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How Trump Could Reshape Healthcare; E. Coli Alert; Does Doctor's Gender Matter?

Health news and commentary gathered by 名媛直播 staff

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Getting in Touch, Figuring It All Out

It's great to have more than one way to ask for help on a difficult case

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The Hidden Cost of Poor Hospital Waste Management

Proper disposal of OR trash could save the healthcare system millions -- and help the environment

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Lawmakers Take Up Fallout From Change Healthcare Cyberattack

Health sector likely to remain an "attractive target," says congressman

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Improper Payments in Medicare and Medicaid: Who's at Fault?

Republicans and Democrats took differing approaches on the subject at a House hearing

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Decaying Bodies and COVID Fraud? Health Worker Minimum Wage; Pharma's Small Tax Bill

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 名媛直播 staff

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Taking Care of Patients Beyond the Confines of the Traditional Office Visit

Home monitoring can offer a great way to extend our services

Federal Probes Need to Look Beyond Private Equity-Owned Healthcare for Alleged Abuse

Non-profit entities should also be fair game, says Ron Harman King, JD, MS

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Are Hospital Websites Upfront About User Privacy and Data Sharing?

New study finds many hospitals don't have privacy policies on their websites

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House Members Struggle to Craft Road Map for Future of Telehealth

Lawmakers examine issues around reimbursement, licensure, and patient choice

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SPAC Activity Should Be Monitored Amid Corporatization of Healthcare

SPACs offer a new way for private healthcare companies to go public

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Paging Dr. Sinclair

When it comes to artificial intelligence in healthcare, there are still a few bugs in the system

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Hospitals Cash In on a Private Equity-Backed Trend: Concierge Physician Care

Pricey membership fees for easier access to doctors becoming more common

Chatbot Beat Doctors on Clinical Reasoning

GPT-4 earned higher clinical reasoning scores than residents and attendings

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AI's Speedy Kidney Discovery; AI Listens in Clinic; Generative AI Nurses

A monthly roundup of healthcare-focused AI news and research

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Biden Administration Cracks Down on 'Junk' Health Insurance Plans

Under final rule, insurers will have to spell out what these policies do not include

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Medicare Debuts Another Primary Care-Focused Accountable Care Model

Primary Care Flex will pay ACOs a monthly fee to be given to primary care practices

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Using an Interpreter Is Great, but It Also Needs to Be Documented

Here's yet another example of how automation can help us

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How Antiquated Tech Is Hurting Patient Engagement

Time wasted, care hampered

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Medicare to Cover Weight-Loss Drug Wegovy for Certain Patients

News comes in the wake of FDA approval to reduce risk of heart attacks, stroke

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Having a Retreat Helped Us Move Forward

A day away from it all gave our staff a chance to generate ideas big and small

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MedPAC's Report Recommends Pay Changes for Healthcare Services

Report highlights MA quality, overpayment issues, and urges action on four prior recommendations

How Can the U.S. Prevent Future Cyberattacks Like the One on Change Healthcare?

To start with, more "outside in" testing is needed, expert says

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How to Prevent and Respond to a Cyberattack: From a Health System That Lived It

The surge in health system breaches should prompt action

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Doctors Are Using New AI Tools to Record Medical Exams, Draft Messages

Thousands of doctors are using products based on large language models

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Knowing When to Start, Knowing When to Stop

Discussions about screening recommendations can be difficult, but they're worth having

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Most Physicians Down on Private Equity in Healthcare

Just over 60% of survey respondents viewed private equity involvement in healthcare negatively

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Largest Independent Primary Care Network in the U.S. Accused of Medicare Fraud

Whistleblower lawsuit alleges Aledade encouraged doctors to tack on suspect medical diagnoses

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Zero-Star Ratings: Point of Shame or Professional Pride?

Navigating the patient with questionable motives

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MedPAC Members Pan Rural Hospitals' 'Cost-Plus' Billing System for Medicare Patients

Allowing the system to stay in place is "unconscionable," says one commissioner

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Probe Into Private Equity in Healthcare Launched

Federal agencies invite public comments

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Medicare a Big Contributor to the Broken Health Payment System, Senators Told

Use of "hybrid" payment model urged

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CVD Risks Tied to Teeny-Tiny Plastics Lodged in Atherosclerotic Plaque

And the prevalence of microplastics and nanoplastics is only increasing

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Bugged Doctors' Offices; $22M for Healthcare Hackers? What to Know About Ibogaine

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 名媛直播 staff

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Most Doc Groups Unhappy With Proposed Congressional Budget Deal

Measure would restore some, but not all, of the cuts to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

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Small Wins

Artificial intelligence has the potential to assist with our day-to-day tasks

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'The Good Doctors' -- Autism Spectrum Disorder and Medicine

Strengths, challenges, and stories of "real" Dr. Shaun Murphys

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Rumors on Kate Middleton's Health Swirl; Alcohol Deaths Surge; 1 in 8 Have Obesity

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Doctor Mistakenly Accused of Shouting Racist Slurs at Woman

Being the target of social media misinformation "can happen to anybody"

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Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Prior Authorization?

Possibly, but "complete transparency" about its use would be needed, expert says

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