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Walgreens expands telehealth services to 25 states
Scott E. Rupp PharmaceuticalAfter a successful launch in five states, Walgreens recently announced it is collaborating with MDLIVE to expand its mobile app to offer MDLIVE's telehealth services to users in 20 additional states. According to a statement issued by the company, the expansion means an updated telehealth experience within the Walgreens app and better functionality and integration with MDLIVE.
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Leadership in healthcare: Not so different from splitting wood
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationAs winter approaches, this is an excellent time to reflect on trends in healthcare and self-assess one's leadership style. A few weeks ago, as I was preparing for the winter and splitting wood, I thought about the similarities of this activity with my experience leading people in healthcare environments.
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Study: Rural hospitals lag in EHR progression
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationThe federal EHR incentive plan has paid dividends in getting health systems to adopt electronic health records, but small hospitals still lag behind, even after nearly five years. These are the findings from a new study featuring nationwide data collected from 2008-2014.
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Mental hygiene: Can regulations prevent the next Germanwings tragedy?
Mark Huber Transportation Technology & AutomotiveSo when exactly is someone too mentally unstable to be trusted with the flight controls of an aircraft? In the wake of the Germanwings co-pilot mass murder/suicide this spring, we can expect the usual hysteria and overreaction from politicians and regulators and additional pages of compliance trailing behind. But it all really comes down to personal responsibility.
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Standing up to nurse intolerance
Keith Carlson Healthcare AdministrationThe adage that nurses eat their young may sound like old news, but it still rings as true today as it did 20 years ago. From internalized oppression to the power of patriarchal medical dominance, there are many reasons given for the egregious ways in which some nurses treat one another.
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Should medics stop for breathing or keep pumping during CPR?
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareA new study suggests that medics' use of continuous chest compressions with positive-pressure ventilation does not result in significantly higher rates of survival or favorable neurologic status than interrupting chest compressions for ventilation.
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As we age, brain health linked to fitness level
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcarePeople are living longer, and while that is a good thing, growing older in today's world presents challenges. In a 2009 Pew Research Center survey, about 1 in 4 adults ages 65 and older reported experiencing memory loss. About 1 in 5 said they had a serious illness, were not sexually active, or often felt sad or depressed. About 1 in 6 reported they were lonely or had trouble paying bills. Also, 1 in 7 could not drive, and 1 in 10 felt they weren't needed or were a burden to others.
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Beneath the surface of Sientra’s troubles
Dr. Jonathan Kaplan Medical & Allied HealthcareIt's been a bad couple of months for Sientra, the North American distributor of Silimed breast implants. And it's too bad because they're a scrappy young company that gave women additional choices when it came to breast implants for cosmetic or reconstructive purposes.
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Could uterus transplant be the next fertility treatment?
Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied HealthcareTransplant medicine has come a long way — from the first attempts of wartime field surgeons attempting skin grafts to the first successful kidney transplant between two twins in Boston in 1954. It has been an amazing journey of evolution of medicine.
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Home infusion therapy market to expand exponentially by 2020
Scott E. Rupp Medical & Allied HealthcareSeems everything related to the home healthcare market currently is hugely popular, and the trend continues. A perfect example is the home infusion market, of all things. What exactly is the home infusion market? The simple answer is that home infusion therapy refers to intravenous at-home administration of medicines into the patient's body through a needle and catheter.
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