Wednesday Bible Study: Specificity
The next four psalms -- 14 through 17 -- are particular reminders that these were mostly written for specific occasions, in response either to the writer ' s perception of current events, or his personal situation. Actually I don ' t know if any of these might have been composed by women. While it ' s likely that the priesthood had a monopoly on literacy during the time most of these were composed, priests could have served as scribes for others. I note that in Exodus, Miriam leads a female choir and implicitly was the composer of their song. Some are more general assertions of what the writer values moral...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 22, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management
The evolution of Health Information Management (HIM) professionals has been remarkable. They are no longer paper pushers (literally) and are now stewards of healthcare data. Jennifer Mueller, President of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), sees a bright future for the HIM industry.
Healthcare IT Today sat down with Jennifer Mueller, AHIMA President and the Vice President & Privacy Officer at the Wisconsin Hospital Association Information Center (WHAIC) to the explore the past, present, and bright future of HIM professionals. We caught up with her at the 2023 American Health Information Mana...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Analytics/Big Data EMR-EHR Healthcare IT HIM Hospital - Health System Interoperability Interviews Podcast by Healthcare IT Today AHIMA AHIMA 2023 AHIMA23 Data for Better Health Health Information Management Healthcare Data HIM Pr Source Type: blogs
Okay, Israel and Palestine
I ' ve been circumspect about this, because people hear what they want to hear or think they ' re hearing about it, instead of what people actually say; and they believe what they want to believe. Furthermore, certain truths may not be spoken. ButFintan O ' Toole has said what needs to be said (registration required, though I have a subscription) succinctly and clearly enough that I ' ll take his essay as guidance. First, I ' ll quote his setup:If war is supposed to be the continuation of politics by other means,
Israel ’s assault on Gaza seems to be the continuation by other means of
the absence of politics. It does n...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 20, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Orange, Green, and Red – The Colors of Tribalism
BY MIKE MAGEE
As Thanksgiving Day approaches, let’s give thanks for the study of history, in part because it reminds us that Trumpian words like “vermin” have been used before and serve to alert the human race that we have entered danger zone
One President who understood the power of words more than many others was FDR. When he structured up “a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations…to provide support for farmers, the unemployed, youth and the elderly”, he memorably packaged the plan under the label, “The New Deal.”
Seizing alliteration in 1933, he further ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Declaration of Human Rights March of Dimes Mike Magee Thanksgiving Welfare Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: A few shorties
We have some mercifully short psalms on the menu for today, so we can plow through a few of them and work toward getting this over with. These mostly seem to have been written in response to the composer ' s personal circumstances or experience, so they may be theologically suspect. Sometimes God seems to misbehave or get moody.Psalm 10 is the longest of today ' s offerings. It seems to have been written in response to someone -- a chieftan, perhaps, a landlord or a plutocrat of some sort -- oppressing poor people. The writer is essentially complaining that God is allowing this to happen. (My advice: Don ' t waste time com...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 19, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Gunz
It ' s rifle season for deer here in Connecticut, so I ' ve heard at least three or four gunshots today from the woods around my house, two of them followed after a few seconds by another, which would of course be the kill shot. (My property is embedded in state forest, and I ' ve also signed permission for a couple of people to hunt on it.) One thing that these are not, however, is semi-automatic rifle fire. Digby gives a free link to a WaPo article about the effects of AR-15 type weapons, including photos from mass shootings. Many people have chosen not to look at them. It ' s up to you, but the Post is ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 17, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Sage Secures $15M to Improve Quality of Care for Older Adults and Combat Caregiver Burnout
Sage Technology Improves Senior Living Community Operations, Improving both Caregiver and Resident Satisfaction, and Reducing Caregiver Turnover by 40%
Sage, a technology company reinventing care for older adults through its unified care coordination platform, has raised $15 million in Series A funding led by new investor Maveron. The round also includes all major investors including Goldcrest Capital, ANIMO Ventures, and Distributed Ventures. Natalie Dillon, partner at Maveron, will be joining the Sage board of directors as the first outside board member.
