Correcting more disinformation
 The gap between Republican blathering and reality is unbridgeable. I ' m just going to rip off NPR here.Experts say New York is not experiencing a crime waveSo is it accurate to say New York in the grips of a crime wave?Some experts say not at all." Putting shooting and homicide crimes into context, we ' re a much safer city than we were 30 years ago, " says assistant professor Christopher Herrmann, acriminologist at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He ' s formerly with the NYPD and has been studying the city ' s crime trends for years. Herrmann says last year there were438 murders; there werenearly 2,000 t...
Source: Stayin' Alive - January 20, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs

Wednesday Bible Study: Who are these guys?
Fortunately we now have a few relatively short psalms. A " maschil " probably means an instructive or didactic psalm, according to some authorities, but that would not seem to describe Psalm 42. It could instead be a musical form. The " sons of Korah " are a rather surprising attribution, however. (In the KJV it appears to be addressed to them, in the RSV they seem to be credited as authors. It isn ' t clear.) As you likely will not recall, in Numbers 16 Korah organizes a rebellion against the hegemony of the Levites.  Yahweh responds by causing the earth to open and bury Korah and two of his lieutenants alive, and th...
Source: Stayin' Alive - January 10, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs

Experian Health Acquires Wave HDC, Immediately Enabling Real-Time, Single Inquiry Insurance Discovery/Verification at the Point of Patient Registration
The Companies’ Combined Capabilities will Deliver Previously Unattainable Efficiencies, Contributing to Increased Staff Productivity and much Faster Collection of Millions in Payer Reimbursements Experian, the global information services company, announces it has acquired Wave HDC, a healthcare technology leader that offers AI-enhanced data curation solutions to identify unknown insurance benefits coverage and critical patient demographics at the start of a patient’s healthcare journey. The acquisition bolsters the Experian Health business portfolio with more comprehensive and faster healthcare coverage identificatio...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 22, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Experian Experian Health Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Jordan Levitt Tom Cox Wave HDC Source Type: blogs

What happens to blood pressure when we stand up ?
Many times , an Innocuous question poses a real challenge, to our life time understanding of circulatory physiology. Submit a form. This question is very important , if we want to understand the true mechanism of postural hypotension, a commonest autonomic disorder in elderly (& also the newly recognised entity orthostatic hypertension) Orthostatic hypotension is defined as a sustained drop of at least 20 mm Hg in systolic blood pressure (SBP) or 10 mm Hg in diastolic blood pressure (DBP) within 3-5 minutes of going from a supine to a standing position. In patients with associ...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - November 29, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized bp response on standing hemodynamics of standing hypertesnion orthostatic hypertension orthostatic hypotension pots syndreome Source Type: blogs

Spotlighting SEPA for National STEM Day
The NIGMS Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program provides opportunities for pre-K-12 students from underserved communities to access STEM educational resources. SEPA grants support innovative, research-based, science education programs, furthering NIGMS’ mission to ensure a strong and diverse biomedical research workforce. SEPA projects generate resources that are mapped to state and national teaching standards for STEM and are rigorously evaluated for effectiveness; most are also available at no cost. These resources include mobile laboratories, interactive health exhibits in museums and science centers, edu...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - November 8, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: STEM Education Research Roundup SEPA Training Source Type: blogs

Sunday Sermonette: Let's get it over with
I ' m going to post the last three chapters of Job today because we really need to move on. In chapters 40 and 41, God rants about creatures called respectively behemoth and leviathan. No-one is sure what these are supposed to be. The NIV footnote actually suggests that behemoth is a hippopotamus, and the footnote to chapter 41 suggests that leviathan is a crocodile. Neither of these solutions would seem to justify the vast powers God attributes to these creatures, but anyway, theirs existence is supposed to demonstrate the greatness of God. So Job says " Okay, I ' m just shit, " which is the answer God wants to hear, wher...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 5, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs

A Puzzlement
I get that the " conservative " movement in the U.S. is not part of the Reality Based Community -- as Karl Rove proudly proclaimed -- but I thought that extended to social and scientific facts and public policy, not to the hard facts of the actual, physical world in which they live.I mean, what the actual f. does Jim Jordan think he is doing? The Republican House caucus meets, 20 or more members tell him they are not going to vote for him, and he insists on calling a vote anyway, which he loses. Then he does it again. And again. Why? Does he think that people calling in death threats to the members, their spouses, their ch...
Source: Stayin' Alive - October 20, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs

