Nurses strive to deliver the best care to all patients, independent of socioeconomic status, gender, race, or other factors. Health equity arguably gets even more attention than in the past. And that attention also occurs in nursing schools, where nurses are presented with the concept of health equity.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

One in two consumers in the U.S. feel their well-being or healing was negatively impacted by difficulty paying for their medical care. Welcome to the convergence of patients’ health care life with financial and retail lives, we learn from the 2024 Healthcare Financial Experience Study from Cedar. And that patient’s positive clinical experience can absolutely reverse the consumer’s perception of the provider, noted by this quote from OSU’s Chief Financial Officer Vincent T

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Will O’Connor, M.D., chief medical information officer, TigerConnect When the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that COVID-19 was no longer a global pandemic, everyone breathed a maskless sigh of relief and tried to put […] The article The Crucial Link: How Nurses and Patients Benefit from Enhanced Clinical Communication appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Emerging RN Leader

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A blog reader recently asked me whether I thought some aspects of “nursing professionalism” might be racial or generational constructs. It was an excellent point because ideas about professionalism are tied to our cultural upbringing and experiences. Leaders often talk to me about what they perceive as […] The post Rethinking Nursing Professionalism appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Though the COVID-19 pandemic is waning, the changes it brought to healthcare persist. Longer hours for clinicians, increased rates of burnout among all providers, and higher rates of reported mental illness are now commonplace. While these and many other difficulties are challenging, organizations can respond by creating systems for building organizational resilience.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Bjoern Sjut, co-founder and CEO, Finc3. It is challenging to ignore mobile smartphones’ influence on our day-to-day lives. Sometimes it’s the first thing you see in the morning and the last at night. The […] The article How Mobile-First Websites Can Influence More Patients to Reach You appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“What omnichannel really means: hearing the customer wherever they are and making them feel heard, valued, and understood.” That statement comes from Qualtrics’ explanation of omnichannel experience design. The very human needs of feeling one is heard, is valued, and is understood, underpin the rasion d’etre of omnichannel marketing.

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Medical Gas Compliance

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Most of us assume that because the hospital is plumbed for vacuum and gasses, everything will work right the first and every time. Usually, it does, but there is a reason every operating room has multiple outlets and inlets. Sometimes, things don’t go as planned.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As a hard-working and successful nursing professional examining your career, you might reflect on your nurse mentor. The person who inspired, guided, advised, and kept you on the straight and narrow path, and ask yourself if you’ve ever been one yourself. Was there someone who took you under their wing? Was there an individual who counseled you on your choice of master’s degree program?

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Chris Martini, chief provider officer, PatientPoint. In today’s U.S. healthcare system, patients often find themselves in a perplexing situation where the quality of clinical care can be excellent, but the overall patient experience may […] The article The Role of Digital Tools In Enhancing the Patient Experience and Value-Based Care appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

“ Groceries and glutes,” CNN reported in 2019 about a food store combining a gym in the store. While grocery stores have been embedded various fitness options into their brick-and-mortar footprints long before the pandemic, there’s a new riff on fitness at the grocer coming to Augusta, Georgia: grocery and golf. FreshTake, a new grocery store from a family-owned food chain, will open its doors in 2024, located in a Whole Foods location that closed in 2017.

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CareerStep

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

While the healthcare industry, in general, has faced ups and downs in the last few years, rural hospitals and health networks, specifically, continue to face the threat of closure. Many have struggled to meet their staffing goals, leaving them unable to comfortably serve the communities they’re based in. This has led to a lack of healthcare options in rural areas that is not only detrimental to patients, but to the healthcare system as a whole.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Health care in our country is often fragmented. Clients often receive treatment for physical health conditions separately from mental illness and substance use. But in reality, they all impact the success or failure of any single treatment plan. And even when there is some coordination between a behavioral health provider and a medical doctor, social determinants like economic insecurity and lack of social supports are often not considered.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Health Level Seven (HL7) International, the global authority on interoperability of health information technology with members in 55 countries, announced the 2023 class of John Quinn HL7 Fellows and the 2023 recipients of the W. Edward […] The article Health Level Seven Announces New John Quinn Fellows and W.

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Top Practices

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As a physician business owner or medical office manager, there are several significant benefits to implementing continuous learning and re-training reviews for your staff. These practices can have a positive impact on both your team and the overall efficiency and effectiveness of your medical office. Here are some key advantages: Enhanced Skills and Knowledge Continuous learning and re-training ensure that your staff stays up-to-date with the latest medical advancements, technologies, and best p

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Patients Rising

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Patients Rising Now joined several other advocacy groups in sending a letter of support for H.4066 and S.1425 in the Massachusetts State Legislature to the Joint Committee on Financial Services […] The post Patients Rising Signs onto Letter to Increase Patient Access to Pharmacy Services appeared first on Patients Rising.