In the wake of widespread healthcare worker shortages and increasi...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 17, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT ANIMO Ventures Distributed Ventures Goldcrest Capital Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Maveron Natalie Dillon Raj Mehra Sage Source Type: blogs
Wednesday Bible Study: Flunking the vocabulary test
Psalms 7 through 9 contain a few words of uncertain meaning. This serves to remind us that, of course, everything we read is a translation from a language that was long dead at the time the translation was made. Note that modern Hebrew is an attempt to resurrect Biblical Hebrew and of course that means it is also a kind of translation -- what the words mean today cannot really be what they meant in the 5th Century BC because the context is entirely different, and of course many words had to be invented for things that didn ' t exist then. Conversely, many things that did exist then no longer exist, so the words have either...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 15, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Putting people in boxes
I just finished readingThe Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness, by Meghan O ' Rourke. She lived for many years with a debilitating illness that went undiagnosed. She ultimately concluded that she had chronic sequelae of Lyme disease, likely complicated by autoimmune and other manifestations that may have been triggered by Lyme disease or possibly just co-occurring coincidentally. In her desperation to find relief, or at least answers, she saw innumerable physicians and other practitioners, ultimately resorting to people with, shall we say, unorthodox ideas who many people -- I included -- would classify as quack...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 13, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Turnarounds are Talent Magnets: University of Chicago Medical Center
By JEFF GOLDSMITH
Like birds of a feather, talent in healthcare management often gathers in flocks. The University of Minnesota, University of Michigan and University of Iowa healthcare management programs are all justly famous for graduating, over many decades, an exceptional number of future transformative healthcare leaders. But sometimes, talent comes from the “street”- challenging healthcare turnarounds that attract risk-taking leaders who, in turn, gather young talent around them. The University of Chicago’s urban academic health center has been one of these places.
The U of C was (and remains) the la...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Jeff Goldsmith talent University of Chicago Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: Music lesson
Psalms 4 through 6 include instructions that give us little hints about the music. (The attribution to David is certainly fanciful, these were composed long after his death assuming he even existed.) The RSV translates some of the Hebrew terms which are not translated in the KJV, perhaps because back in 1611 they didn ' t have enough information. The term in Chapter 4 is " neginoth, " which is believed to refer to all stringed instruments. Some people have tried to assign it to a specific instrument, but the current consensus is that it is generic for strings. They probably didn ' t have bowed instruments, and perhaps not ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 12, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
The Voice of Democracy is Young and Female.
By MIKE MAGEE
“Don’t call me a saint,” said founder of the early1930’s Catholic Workers Movement, Dorothy Day. “I don’t want to be dismissed that easily.” Oddly enough, says Jesuit writer, James Martin, “That quote is probably the biggest obstacle to her canonization…Given that quote, would Dorothy really want to be canonized?”
Today’s election results were a sliver of bright light in what has been a rather dark period. But it is at times like this that quiet heroes emerge. If courage has a face, this morning, as results across the land show a sweeping victory for Democrats, and specifically tho...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Abortion Democracy Dobbs Mike Magee Womens rights Source Type: blogs
The Voice of Democracy is Young and Female
By MIKE MAGEE
“Don’t call me a saint,” said founder of the early 1930’s Catholic Workers Movement, Dorothy Day. “I don’t want to be dismissed that easily.” Oddly enough, says Jesuit writer, James Martin, “That quote is probably the biggest obstacle to her canonization…Given that quote, would Dorothy really want to be canonized?”
This week’s election results were a sliver of bright light in what has been a rather dark period. But it is at times like this that quiet heroes emerge. If courage has a face, this morning, as results across the land show a sweeping victory for Democrats, and specifi...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Abortion Democracy Dobbs Mike Magee Womens rights Source Type: blogs
Capitalist pigs
I ' ve had a few things to say now and again about the incompatibility of the pursuit of profit with medicine. The corporatization and commodification of health care has been bad for people biologically, emotionally, and financially. There ' s a lot to unpack about that, but one of the most egregious problems is so-called private equity, that is companies that are not publicly traded, do not have to make substantive financial disclosures, and generally operate by buying up existing companies, squeezing profit out of them by cutting costs, and then selling them, usually as husks of their former selves. Here ' s one of innum...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 10, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Will the AMA Support A Move Toward Single Payer Health Care?
By MIKE MAGEE
The Politico headline in 2019 declared dramatically, “The Most Powerful Activist in America is Dying.” This week, 4 1/2 years later, their prophecy came true, as activist Ady Barkan succumbed at age 39 to ALS leaving behind his vibrant wife, English professor, Rachael King, and two small children, Carl,7, and Willow,3.
His journey, as one of the nation’s leading activists for a single-payer health care system began, not coincidentally, began with his diagnosis of A.L.S. in 2016, 4 months after the birth of his first child. His speech at the Democratic National Convention fully exposed his conditio...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Ady Barkan AMA Mike Magee Single payer Source Type: blogs
