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The best ways to refocus your online healthcare content
Lisa Mulcahy Medical & Allied HealthcareDoes the website for your healthcare organization really do you justice? The website instantly informs your existing and potential patient bases about the way your facility operates, so you want to make sure the impression it's making is accurate, current and as user-friendly as possible. You should continually monitor and update your site regarding medical information, services, and marketing. Here are some science-based points to put into practice as you review and refresh your content.
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Health data groups urge Senate to adopt unique patient identifiers
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationHealthcare lobbyists made their way back into the limelight recently when several major groups took to the U.S. Senate to speak passionately about removing the two-decade-old ban on unique national patient identifiers. These health information management leaders told members of Congress that the use of federal funds to adopt such a nationwide identifier would allow collaboration between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the private sector. Additionally, the groups assert that this federal funding is crucial for identification solutions that may reduce medical errors and protect patient privacy.
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5 ways to attract millennial patients to your healthcare organization
Lisa Mulcahy Healthcare AdministrationAs a healthcare professional, you understand that millennials are seeking traditional healthcare less frequently than previous generations — but do you really understand why? Researchers have been making fascinating inroads when it comes to determining how millennials really approach their healthcare. Understand the way they think and how they want to be served and you'll be able to attract them to your practice and/or hospital. Use these science-based strategies to make it happen.
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Study: Surgical gowns remain contaminated with C. difficile after disinfectant
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareClostridium difficile infects 500,000 Americans and kills 29,000 each year. Commonly affecting older adults in hospitals and long-term care facilities, symptoms of infection include diarrhea, fever, rapid heartbeat, inflammation of the intestines, and kidney failure. C. difficile spores are resistant to many commonly used disinfectants, sanitizers, and cleaning agents, including alcohol-based hand sanitizers. Surgical gowns and stainless steel often remain contaminated with C. difficile even after treatment with a recommended disinfectant. According to Dr. Tina Joshi of the University of Plymouth in England, because the spores can grow after decontamination, disinfecting measures in hospitals need to be reconsidered.
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Dental students in Costa Rica design metal saliva ejector to reduce waste
Tammy Hinojos Oral & Dental HealthcareA group of dental students has engineered a solution to the wastefulness of one-time use plastic saliva ejectors that most U.S. dentists use daily. Dentists must dispose of plastic saliva ejectors after each patient in accordance with infection control protocols. But thanks to the ingenuity of these conservation-minded dental students, this could become a thing of the past. The four students at the University of Costa Rica have developed a metallic saliva ejector that can be cleaned in the autoclave and reused again and again.
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When clinicians become politicians
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareIt’s often been said that if you don’t have a seat at the table, you'll end up on the menu, and this could not be more accurate when speaking of nurses, doctors, and other clinicians vis-á-vis local, state, or federal government. So, what happens when healthcare workers run for public office, and who benefits in the end?
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Health data breaches continue despite firms’ confidence in their…
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationHealthcare data is collected continuously, and new uses are found for this data nearly every day. In fact, almost all U.S. healthcare organizations collect, store or share data and sensitive information within technologies and cloud platforms, but less than 40% of these organizations actually encrypt data in such environments. This is according to a new report by French security company Thales and research and analysis firm IDC.
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ADA CareerCenter upgrades online tools for job-seeking dentists
Tammy Hinojos Oral & Dental HealthcareAre you a recently graduated dental professional looking for the perfect place to start your career? Or an experienced dentist looking to make a move to another practice? Your job search may have just gotten a whole lot easier. Dental professionals looking for the right job could always turn to the American Dental Association’s CareerCenter, the ADA’s official online job board. But on July 17, the ADA CareerCenter debuted its upgraded website, which now offers even more tools to improve the user experience and personalization of job searches.
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Researchers develop turmeric drug delivery system to inhibit cancer cell…
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareThe American Cancer Society estimates 3,500 new cases of bone and joint cancer in 2019 and expects 1,660 deaths. Clinical trials for bone cancers are ongoing, with some looking into ways to combine surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, and drugs known as targeted therapy to treat these cancers. A Washington State University research team has recently developed a drug delivery system using curcumin, the main ingredient in the spice turmeric that inhibits bone cancer cells and promotes growth of healthy bone cells.
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Trump administration’s drug price transparency rule blocked by federal…
Scott E. Rupp PharmaceuticalA recent Trump administration rule received a blow at the hands of a federal judge in early July 2019. The judge blocked a drug transparency rule that drugmakers have opposed — requiring that prices be listed in any television ads for the drugs. Merck & Co., Eli Lilly, and Amgen, along with the Association of National Advertisers, sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and CMS to block the rule they call unnecessary and unlawful. It was set to take effect July 9.
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