Sat.Jun 02, 2018 - Fri.Jun 08, 2018

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Doing Less Can Be Doing More for Healthcare – the Biggest Takeaway From ASCO 2018

Health Populi

Less can lead to more for so many things: eating smaller portions, lowering sugar consumption, and driving less in favor of walking or cycling come to mind. When it comes to healthcare utilization, doing less can also result in equal or even better outcomes. Groundbreaking research presented at this week’s ASCO meeting found that some women diagnosed with certain forms of cancer do not benefit from undergoing chemotherapy.

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Radical Support After Adverse Events

The Beryl Institute

Recently, I had the honor of speaking at Yale New Haven Health’s 2018 Inaugural Quality, Safety and Experience Conference. One of my favorite parts about presenting at conferences is the opportunity to attend and learn from the other presenters. This event was no different and it was a great day. One of the most powerful sessions of the day involved two physicians discussing their experiences of harm and error.

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Sneak Peek: What we’ll be talking about at AHIP 2018

Health Dialog

AHIP Institute & Expo 2018 is only a few weeks away. As attendees gear up to hear dozens of today’s top healthcare professionals speak about our evolving healthcare landscape, we thought it might be a good time to provide an overview of what we’ll be talking about this year. On Thursday, June 21 st , I’ll be leading a panel of clinical, business, and government leaders who will outline strategies for reducing costs and improving quality by educating and empowering patients to take a more act

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Technology, Aging and Obesity Drive Healthcare Spending, BEA Finds

Health Populi

The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released , for the first time, data that quantifies Americans’ spending to treat 261 medical conditions, from “A” diseases like acute myocardial infarction, acute renal failure, ADHD, allergic reactions, anxiety disorders, appendicitis and asthma, to dozens of other conditions from the rest of the alphabet.

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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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Thinking About Kate and Anthony – Suicide and Depression Is US

Health Populi

Yesterday at 1 pm, we learned that the incidence of suicide is up in America in a report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), an agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This morning, we awake to news that Anthony Bourdain, the witty and prolific travel and food expert, took his own life. Earlier this week, Kate Spade, fashion designer and creative force, took her own life.

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Doctors Say EHRs Are Good for Storage, But Risky for Patient Relationships and Burnout

Health Populi

Doctors have a complicated relationship with electronic health records (EHRs): two-thirds of primary care providers (PCPs) see value in digital records (EHRs), but at the same time believe the technology has weakened relationships with patients, detracted from clinical effectiveness, and lack streamlined user experience. That deficiency is, in three words, lack of interoperability; that challenge has required one-half of physician-users to use work-around’s to make their EHR investments mo

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