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What is the link between thyroid and heart disease?
Heart disease can occur with both increased function of the thyroid gland and decreased function of the thyroid gland. When thyroid function is increased, heart rate increases and the work load of the heart increases. In severe cases heart failure may occur. A peculiarity of heart failure associated with increased thyroid function is that it is a high output failure unlike the usual heart failure in which the pumping function of the heart is reduced, and low output failure occurs. While in low output heart failure the extremities are cold, in high output failure due to increased thyroid function, the extremities of the lim...
Source: Cardiophile MD - April 22, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs

Dream jobs and dream contracts: restrictive covenant nightmares
“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.” — Frederick Douglass For doctors beginning their postgraduate professional lives, there are several options. One is the proverbial “hanging up the shingle,” a folk saying meaning going out on one’s own. The advantage is that this doctor is his/her own boss, Read more… Dream jobs and dream contracts: restrictive covenant nightmares originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 8, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Practice Management Source Type: blogs

Bonus Features – April 7, 2024 – 86% of health systems had at least 10% of nurses quit in 2023, 25% of providers intend to deploy generative AI for patient engagement, plus 21 more stories
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. Studies A report from HFS Research and Cognizant found 25% of providers intend to deploy generative AI to enhance patient engagement. A Nursa survey found 86% of health systems had 10% or more of their nursing staff quit in 202...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 7, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Adherium Alan Tam Andrew Lundquist Availity Axuall Care Directions Carium Cognizant eClinicalWorks Eko G2 Google Cloud Greg Hajcak H1 Hartford HealthCare Healow Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features HFS Resea Source Type: blogs

Disparities between physician and C-suite contracts [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! In this episode, health care attorney Dennis Hursh delves into the contentious issue of executive compensation within the health care sector. With a critical eye on the disparities between physician and C-suite salaries, Dennis examines the challenges of obtaining accurate data Read more… Disparities between physician and C-suite contracts [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 4, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Podcast Practice Management Source Type: blogs

Costco Weight-Loss Program: Omission of Critical Data Puts Patients at (Financial) Risk
This week, the world learned that Costco Wholesale would start selling Novo Nordisk ' s newest, but vastly overpriced GLP-1 inhibitor medicine known generically as semaglutide (sold under the brand names Ozempic and Rybelsus for Type 2 diabetes, and under the brand name of Wegovy for weight-loss for those with obesity without Type 2 diabetes). We learned of the Costco GLP-1 initiative from a press release from Costco ' s strategic partner known as Sesamehttps://sesamecare.com/ which is the entity which will connect patients with its network of thousands of outpatient healthcare providers nationwide who are more than w...
Source: Scott's Web Log - April 3, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2024 biosimilars Costco GLP-1 inhibitor liraglutide semaglutide Sesame Source Type: blogs

The hidden menu of physician contracts
Many of you prioritize the clinical aspects of our profession, but understanding the business side of medicine is equally crucial. One key area to consider is your contract, as it can significantly impact your career path and financial stability. I believe it’s essential for every doctor to be knowledgeable about the variety of contracts they Read more… The hidden menu of physician contracts originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 2, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Practice Management Source Type: blogs

Optum: Testing Time for an Invisible Empire
By Jeff Goldsmith Years ago, the largest living thing in the world was thought to be the blue whale. Then someone discovered that the largest living thing in the world was actually the 106 acre, 47 thousand tree Pando aspen grove in central Utah, which genetic testing revealed to be a single organism. With its enormous network of underground roots and symbiotic relationship with a vast ecosystem of fungi, that aspen grove is a great metaphor for UnitedHealth Group. United, whose revenues amount to more than 8% of the US health system, is the largest healthcare enterprise in the world. The root system of UHG is...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Health Tech Jeff Goldsmith Optum PBMs United HealthGroup Source Type: blogs

Ventricular Fibrillation, ICD, LBBB, QRS of 210 ms, Positive Smith Modified Sgarbossa Criteria, and Pacemaker-Mediated Tachycardia
An elderly man collapsed. There was no bystander CPR.  Medics found him in ventricular fibrillation.  He was defibrillated, but they also noticed that he was being internally defibrillated and then found that he had an implantable ICD.He was unidentified and there were no records availableAfter 7 shocks, he was successfully defibrillated and brought to the ED.Bedside ED ultrasound showed exceedingly poor global LV function, and no B lines.Here is the initial ED ECG.  What do you think?Rhythm:  Residents asked me why it is not VT.  If you use calipers (or equvalent), it is clear that the rhythm...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - April 2, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs

Direct Recruiters, Inc. and INNOVA People Merge to Launch Healthcare and Tech Staffing Divisions
Direct Recruiters, Inc. (DRI) and INNOVA People, Starfish Partners companies, are proud to announce the launch of INNOVA Healthcare and INNOVA Tech staffing practice areas. INNOVA People was acquired by Starfish Partners in 2023, merging with Direct Recruiters’ staffing arm to form a leading staffing conglomeration within Starfish Partners. Leveraging decades of expertise in healthcare and technology staffing and merging the staffing divisions of INNOVA People and DRI, these staffing specialty areas broaden the spectrum of talent acquisition and consulting services. This newly formed staffing powerhouse offers compre...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 1, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Dan Charney Direct Recruiters Inc. DRI Frank Myeroff Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A INNOVA People Joel Slenning Starfish Partners Source Type: blogs

Mild Tricuspid Regurgitation
Transcipt of video: Mild tricuspid regurgitation is often noted on echocadiogram reports and sometimes causes a little bit of worry and a lot of questions are asked on mild tricuspid regurgitation. What is this mild tricuspid regurgitation? This is the schematic diagram of the heart in which you can see right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle, aorta and pulmonary artery. And mild tricuspid regurgitation is just a small leak from the tricuspid valve. Normally, the tricuspid valve is expected to close fully and prevent backleak of blood from the right ventricle to right atrium, when the right ventricle co...
Source: Cardiophile MD - March 30, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs

Microsoft Teams and Boostlingo Integration Improves Healthcare Interpretation Efficiency
Talking with a CIO this week, he described how telehealth is now just part of the infrastructure for how they see patients.  Certainly telehealth balooned during COVID and has come back to more reasonable levels now, but in many cases telehealth appointments have still settled at 100 times what they were before COVID.  Patients and clinicians are now more comfortable with telehealth as an option that provides great convenience for the patients. One of the most common telehealth platforms being used right now is Microsoft Teams.  My guess is that it was widely adopted because it was included in the Microsoft package that...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 28, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops LTPAC Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Boostlingo Healthcare Interpreters Healthcare Sc Source Type: blogs

Bonus Features – March 24, 2024 – Data infrastructure investments have 124% ROI, 85% of healthcare workers believe AI can improve the patient experience, plus 28 more stories
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. News and Surveys More than half (52%) of provider organizations use entirely manual workflows for credentialing and network management, according to a survey from Medallion. A survey from Hakkoda found 92% of healthcare organiz...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 24, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Ardent Health Services athenahealth Availity Carta Healthcare Christine Gall Collette Health DrFirst DUOS FOLX Health Forbes Gary L. Harton Gattaca Genomics Gene Scheurer Greg Coticchia Greg Sottolano Hakkoda Source Type: blogs

Evaluation of JVP
Transcript of the video: Now we will discuss the basic principles of evaluation of jugular venous pressure and jugular venous pulse. These are assessed in the internal jugular vein and not in the external jugular vein. To revise the anatomy lessons, this is the external jugular vein and this is the internal jugular vein. Now, why we should not be looking at external jugual vein, though it is much easier to find out is that, in lower portion, it may be kinked so that it may not reflect the true right atrial pressure. The whole purpose of assessing the jugular venous pressure and pulse is that it reflects the right atrial pr...
Source: Cardiophile MD - March 21, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs

PocketHealth Raises $33M USD in Series B Funding to Transform Medical Image Exchange and Patient Experience
Funding Round Led by Round13 Capital with Participation from Deloitte Ventures, Samsung Next, and Existing Investors Questa Capital and Radical Ventures PocketHealth — the Leading Patient-Centric Image Exchange Platform — Gives Patients Instant Access to their Medical Images, Leverages AI to Create a Unique Healthcare Experience for Each Patient, and Enables Seamless Image Exchange Between Providers Series B Funding will Accelerate the Company’s Investment in AI to Enable Intelligent Image Exchange and Personalize Every Patient’s Care Journey PocketHealth is Trusted by More than 1.5 Million Patients at over 775 Hea...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 20, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Brahm Klar Deloitte Ventures Harsh Nayyar Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Miranda Ferris PocketHealth Questa Capital Radical Ventures Rishi Nayyar Round13 Round13 Capita Source Type: blogs

Non-competes: Legal updates that give physicians options [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Did you know that non-compete contracts in the health care industry are constantly evolving? Join family physician and entrepreneur Tod Stillson as we dive into the latest legal changes impacting physicians’ professional mobility. In this episode, we explore how these reforms Read more… Non-competes: Legal updates that give physicians options [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 18, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Podcast Practice Management Source Type: blogs