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How to prevent ‘passive clone syndrome’ in your organization
Simma Lieberman Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementI recently watched a Bruce Willis movie called "Surrogates" for the second time. People stay home, send their surrogates to work and use remote controls to interact with them. The surrogates are exact clones of their "owners." Although "Surrogates" is in the future, it made me think about workplaces today. Willis is an FBI agent who sends his FBI surrogate to solve a murder, until he realizes that he needs to personally be involved. He leaves the house and takes his true self to work to find the killer. Are your employees sending their clones to work?
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Simple, proven ways to improve your memory
Victoria Fann Medical & Allied HealthcareThe thought of losing your memory is terrifying. I've witnessed this firsthand — my mother and my two grandmothers all had dementia. In the hope that we don't fall victim to the same fate, my sisters and I have become obsessed with finding strategies to keep our memories intact. Fortunately for us, research on the brain has helped discover ways to strengthen memory capacity. Here is a brief summary of some of the research out there.
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Study: Stroke during pregnancy may be increasing
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareAdvances in medical care and diagnostics should reduce the incidence of serious health problems and mortality rates from those events. Death rates from strokes have declined since the 1960s. This may not be the case for stroke occurring during pregnancy or within six weeks of delivery, however. A new study published online in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology sheds light on the incidence of acute stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) during pregnancy and the post-partum period, and suggests it is on the rise.
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The cost of changing jobs
Anne Rose Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWhat is the cost of changing jobs? Make no mistake, there is always a cost involved that has nothing to do with salary. Gone are the days when the norm was to work one job at one company until retirement. We have a much more mobile workforce with more opportunities, and people change jobs often to avail themselves of perceived advantages, better pay, and better work-life balance. But sometimes when you change jobs, the benefits don't materialize as you'd expected, and regrets ensue.
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Healthcare cybersecurity threats continue with no end in sight
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationIn 2019, healthcare organizations were the fourth most common target for ransomware attacks, according to a report released by Cylance, a BlackBerry company. Healthcare made up 7% of attacks overall, after technology (28%), consumer goods (15%) and manufacturing (11%), but the sophistication of attacks is growing more complex. A year prior, in 2018, Cylance said it saw a decline in overall ransomware attacks and an increase in malicious coin miners.
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New resources in precision medicine that every doctor should know about
Lisa Mulcahy Medical & Allied HealthcarePrecision medicine, or personalized medicine as it is sometimes referred to, is a most significant and promising healthcare trend. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) defines precision medicine as an individualized plan that uses a patient's genetic makeup and their environment and lifestyle to deliver the right preventative advice or targeted disease treatment. There are several exciting developments in this field that you, as a physician or hospital administrator, should know about and investigate further.
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Podcast: Transitioning an in-network practice to cash-based
Jarod Carter Healthcare AdministrationIn this episode, Meredith Soelberg and Brooke Mitchell describe their experience as employees in an insurance-based physical therapy practice that had to "weather the storm" of massive reimbursement cuts. The impact of those cuts made it apparent that they'd have to change their business model or face economic ruin. The cash-based practice model seemed to be the obvious solution, so the decision was made to give it a try. Soelberg and Mitchell explain exactly how the transition to cash-based was managed so the practice could remain viable for the long term.
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What emergency departments need to know about coronavirus
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareFirst reported in late December 2019 in the major central China city of Wuhan, the newly discovered coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is now rapidly spreading. As of Jan. 28, thousands have been sickened and the death toll exceeds 100. Eighteen countries, including the United States, have confirmed 2019-nCoV cases. The CDC recommends that clinicians treat patients with fever and symptoms of lower respiratory illness who have a history of travel in Wuhan, or who were in close contact with a person suspected of having 2019-nCoV, as being patients under investigation (PUI).
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Smart pills: The pros and cons of an important healthcare trend in 2020
Lisa Mulcahy PharmaceuticalSmart pills are highly promising, yet controversial, new developments that have many intriguing potential applications. They are drugs containing tiny sensors that monitor a patient's condition internally or target certain treatments. This monitoring may ultimately happen through telemedicine or other remote means. For example, researchers from Columbia University report they've developed a smart pill for metastatic triple-negative breast cancer patients that recognizes a specific protein made by cancer cells and delivers medication specifically to combat that protein.
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Do you have recurring knee pain? Examine how you’re standing
Sheilamary Koch Medical & Allied HealthcareAvoiding movements that tax your knee like high-impact sports won’t be enough if misalignment in your everyday posture is at the root of your recurring knee pain. Habits of poor alignment affect the entire body and knees are no exception. But identifying and correcting these habits isn’t easy. To begin with, people tend to focus attention on where they feel pain, yet the problem often lies elsewhere, notes somatic movement educator Carolina Baronio. "Everything we do with one part of the body affects the entire skeletal system," she explains.
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