How Queuing Technology for Pharmacies Can Improve Safety & Efficiency
The following is a guest article by Yoni Lavi, Founder and CEO at Qtrac Few things should take priority over access to necessary medications, particularly prescriptions. However, managing your prescription medications at the pharmacy isn’t always easy. Staff shortages, constantly changing regulations, and growing demand make it difficult to keep up with optimizing procedures and protocols. Often busy environments, pharmacies are notorious for long waits, overworked employees, and frustrated customers. To make matters even more complicated, many new programs, including one recently announced by Walmart, are expanding pha...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 3, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Administration Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Digital Front Door Digital Queuing Healthcare Queuing Patient Experience pharmacy Pharmacy Challenges Pharmacy IT Ph Source Type: blogs

The Mindset That Motivates Change And Boosts Memory (M)
The mindset is beneficial in areas like education, creativity, long-term planning and behaviour change. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - October 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Motivation subscribers-only Source Type: blogs

How Technology can Address Clinician Shortage and Burnout
The following is a guest article by Kim Howard, Chief Client Officer at Nomad Health The U.S. healthcare system faces an estimated national deficit of more than 900K registered nurses by the end of the decade. Hospital CEOs agree that workforce challenges are the biggest issue they face, with 90% saying nursing shortages are the most pressing – a trend driven by the 4.7M healthcare workers retiring by 2030. The “silver tsunami” is also to blame, with 10K baby boomers aging into Medicare coverage daily, placing even further strain on the situation. Fewer nurses, a slowed education pipeline, and more patients in need o...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 2, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Administration Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Caregiver Clinician Burnout clinician shortage job satisfaction Job Searching Kim Howard Nomad Health Nurse Hiring Nurse Job Boards Nurse Shortage Nursing Traveling Nurs Source Type: blogs

Innovations in surgical education [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Ruchi Thanawala, a cardiothoracic surgeon, as we explore the transformative power of technology in surgical training. Discover how innovation is reshaping the way we educate future surgeons, improve feedback, and address critical issues of equity in health care. From web-based accelerated learning platforms Read more… Innovations in surgical education [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 1, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Podcast Surgery Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 2nd 2023
In conclusion, we identified several candidate genes that may confer cancer resistance in cetaceans, providing a new avenue for further research into the mechanisms of lifespan extension. « Back to Top A Relationship Between the Gut Microbiome and Bone Density https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/09/a-relationship-between-the-gut-microbiome-and-bone-density/ Changes in the gut microbiome take place with advancing age, an increase in populations that provoke chronic inflammation, a reduction in the populations producing beneficial metabolites. Even only considering rising levels of in...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 1, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs