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CDC Bird Flu Response Cuts Could Lead To Another Pandemic

Forbes Healthcare

Cutting surveillance for bird flu, combined with RFK Jr's proposed “let ‘er rip” approach to poultry infections would be dangerous. This is why.

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PRAGUE 25: A "negative" trial for weight loss in AF, but with hugely "positive" signals

Sensible Medicine

In Western countries, the incidences of atrial fibrillation (AF) and obesity have risen in parallel. And this relationship goes beyond association. Taken together, the evidence clearly supports the contention that obesity can cause AF, through many biologic mechanisms. The therapy implications are obvious: if obesity causes AF, then weight loss should reduce AF.

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Engaging Physicians in Quality Improvement: Strategies for Driving Practice Change

EvidenceCare

Healthcare’s ability to continuously learn and refine practice is the backbone of safer care, stronger margins , and long-term organizational relevance. When clinical teams embed learning into daily routines, reducing clinical variation becomes achievable and practice improvement in hospitals shifts from an initiative to a habit. Physician leaders who champion this shift rely on three interconnected levers: Data-driven physician feedback that pinpoints actionable process metrics Peer comparison

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CVS Omnicare ordered to pay $949 million in government fraud case

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

CVS plans to appeal the judgment, which comes after a jury ruled that its long-term care pharmacy benefits manager illegally charged Medicare, Medicaid and Tricare for prescription drugs for almost a decade.

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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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The Culprit Impeding Drug Competition Is Not Who The Feds Expected

Forbes Healthcare

There's little point in pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into creating a biosimilar if PBMs will refuse to cover it.

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AI adoption surges across the health care industry

Medical Economics

New Moneypenny survey shows two-thirds of health care organizations are now using or exploring AI, but concerns over data security, implementation and patient experience remain.

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How to Embrace AI as Your Clinical Assistant

Valant

Artificial Intelligence is quickly becoming a powerful force in healthcare, opening new doors for innovation, efficiency and connection, and behavioral mental health is uniquely positioned to benefit. As AI technology continues to evolve, it offers exciting opportunities to streamline clinical workflows, ease administrative burdens and ultimately enhance the quality of care for patients.

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Public Health Is Getting Precise – Let’s Make Sure It’s Fair

Forbes Healthcare

Equity-focused precision public health means expanding datasets to include context — where and who people live with, quality of life and community-defined health factors.

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How Not to Get Fooled by the Medical Literature - Part 6 Kaplan Meier Plots & Censoring

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 sixth 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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Behavioral Healthcare Provider Settles HIPAA Risk Analysis Investigation for $225,000

The HIPAA Journal

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has agreed to settle alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) with Deer Oaks – The Behavioral Health Solution for $225,000. Deer Oaks is a long-term care-focused behavioral healthcare provider that offers psychological and psychiatric services to residents of long-term care and assisted living facilities across the United States.

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Eldercare – A Growing Stressor for Nurses

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN As health systems design well-being programs for staff, one often overlooked social determinant of work health is the stress of being a caregiver to elderly parents and relatives. In a recent article in the July-August Harvard Business Review titled Your Company Needs an Eldercare Policy, the authors […] The post Eldercare – A Growing Stressor for Nurses appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Breast Cancer Rates Are Rising. Here’s How AI Can Assess Your Risk

Forbes Healthcare

Breast Cancer on the Rise. Current methods of risk assessment are inadequate. AI tools, such as Clairity Breast, will use AI to help predict risk of breast cancer.

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Humana agrees to purchase bankrupt Florida provider The Villages Health for $50M

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The insurer’s bid is preliminary and kicks off an auction for the debt-laden provider, which decided to pursue bankruptcy after discovering it owed Medicare millions of dollars.

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Compumedics Cyberattack Affects Almost a Dozen Healthcare Providers

The HIPAA Journal

Compumedics USA Inc., a vendor that provides diagnostic and research technologies for sleep disorders for use in sleep study clinics, has recently disclosed a data security incident that has affected patients of several of its healthcare provider clients. On March 22, 2025, Compumedics identified unauthorized access to its network which disrupted the operations of its information technology systems.

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How Much Clinical Experience is Enough to be a Leader

Emerging RN Leader

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Our Generation Z nurses are career ambitious, which is terrific. Yet increasingly, nurse leaders report that they have nurses applying for roles for which they lack the necessary experience or clinical skills to be successful. Consider the following story: We recently posted a vacancy for an Assistant […] The post How Much Clinical Experience is Enough to be a Leader appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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From Isolation To Intention: How We Can Embrace And Ease Loneliness

Forbes Healthcare

Practical ways to build connection and resilience while honoring the complexity of loneliness.

