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Why Are Hospitals Unintentionally Lazy About Your Care?

All of us who work in healthcare know that patients who have vague symptoms (like, ‘my

Why You Need To Double Check Your Pharmacy Medications

Medication errors are when you—the patient—receives the wrong medication or wrong dose (among other types

Count Costco as Your New Doctor…

This week Costco Wholesale announced a partnership with Sesame to offer its members flat-fee healthcare services —

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Why Are We Still Wondering Why Healthcare Providers Are Burnt-Out?

Nearly half of health care workers are somewhat or very likely to look for

Healthcare’s Last Bastion of Crappy Care—Nursing Homes

The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

We're thrilled to announce that Semantic Health has joined forces with AAPC to revolutionize the revenue cycle industry.

Founded in 1988, AAPC is

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Honoring a Nursing Champion

In a world where bankers, investors and executives usually receive all the big headlines (just read through many of

Wowza…

“Embryos created and stored in a medical facility must be considered children under the state’s law governing harmful death, the court ruled.”

My father

Ageism is surprisingly common in health care settings, researchers and geriatricians warn. Sometimes doctors and nurses will talk around patients, addressing someone else

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Healing Patients Require Family Involvement

It’s family, not doctors or nurses, who become the actual caregivers and advisors when patients leave the hospital.

We know

Kinda nerdy but really important topic to preserving health care for all Americans:

Concerns have been raised about private equity’s effect on patient care

Companies need to hire humans to answer phones.

Why?

Because automated ‘phone trees’ are irritating and annoying and don’t actually help solve customers’ problems.

We

Time for Paper Charts
‘Back in the day’ nurses, doctors and anyone else who worked in hospitals used paper (actual sheets of paper)

Read This: Making Invisible Your Personal Medical Debt

Did you know that in 2022 a federal agency found that medical debt collections appeared

Finally…A ‘Good’ Venture Capitalist…

Selected quote:
“What could be better than f---ng up the health care system in America so it’s affordable?” Said Mark Cuban.

Says

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When the healthcare system became an industry is exactly when we failed our citizens. This is a clear and all too common case