Self-management, coping – or living with?
After a weekend relaxing by the beach, I’m once again pondering the nature of how people live well with persistent pain. It’s called variously ‘self-management’ or ‘coping’ or, in my life, ‘living with’ pain, and as I pointed out last week, it’s not well-defined. I’m not even sure that people with pain get a look-in at what to call these ‘ways of living’ because it’s typically an academic discussion that excludes the very people who are expected to comply with them! That gripe aside, what’s wrong with the terms ‘coping’ or &#...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - October 8, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Chronic pain Coping strategies Pain conditions Resilience/Health biopsychosocial pain management Therapeutic approaches Source Type: blogs

60 Teamwork Quotes for Working Smart and Smoothly Together
Teamwork is essential in many areas of life to go further. To find success an individual could only dream of. No matter if that’s in your business, at work, in school, while playing sports or with family and friends. But good or even great teamwork isn’t something that’s always easy to achieve. So in this post I’d like to share the best and most helpful teamwork quotes that I’ve found. To motivate new viewpoints and progress, inspire collaboration and bring your common vision or goal over obstacles and then into reality. And if you want more motivation for work, school or your business then be sure to have a loo...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - October 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Inspirational Quotes Personal Development Source Type: blogs

Medical residencies: Balancing high stress and low compensation
Exhausted. This is the word that comes to mind when asked how I am. Instead, it’s the usual “Good!” with a smile on my face. Not that this is unique per se. Many others work long hours. A friend who is an accountant will work 80-hour weeks in the month up to the tax filing Read more… Medical residencies: Balancing high stress and low compensation originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 13, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Neurology Source Type: blogs

There Might Be A Lesson Here For Aspiring Digital GP Practices In Australia.
 This appeared a little while ago: Babylon looks to sell UK business amid bankruptcy fears Babylon Health is looking to sell its UK business, including its 100,000 patient NHS GP practice, and may fall into administration, the company has announced. Jordan Sollof 9 August 2023 Followin g the story back in May that shares in Babylon fell sharply on news that the company was being taken (Source: Australian Health Information Technology)
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 13, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Top 4 money mistakes doctors make
Yes, this sounds very ominous. However, there is a reason why I wanted to alert you to the fear of mismanaging your finances. Doctors live in the limelight and are highly traceable on the internet. Also, physicians earn large amounts of money, which can sometimes be overwhelming, giving a false sense of never running out Read more… Top 4 money mistakes doctors make originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 29, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Finance Practice Management Source Type: blogs

RCM: Fixing the Old and Adjusting to the New
Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) is like a one of those huge Lego sculptures. From the outside it looks one thing, but upon further inspection there are a million tiny little pieces that fit together to create the whole. Having a well executed RCM strategy is crucial to keep your organization running because it impacts everything. When things are simple and easy to pay for, patients are happy, the staff is happy, and you are most definitely happy. But if any part is misaligned, the whole sculpture can be disformed or even fall apart. So how do we improve? How do we make our sculpture be more realistic? The key lies in optimi...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 29, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: Administration Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Regulations Revenue Cycle Management Amy Brown AristaMD Authenticx Branden Barkema Brooke LeVasseur Clara Lambert Clarissa Ri Source Type: blogs

Compassion Requires Us to Reconsider Our Emergency Civil Commitment Standards
Markus Funk (University of Colorado), Compassion Requires Us to Reconsider Our Emergency Civil Commitment Standards (2023): The death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely in a New York subway has thrust the challenging topic of emergency civil commitment of our most helpless... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - June 9, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs

Operation Searchlight: The American-supported Pakistani genocide you probably haven ’ t heard about
BY ANISH KOKA On March 25th, 1971, the Pakistani army launched Operation Searchlight, a military campaign to brutally suppress a Bengali nationalist movement. The roots of the genocide lie in the parting gift British rulers gave to the Indian subcontinent at the time of independence in 1947. British controlled India was separated into Hindu majority India and Muslim majority Pakistan. But because there were two dense non-contiguous Muslim majority areas in British controlled India, the muslim majority country of Pakistan was divided into East and West Pakistan. East and West Pakistan were linked by religion, b...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Anish Koka Bangladesh Bengali India Operation Searchlight Pakistan Source Type: blogs