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Millennials, Gen Xers leading change in healthcare over seniors, boomers
Scott E. Rupp Medical & Allied HealthcareMillennials and Gen Xers are a population segment harboring and bringing about advances in healthcare technology. They are also altering the delivery of healthcare and insurance, according to new research offered up by PNC Healthcare.
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Removing luck from the Chain of Survival
Brian Duffield Medical & Allied HealthcareAs good as the Chain of Survival is in the face of a sudden cardiac arrest, the success of the chain relies heavily on the performance of people — and to a lesser extent technology — for it to succeed. When you get down to the details, some of the folks in the chain are not professionals. Some of the professionals may be having a bad day, and the nature of technology brings a host of various challenges. The variables are myriad, and they all have to come together and work perfectly during an SCA.
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Health concerns about electronic cigarettes are mounting
Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied HealthcareOn March 23, the California Public Health Department launched a series of ads as part of an effort to inform the public of the potential dangers of electronic cigarettes. This comes 25 years after the state of California issued its first anti-smoking ads, becoming one of the leaders in tobacco use and prevention. The efforts have paid off over the years, as the state has one of the lowest youth smoking rates in the country.
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Will the government finally stop short‑changing HEMS providers?
Mark Huber Medical & Allied HealthcareIt's no secret that the federal and state governments short-change helicopter EMS providers when it comes to reimbursement for air medical flights covered by Medicare and Medicaid. Patients covered by these programs account for nearly 60 percent of all medical transport flights, so we're not talking pocket change here.
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Eat right, feel right and think right
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied HealthcarePaying attention to what you eat reaps dividends in maintaining healthy brain function as you age. A study of what foods are beneficial and which ones are to be avoided was recently published in Alzheimer's and Dementia, the journal of the Alzheimer's Association.
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Is cellphone usage causing unknown health problems?
Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani Medical & Allied HealthcareThere are two different types of radiations: ionizing and nonionizing. Ionizing radiation breaks the covalent binding in whatever it passes through, with X-rays and gamma rays being prime examples. Nonionizing radiation breaks van der Waals bindings and could cause a significant DNA strand breakage at a low exposure level (0.0024 W/kg). Some of the examples of instruments that generate nonionizing radiation include microwaves, cellphones, Walkie-Talkies, smart readers, iPads, laptops and wireless routers.
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Experiment aims to stop immunosuppression therapy for face transplant patients
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareThe U.S. Military is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to provide face transplants and follow-up care for a small group of civilians who suffered traumatic injuries. The intent is to find ways to help servicemen and women who receive disfiguring injuries in combat.
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Experts: 2015 is the year of the healthcare breach
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationBreaches, breaches everywhere. It seems there's no shortage of news about security breaches and their effect on healthcare. In an effort to better paint the picture of breaches in healthcare, Software Advice recently published research focusing on how recent HIPAA breaches, like the cyberattacks at Anthem and Premera Blue Cross, have impacted U.S. patients' trust, treatment and retention.
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Promoting nurse resilience
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareThe Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines resilience as "the ability to become strong, healthy, or successful again after something bad happens," or "the ability of something to return to its original shape after it has been pulled, stretched, pressed, bent, etc." Nurses regularly face situations where they are "stretched, pressed and bent," and they also frequently find themselves in situations where "something bad happens." Thus, we can readily draw the conclusion that resilience in nurses is a quality to be promoted and championed by nurse managers and leaders throughout the profession.
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A cool trick for your business cards and marketing materials
Jarod Carter Medical & Allied HealthcareI recently did some treatment trade with a graphic designer, and one of the things she suggested for my marketing materials was quite interesting and not yet widely used among PTs. Have you seen those square bar codes that utilize a lot of little squares rather than all vertical lines? For those of you who don’t know, they are called QR codes (quick response codes), and people scan them with their smartphones. QR codes can cause a few different things to happen, but I'll just explain the two I feel are most applicable to us private practice owners.
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