Pro CRNA

JULY 24, 2021

By Thomas Davis, DNAP, MAE, CRNA. follow@procrnatom on Twitter. Effective communication in the workplace is an essential foundation for high-performance teams. Being on the same page eliminates confusion, creates accountability, and promotes collaboration. Team meetings, workshops and retreats are ideal for ensuring that the message is delivered and understood, however, in a hectic workplace it is difficult to schedule group meetings without disrupting the workflow.

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Health Populi

JULY 29, 2021

When we say the word “pharmacy,” we might picture the Main Street brick-and-mortar chain drugstore that dispenses medicines from behind the counter in the far back of the building, and sweet and salty snacks at the front by the cashier. In fact, “pharmacy” is the jumping off point for the expanding and increasingly beloved retail health ecosystem, J.D.

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The Rand Blog

JULY 26, 2021

Policymakers have long had evidence that childcare enables mothers to work. What the COVID-19 pandemic taught everyone is how the lack of childcare can be a disastrous constraint.

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Geek Doctor

JULY 30, 2021

Advances in artificial intelligence are slowly transforming the specialty, much the way radiology is being transformed by similar advances in digital technology. John Halamka, M.D., president, Mayo Clinic Platform, and Paul Cerrato, senior research analyst and communications specialist, Mayo Clinic Platform, wrote this article. Any patient who faces a potential cancer diagnosis knows how important an accurate, timely pathology report is.

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Healthcare Associates

JULY 29, 2021

How to Treat an Overactive Bladder. An overactive bladder can be challenging to live with if it disrupts your daily activities and sleep and compromises your well-being. Fortunately, there are many different treatment options for an overactive bladder that can reduce your symptoms and help you find relief. Continue reading to learn more about the causes of an overactive bladder and how to stop it from affecting your quality of life.

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Icanotes

JULY 30, 2021

As a behavioral health clinician, you’re always writing notes during and following sessions. Whether a patient is dealing with depression, anxiety, a substance use disorder or is undiagnosed, accurate and detailed notes are necessary for their treatment. Progress notes facilitate the treatment process and allow for effective communication. Notes propel a patient’s trajectory through treatment and help to ensure the best outcomes.

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Geek Doctor

JULY 28, 2021

Dataset shift can thwart the best intentions of algorithm developers and tech-savvy clinicians, but there are solutions. John Halamka, M.D., president, Mayo Clinic Platform, and Paul Cerrato, senior research analyst and communications specialist, Mayo Clinic Platform, wrote this article. Generalizability has always been a concern in health care, whether we’re discussing the application of clinical trials or machine-learning based algorithms.

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Advanced Data Systems

JULY 30, 2021

John Doe is an inpatient at a hospital. He and his family might have a handle on services and treatments that were actually seen performed, or at least known about such as surgeries.

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The Rand Blog

JULY 30, 2021

This weekly recap focuses on the link between historic lynchings and voter registration, Afghanistan in the era of fentanyl, supporting firefighters’ mental health, and more.

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Life Qi

JULY 30, 2021

Great coaching conversations take place in a container. The container is created jointly by the coach and the person doing the thinking, known as the ‘thinker’. Building the container is the contracting part of the conversation where you decide what subject to discuss, the time you have together, the outcome desired from the session, how you will know that you have achieved the outcome, the roles each will play and where to start.

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Medcenter

JULY 30, 2021

For well over a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged our ability to handle our stress and anxiety. We have all carried the mental load of pandemic life and loss and are now struggling to process and heal. In this Q+A, Aron Steward, MD, Chief of Psychology at the UVM Health Network – Champlain Valley Physician’s […]. The post Stress Tested: How to Cope After a Very Long Year appeared first on UVM Medical Center Blog.

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American College of Healthcare Sciences

JULY 29, 2021

Earlier this month, we hosted a live webinar where Professor Lisa Warman talked with guest speaker Annemarie Sampson about the intersection of wellness and sustainability. Annemarie, from Mission Driven Wellness , promotes a holistic approach to wellness that includes how we interact with the planet as well as our personal, home, and work communities.

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The Rand Blog

JULY 26, 2021

Given the growing pressures on health care systems globally and the need for innovative approaches to financing health care, the time may be ripe to develop a robust evidence base and share learning on fintech-enabled approaches that could support universal health coverage agendas and healthier and more stable societies.

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Bookzurman

JULY 28, 2021

With so much evolving in healthcare and technology, it can be hard to keep up and difficult to see where the work that we, and our peers, do is being applied to help caregivers and patients. That's why we've hand-selected these recent articles featuring the world of healthcare interoperability and other related issues that our team finds to be worth a quick read.

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Healthcare Leadership Council

JULY 27, 2021

Historically medical school curricula have, for the most part, revolved around the actual practice of medicine and not the business aspects that will also affect a physician’s work life and financial viability. Independent physicians, of course, need an understanding of how to make their practices sustainable successes, and even doctors in large group practices or institutional settings can benefit from the skills that create a pathway to organizational leadership.