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Insurer ownership of U.S. primary care practices is small but growing: study

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The first-of-its-kind research suggests vertical consolidation is being driven by the potential for profits in nudging MA members to owned clinics, researchers said.

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Proactive denial management: A revenue game changer for small practices

Medical Economics

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Surmodics & Kentfield Hospital Fall Victim to Cyberattacks

The HIPAA Journal

Data breaches have been disclosed by a Minnesota medical device manufacturer and the threat actor behind an apparent attack on a California hospital. Surmodics, Minnesota Surmodics, an Eden Prairie, MN-based provider of catheters, medical device coatings, and chemical components for in vitro diagnostic tests and microarrays, has disclosed a security incident to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Healthcare Robotics Pioneer Mendaera Announces FDA Clearance

Forbes Healthcare

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The Nursing Shortage Means Job Opportunities

Prism Career Institute

Across the United States, healthcare providers always face the risk of a nursing shortage. While periods of understaffing present challenges for hospitals, doctors’ offices, and other facilities, many aspiring healthcare professionals are taking advantage of available job opportunities. Prism Career Institute offers healthcare training programs in Cherry Hill and West Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Health Equity Starts at Home: Renewing the Heart of Nursing  

Minority Nurse

I didn’t truly understand what nursing was until I began practicing it. Like many, I entered the profession because I loved people and science. But it wasn’t until I experienced community health firsthand that I discovered the beating heart of nursing—meeting people where they are, supporting them before a crisis, and helping them stay healthy and whole in their everyday lives.

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Phishing Attack Affects Multiple Cancer Treatment Centers

The HIPAA Journal

A phishing attack has affected multiple cancer care providers that are part of the Integrated Oncology Network (ION). All affected entities have issued similar breach notices about the incident, which involved unauthorized access to a small number of employee email and SharePoint accounts in what was described as “a sophisticated phishing attack.” Immediate action was taken to secure the affected accounts, and an investigation was launched to determine the nature of the attack and th

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How ChatGPT And AI Use In Academics Might Impact Student Mental Health

Forbes Healthcare

Implications of AI will likely depend on the users, but studies suggest that counselors should assess the impact of ChatGPT and AI on the mental health of students.

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5 NP Navigator updates you can’t find anywhere else

Doximity

Since launching NP Navigator, we’ve continued to expand the tool to help future NPs make more informed decisions about becoming a nurse practitioner. Thanks to feedback from our community and new data sources, we’re excited to share several updates that make it even easier to evaluate programs and plan your path forward. Quick Look at What’s New in NP Navigator: Preceptor placement support badge Estimated tuition costs for every Nurse Practitioner program Salary data by program and region Top em

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Matthew tries Reperio’s at home health screening

The Healthcare Blog

We are entering an age of at home testing and the team at Reperio just raised $14m to make weight, blood pressure and cholesterol/blood sugar testing available at home. But this is a relatively complex series of tests, intended to get people who haven’t been to a primary care doctor back into the system. How is the experience and can we expect people to do it?

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UnitedHealth names new chief of government programs, Medicaid unit

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Longtime insurance executive Mike Cotton will helm the company’s Medicaid division, while Bobby Hunter is stepping up as CEO of government programs.

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We Import Too Many Substandard Generic Drugs: Five Steps To Safety

Forbes Healthcare

America's generic drug supply is not consistently safe. Five simple but powerful changes in policy could improve generic drug safety and reduce future shortages.

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Trend Micro Warns of New Ransomware Group Targeting Healthcare Orgs

The HIPAA Journal

A new ransomware group has recently emerged that is targeting multiple sectors, especially healthcare, technology, and event services. According to a recent report from cybersecurity firm Trend Micro, the Bert ransomware group’s first attacks were observed in the United States and Asia, although internal telemetry has identified further victims across Europe.

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5 Ways to Improve Clinician Mental Health and Reduce Burnout

Performance Health

When a healthcare worker is burned out, it’s not just their well-being at stake—it’s the safety of every patient they treat. As clinician burnout climbs to historic highs, the ripple effect is being felt across hospitals, clinics, and care teams nationwide. The message is clear: supporting clinician mental health can’t wait. It has to be a system-wide priority now.