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Protect your nursing brand on social media
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationNurses use social media just like any other members of the workforce. As a nurse, how you use social media can have an impact on personal branding, so it's important to maintain awareness of your virtual presence and your position within the online world of professional nursing.
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Patient engagement on the rise: Is this just a nice story to tell?
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationCDW Healthcare's 2017 Patient Engagement Perspectives Study builds on last year's research to explore the drivers, challenges and influences for patient engagement. The results show providers are motivated to find new ways to promote effective patient engagement — and both patients and providers are taking action, or at least would like to do so.
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Collaboration in Texas: Ensuring patient access to virtual visits
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationThe Texas Medical Board has wrangled with telemedicine companies on policy covering virtual patient and practitioner visits. It came to a showdown in 2015 after the Medical Board adopted a policy requiring physicians to meet with patients in person prior to providing virtual medical care.
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Making sense of the political conflict surrounding healthcare
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationThere are significant risks to crafting new legislation without bipartisan and public support. Former President Barack Obama's signature healthcare legislation — the Affordable Care Act (ACA)— did not have bipartisan support, but it was passed when Democrats controlled the federal government. Now that power has swung to the Republican Party, we expect changes, if not an outright repeal of this legislation.
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US still lagging in future life expectancy
Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied HealthcareDespite incredible medical advancements, increased health knowledge and a higher mean income, the United States continues to lag behind other developed countries when it comes to the health of its citizens. In a new study published in The Lancet, researchers examined statistical data from 35 industrialized countries to forecast national age-specific mortality and life expectancy based on birth in 2030.
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Remote patient monitoring expected to explode, but at what cost?
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationLike most aspects of healthcare, mobile technology seems to be soaring up, up and away, like one of our favorite superheroes. No birds, no planes, just the projected rise of connected medical devices — the use of which is supposed to sharply increase in the next half-decade, according to a new report.
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The case for free dental services
Sarah Moore Oral & Dental HealthcareWhile you certainly can't run a business on the basis of free services, there is a strong case to be made for periodically offering up your services without charge. If you're wondering how to build your business, keep employees happy, and fully immerse yourself as a member of your local economy, offering regular community services for free is an excellent way to do it. A closer look reveals a raft of benefits for doing so.
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Nurse practitioner hospitalists in the 21st century
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareNot long ago, nurse practitioners seemed mostly to be employed in physician offices, community and university health centers, and so-called "minute clinics." In the midst of a growing shortage of primary care physicians, there is much in the news these days about NPs moving even more deeply into primary care. Concurrently, the growing presence of APRNs in the acute care setting is raising eyebrows among physicians and providing patients with more opportunities to receive hospital-based care from highly qualified nurse practitioners.
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How often are patient symptoms left off EHRs?
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationNot everything patients tell their physicians may be making its way into their electronic health records. According to a recent study of eye clinic patients in JAMA Ophthalmology, researchers found "inconsistencies between patient self-report on an eye symptom questionnaire (ESQ) and documentation in the EMR." Issues such as blurry vision, pain and discomfort often did not match what was supposed to have been in the patients' records. In fact, most of the practice's patients said that information they presented to the clinic did not get reported in their file.
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6 skills cybersecurity professionals should possess
Yana Yelina Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThe number of cybersecurity-related headlines is on a steady rise these days, intimidating businesses of all stripes and colors. The steep increases in cyberattacks, unsafe IoT device usage, malware and ransomware outbursts result in allocating generous budgets to address the challenge and prevail over hackers.
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