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Putting patients' needs at the heart of a care model

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Before becoming executive director for Mayo Clinic Asia-Pacific, Royston Lek had been involved in work around direct patient care. He was a former COO of an integrated healthcare services company in China and the managing director in Singapore for a similar company that operates across Asia. In holding these executive roles in healthcare services companies, Lek learned about the immense challenges of healthcare providers in delivering care to patients.

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Be a Rising Star in your Profession

Pro CRNA

By Thomas Davis, DNAP, MAE, CRNA. Rising stars in the workplace and in the profession…we all know who they are and the contributions that they make to group. It would be a cliché to say that those entering a profession are the future of the organization, and we all know that it is true. To ensure that nurse anesthesiologists continue to be valued members of the healthcare community, a combination of solid workers and rising stars are essential.

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Study Shows Home-Based Caregivers Can Help Stave Off Dementia

Home Health Care

Seniors aged 60 and older who partake in long hours of sedentary behaviors have a higher risk of developing dementia. That’s according to a new study from University of Southern California and University of Arizona researchers. About 6.5 million people in the U.S., age 65 and older, are living with Alzheimer’s disease in 2022. This is a number that is estimated to reach 12.7 million by 2050, according to statistics from the Alzheimer’s Association.

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New Report Reveals Behavioural Factors to Treatment Adherence

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Fullscript , the leading care delivery platform for personalized treatment planning, ongoing wellness support and education, and high-quality supplements released a report about behavioral change in integrative medicine as part of its mission to change how health is prescribed and help people get better. The findings indicated that while behavior or lifestyle change is challenging, – The findings indicated that while behavior or lifestyle change is challenging

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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Why Amazon Is Shutting Down Amazon Care

Home Health Care

When the news hit Wednesday that Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) was shutting down its virtual and at-home care business – Amazon Care – there was reasonably some confusion among the health care industry at large. The shutting down of Amazon Care is a failure if viewed in a vacuum. Amazon was unable to disrupt the health care industry – or at least the home-based care space – all on its own.

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How Faster Data Access Can Save Lives

HIT Consultant

Pam Holt, U.S. General Manager at Briya. Eleven months versus ten years. When you’re waiting for an answer to cure or prevent a disease, that difference can feel like forever. Scientists that developed the COVID vaccine in under a year represent a huge medical breakthrough compared to the standard decade-long vaccine process. The expedited research and development phase showed the world just how quickly the process could occur if given the right resources. .

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When is it Okay to Use Your Health Data To Recommend Helpful Products?

Healthcare Leadership

I recently had a conversation about the mountain of health-related mobile apps that are currently available for “free”. I was lamenting how many people were downloading and using these solutions without fully understanding that their health data collected by these apps was being used to market products and service to them. At that point, the person I was speaking with asked a poignant question: “If the recommended products and services are truly useful and would help that person, then isn’t that

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Monday Morning Update 8/29/22

HIStalk

Top News An August 5 ransomware attack on software vendor.

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Morning Headlines 8/29/22

HIStalk

NHS cyberattack causing ‘total chaos’ in hospitals could take a.