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Getting Vaccinated Has Mental Health Benefits, Walgreens Finds

Health Populi

Most people in the U.S. who have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot have a welcoming side-effect: peace of mind and mental health, according to a survey conducted by Walgreens in April 2021. Three in four people said that getting vaccinated positively impacted their mental health, feeling some kind of relief, thankfulness, or optimism, among other sentiments.

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7 Tips for Clinicians Going on Vacation This Summer

Icanotes

You need a vacation. That might be advice you commonly give clients who come to see you due to high stress levels, burnout or anxiety. It’s also advice you should take as a therapist and clinician. Self-care for counselors is as important as self-care for clients. Taking a summer break can give you a chance to recharge, lower your own stress levels and boost your productivity.

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Advanced Practice Providers: How to Make Patients Feel Cared for and Comfortable

Medical GPS

Last week we began looking at APPs (advanced practice providers) as valuable members of a patient’s healthcare team , especially in today’s current shift from fee-for-service healthcare, to value-based healthcare. I quoted MEDI Leadership’s Kathy Gibala , and I think it’s worth mentioning again as we continue to take a look at how to educate patients on, and encourage them towards, the benefits of having an APP on their healthcare team.

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Improving ear infection diagnoses

Osf Healthcare

Diagnosing ear infections is difficult, and the wrong choice can lead to unnecessary use of antibiotics and even surgery. Understanding the need to reduce antibiotic use, OSF Ventures invested in PhotoniCare, Inc., a company that’s developed a more precise way to detect ear infections for both children and adults.

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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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Health Care Costs for a Couple in Retirement in the U.S. Reach $300,000

Health Populi

To pay for health care expenses, the average nest-egg required for a couple retiring in the U.S. in 2021 will be $300,000 according to the 20th annual Fidelity Investments Retiree Health Care Cost Estimate. I’ve tracked this survey for over a decade here on Health Populi, and updated the annual chart shown here to reflect a $40,000 increase in retiree costs since 2016.

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Covid: ‘Primary care needs support, space and resource to enable NHS services to recover’

Health Care Leader News

Ruth Rankine, director of primary care at the NHS Confederation, discusses the key priorities for the sector as the country moves into the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic. Primary care has been an integral part of the NHS’s response to the pandemic, undergoing enormous change and notably being the leading light of the hugely successful vaccination programme against coronavirus.

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Future Nursing: International Nurses’ Day 2021 by Rachael Palmer

The Healthcare Leadership

. Future Nursing: International Nurses’ Day by Rachael Palmer. . Rachael Palmer. . My first HLA Blog, written pre-COVID-19, was a piece discussing the need for 2020: The Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Little did I know what that year would shape up to be. Whilst we are still very much experiencing the pandemic, 2020 saw healthcare change like never before and innovation supported and driven by a range of professionals.

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COVID-19 Accelerated Digital Health Investments…But It Helps to Be Bigger, Mature and Scaling

Health Populi

“Compare digital health to airlines, cruise lines, and other industries” and the sector looks quite privileged, opined Matthew Holt in a discussion on a study diving deeply into the State of Digital Health , conducted by Catalyst @ Health 2.0 and sponsored by WIPFLI. The research was conducted among 335 respondents, which included 182 digital health companies polled between November 2020 and March 2021.

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We MUST transform the Human Experience in Healthcare: A Call to Action

The Beryl Institute

For over a year we have been living through an extended moment we never anticipated, a once in a century pandemic that created one global shared experience. It brought us face-to-face with our humanity as we experienced suffering and fear, separation and the unknown. The pandemic cracked the foundations on which healthcare, and even more significantly our society, was built and revealed wounds long buried or only subtly acknowledged.

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3 tech trends reshaping the healthcare industry

nThrive

The post 3 tech trends reshaping the healthcare industry appeared first on nThrive.

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5 Essentials for Healthcare CIOs: A Provider Data Management Checklist

Complete and accurate provider data is essential for health organizations to operate effectively. A better understanding of your provider network helps to understand patients and consumers, identify gaps in care, and make the best possible decisions for your businesses. A modern provider data management solution should power a complete and accurate view of each of your providers, make this data easily accessible across functional groups, and be flexible and agile enough to scale. with your needs

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A Unique Partnership Delivers Acute and Holistic Home Care

Geek Doctor

Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, and Medically Home join forces to offer patients the best of both worlds, forging a partnership that has the potential to redefine the hospital industry. John Halamka, M.D., president, Mayo Clinic Platform, and Paul Cerrato, senior research analyst and communications specialist, Mayo Clinic Platform, wrote this article.

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Digital Marketing to Physicians: How to Capture the Attention of Today’s Time-Constrained HCPs

Health Care Success

Editor’s note : This article was originally written for PM360 magazine and for its pharma audience. However, we are publishing this today because many health and wellness companies, including hospitals and device manufacturers, can benefit from the same B2B digital marketing tactics. Sales teams today are challenged more than ever to reach physicians and healthcare providers (HCPs).

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Health and Getting Outside – What the 2021 Axios Harris Poll 100 Brands Mean for Health/Care

Health Populi

We want to go outside, drive our cars, shop for groceries, stay and get healthy. These are the key themes coming out of the 2021 Axios Harris Poll 100 on the most visible brands with high (and low) reputations among U.S. consumers. In the top-ranked “excellent” and “very good” brands numbered 1 through 50, we find five core health care brands that were most visible to U.S. consumers: Moderna ranked #3, Pfizer #7, CVS Health #24, Walgreens #46, and Kaiser Permanente #47.