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What can IoT bring to healthcare?
Yana Yelina Healthcare AdministrationThe Internet of Things is growing steadily these days, influencing a broad array of industries. The hospitality sector and industrial manufacturing are the two spheres that invest most in IoT equipment, but it is also dramatically altering healthcare.
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Women in medicine: Providing higher quality and better patient outcomes?
Christina Thielst Medical & Allied HealthcareIn 1973, Billy Jean King changed the way the world felt about women in sports. Today, a new analysis of patient outcomes might begin a shift in how we view the contributions and value of women in medicine. The gender gap in medicine is closing. In 2016, female physicians accounted for 46 percent of U.S. medical school graduates and one-third of the U.S. physician workforce. In addition, women are increasingly choosing to pursue a care in medicine — including the 10,474 women who enrolled in medical school during 2016.
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Survey: Interoperability essential in value‑based care
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationThe eHealth Initiative recently published the results of its December 2016 survey on the "current state of progress toward achieving true interoperability" with the aim of highlighting the value of up-to-date technology and innovation in the healthcare industry. Using the eHealth 2020 Roadmap as a guiding point of reference, the survey assesses the industry's current status on interoperability, data access and privacy, patient and provider technology adoption, and data analytics.
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In the face of change, nurses must remain trusted strangers
Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied HealthcareAs 2017 gets underway, not only is a new year in front of us, but soon we will see the changing of the leaders of the United States. As the Jan. 20 inauguration date quickly approaches, uncertainly in the healthcare community continues to rise.
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Healthcare should expect more cyberattacks in 2017
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationThere's likely good money to be made for gamblers by betting on there continuing to be a plethora of cybersecurity attacks in the year ahead. Some of them are going to be in healthcare; most are not. No matter the industry sector, the fact is we can expect a rise in attacks in 2017.
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Your nursing career New Year plan
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareThe start of the year is an auspicious time to evaluate the state of your nursing career, examine your motivations and feelings, and formulate a plan for the year to come. We all need to periodically take stock of our career, distill the meaning of where we are, what we've accomplished and where we think we're going. By assessing and planning for the next iteration of your nursing career, you can take inspired action, seize the moment and not allow your career to simply happen to you.
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Coverage expansion, utilization increases lead to health spending growth
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationA new analysis from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) estimates that 2015 healthcare spending in the United States grew at a rate of 5.8 percent and reached $3.2 trillion. In comparison, 2014 spending increased 5.3 percent, following five consecutive years of historically low growth from 2009 to 2013.
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Soda company sponsorships impede obesity epidemic cures
Dr. Diane Carson Food & BeverageThe American Journal of Preventive Medicine recently published a troubling article regarding the sponsorship of national health organizations by two major soda companies. According to the article, many health organizations — including ones run by the federal government — accepted sponsorship money from the Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo or both between 2011 and 2015.
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Telehealth will continue to steal headlines in 2017
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationAs we get ready to close out 2016, it's a pretty safe bet that telehealth is going to be an even bigger headline grab in 2017 than it has been this year. Let's take a look at why. Earlier this month, the House of Representatives passed a bill called the 21st Century Cures Act. The bill — which is awaiting Senate approval — is actually intended to make the FDA drug review process more efficient, but it also includes parts dedicated to the use of telehealth services.
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Physician exchange of electronic data rises, but still a ways to go
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationThe National Center for Health Statistics (a division of the CDC) recently published a data brief on variations in physician office health data exchange by state in 2015. The brief is filled with interesting data, much of which is instructive and eye-opening.
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