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Accepted Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Most applicants come away from their first med school interview saying, “That wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.” As with many things in life, the anticipation of a stressful event can sometimes be worse than the event itself. Although many med schools work hard to make interviewing applicants feel relaxed, this doesn’t mean you should show up unprepared.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Elise Mortensen, head of growth, HTD Health. We often think of healthcare as the direct communication between provider and patient in an appointment or clinical setting. However, most of what influences health outcomes sits […] The article Patient Engagement: How To Design Virtual Care Experiences for Long-Term Engagement appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Medical Terminology Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Over 2 million Americans are living with atrial fibrillation ( Ā-trē-al ) ( fi- bri -LĀ-shun ) (AFib). It is most often the result of other conditions that affect the heart’s health, such as high blood pressure and coronary heart disease. Signs and symptoms include palpitations, shortness of breath, chest pain, and fatigue. Some people may have no symptoms.

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Patients Rising

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

“Yesterday’s hearing highlighted a dangerous divide in American health policy that pits academics and government bureaucrats against patients, doctors, and innovators. The post Patients Rising Issues Statement on E&C IRA Hearing appeared first on Patients Rising.

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Medical Gas Compliance

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In the dynamic healthcare environment, the maintenance of medical equipment is vital to ensuring the well-being of patients and the efficiency of hospital operations. Traditional preventative maintenance practices can be costly and time-consuming, often leading hospitals to explore alternative approaches. The Alternative Equipment Maintenance (AEM) program was created for those hospitals that intend to deviate from the equipment manufacturer's recommendations.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. To bridge language barriers and make healthcare more inclusive and transparent for patients who speak Spanish, the American Medical Association (AMA) now offers Spanish language descriptors for more than 11,000 medical procedures and services. […] The article AMA Releases The CPT 2024 Code Set appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Transformational leadership is a powerful management methodology backed by decades of research. Transformational leaders improve outcomes related to the following: Effectiveness and performance Creativity and innovation Well-being and motivation Satisfaction and commitment Engagement, trust, and communication Despite the introduction of new leadership models and theories over the past 40 years since the emergence of transformational leadership, researchers have found that many borrow from its fo

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MedVA

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It is highly possible for physicians to experience exhaustion from having too much to do in the clinic. It may be your main job to take care of your patients, do administrative work, and do other things. Even if you think about hiring someone to help you around the house, it might be too expensive. Luckily, many doctors can hire virtual healthcare assistants (VAs) to help them with some of their tasks for a price that isn’t too high.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

As Vascular Nurses Week comes to a close, the impact of the work vascular nurses perform each day is clear. Vascular nurses work with patients who have vascular disease or who may be at high risk for vascular diseases including everything from blood clots to high blood pressure and other cardiovascular disease to circulation problems. Patients depend on nurses in this specialty to help them treat and manage their diseases and so will turn to them for education about how to recover from surgery f

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Will Peach MD

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

An increasing number of nurses are pursuing medical studies abroad , driven by a desire for career advancement and the exploration of fresh healthcare possibilities. However, transitioning from nursing to medicine necessitates meticulous planning. If you’re contemplating this career evolution, read on. We’ve gathered key advice to help you successfully undertake this educational endeavor and thrive in the overseas medical field.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Let’s do a thought experiment about the tricuspid valve. The TCV controls blood flow from the right atrium to the right ventricle. Background : A common TCV problem occurs when the leaflets don’t close properly during systole and there is too much regurgitation of blood back to the right atrium. We call this TR or tricuspid regurgitation.

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MedVA

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

A virtual medical scribe is someone who writes down what a doctor and patient say and does during an appointment. You don’t need a college degree to be a medical scribe, but you usually do need to be certified. Like a courtroom stenographer, a medical scribe writes down everything that happens during the visit. As an alternative to traditional medical scribes, virtual scribes are becoming more and more popular.

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Accepted Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

If you want to know how much of BU medical school’s recent $100 million gift it intends to use for scholarships, or what happens to applications to ensure a genuinely holistic process, or what its associate dean of admissions wants to see in students read on! In this interview, Dr. Kristen Goodell, associate Dean of Admissions at Boston University’s Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine answers all these questions and more.

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