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Stable or not, ACA repeal efforts continue
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationIn another round of political posturing against the often-contentious Affordable Care Act, the Senate voted 52-47 last week to pass legislation that would repeal large swaths of the healthcare law. The bill, called Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015, won House approval in October.
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CDC: ‘Phantom menace’ superbug on the rise
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareA particularly dangerous superbug, dubbed the "phantom menace" by scientists, is on the rise in the United States, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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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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Young physicians: Here’s how to get your finances back on track
Cait Harrison Healthcare AdministrationIt's not uncommon for doctors to enter the field with mounds of medical school debt and little savings — after all, they spend extended time in school before starting their practices. That can put young doctors at a disadvantage compared to their peers in other professions who have been able to start saving up to 10 years earlier, according to a new study by AMA Insurance, a subsidiary of the American Medical Association.
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Interoperability still lacking, but patients want more
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationAccording to a new report by SoftwareAdvice, patient consumers are acutely aware of health information exchange and interoperability, and of whether their physicians are connected and able to share data freely across the healthcare spectrum to provide the best in care.
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6 crucial considerations with dental veneers
Piyush Bakshi Oral & Dental HealthcarePorcelain veneers make it possible for you to possess the smile of your dreams. Working with porcelain veneers requires skill, and if done wrong, the result can be traumatizing for the subject. Here is a quick checklist of what cosmetic dentists need to keep in mind when working with dental veneers.
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Funding for digital health companies on the rise
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationRock Health, a health IT startup incubator, has announced that digital health venture funding through three quarters of 2015 has outpaced the same time period from last year with funding reaching $3.3 billion, representing 30 percent "trailing twelve month" (TTM) growth.
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Banking stem cells for tooth repair
Tracy Szwec Oral & Dental HealthcareWhen you hear about stem cells, you probably think of the controversy surrounding the topic. After all, this subject does polarize many people. However, there is a source of stem cells that is completely harmless and shouldn't cause much controversy at all — the teeth.
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Securing electronic health records on mobile devices
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationHealthcare providers are breaking free from the nursing station and using mobile devices to receive, store, process and transmit patient clinical information from where they happen to be located, when the need presents itself. Sometimes, this is in a cafe over lunch with colleagues or while waiting for their child's baseball game to begin on a Saturday morning.
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