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Etactics

JULY 29, 2021

Medical malpractice happens more often than most might think and when it does, it’s not a “cried wolf” scenario. Doctors do make mistakes, but sometimes the actions classified as malpractice are intentionally taken. Naive, inexperienced, and/or simply bad physicians, unfortunately, exist in all fields of medicine. Whether they’re a surgeon, psychologist, primary care physician, or therapist, malpractice can occur across any specialist role.

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The Rand Blog

JULY 27, 2021

The health inequities exposed by COVID-19 underscored the importance of collecting race-stratified data to inform local policymakers. For the public health researchers trying to provide that, the pandemic also revealed some major pitfalls, especially about relying on open-source data.

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Medcenter

JULY 30, 2021

Finding a backpack that makes the grade when it comes to their child’s comfort and safety is an important first assignment for parents. Lewis First, MD, Chief of Pediatrics at the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at UVM’s Larner College of Medicine , offers his advice for avoiding injury by picking – […].

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Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator

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Healthcare ECONOMIST

JULY 27, 2021

Real-world cost of health interventions. Looks and career success. Improved PubMed search. A-APM vs. MIPS Political alignment and tax evasion.

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Meditech

JULY 27, 2021

On our most recent episode of the MEDITECH podcast, I was joined by Jennifer Zelmer, PhD, President and CEO of Healthcare Excellence Canada to discuss this new organization, as well as Jennifer’s passion for patient safety and equity, and what the new normal looks like for healthcare and IT.

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The Rand Blog

JULY 26, 2021

Western unity is critical to addressing authoritarian challenges. Brexit, immigration, leadership transition in Germany, and COVID-19 provide grist for Russian propaganda claims of European weakness. But unified EU action on Ukraine, Navalny, and Belarus shows that Europe is a force with which to be reckoned.

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Health Policy News

JULY 30, 2021

As in past years, the Health Policy News team is releasing one Summer Edition that includes both special content dedicated to timely topics, such as the American Rescue Plan, as.

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Health Recovery

JULY 27, 2021

Originally built to bridge the gap between the Technical Support and Implementation teams , the Technical Services team is responsible for overseeing EMR/SHP integrations, SSO integrations, and custom content for HRS’s 250+ clients across the country.

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Leaders in Healthcare

JULY 30, 2021

Friday, July 30, 2021 - 18:00 The programme is now available to explore for this year's conference. Almost half of the 50 planned sessions are now published, along with key speakers and presenters. The programme is in the final stages of production and more speakers and sessions will be released in the coming days and weeks. Find out more.

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Medcenter

JULY 30, 2021

With back-to-school season right around the corner, some parents of 5-year-olds wonder whether their child is ready to enter kindergarten. The decision is best made based upon a child’s developmental readiness. Lewis First, MD, Chief of Pediatrics at the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at UVM’s Larner College of Medicine , offers […].

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Health Policy News

JULY 30, 2021

This special, two-part piece is dedicated to Section 9817 of the American Rescue Plan, which provides funding for home and community-based services (HCBS) programs. In part one, view a guide.

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Speaker: Dr. Ugo Uwaoma, MD, MBA

Due to the impact of COVID-19, integrating telehealth software into practices and organizations has become the new normal. In turn, this has increased the effectiveness of collaborative healthcare by strengthening communication amongst healthcare workers and helping combat the woes of burnout. Communication between patients and healthcare providers has also improved, allowing patients to reach their providers easily and decreasing turnaround time.

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Etactics

JULY 29, 2021

If you’re like most people determining whether they should pursue a career in medical coding, you want to know how much you’ll get paid. After all, making money is important. In fact, over 70% of people want to hear about salary in the first message from a recruiter according to LinkedIn. While money may not be your biggest motivation, it’s still something you’ll enjoy knowing ahead of time.

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Baird Group

JULY 29, 2021

Feedback Isn’t Positive or Negative. Have you ever noticed that people tend to preface the word feedback with a qualifier such as positive or negative? The truth is feedback isn’t positive or negative. It’s feedback. Period. The dictionary defines feedback as: information about reactions to a product, a person’s performance of a task, etc. which is used as a basis for improvement.

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Health Business Group

JULY 29, 2021

Joe Hernandez. Joe Hernandez is an accomplished entrepreneur. As Chairman and Founder of Blue Water Vaccines and Blue Water Acquisition Corp he’s leading the way toward a universal flu vaccine and joining the SPAC brigade. But why did he work for the Danish ministry of foreign affairs? And why did he let his young son make him go back to graduate school for a Master of Science Degree 20 years after he thought he was done with his education?

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Health Policy News

JULY 30, 2021

Background The last year saw a significant increase in the use of alternative health care delivery methods (especially telemedicine, or telehealth1), as patients either avoided or were unable to access.

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Speaker: Matt McBride, CEO and Co-Founder of Mend

Patient engagement happens before, during, and after interactions. Consumer research has found that in 2021, 64% of US households reported using Telehealth services. In addition 34% of patients would prefer Telehealth visits to in-office visits. Accessible patient engagement technology can help you improve your relationships with your patients while also improving your KPIs.