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Do clinicians know how to help people develop pain self management?
In recent posts I’ve been discussing pain self management and why it’s not only necessary, but inevitable for people living with pain. Today I turn my gaze to health professionals, and the skills needed to support developing self management – because it’s not the same as ‘telling’, or ‘educating’, or even ‘advising’. Firstly, let’s check out what people with pain want in self management. Lim and colleagues (2019) conducted a systematic review examining studies identifying ‘health information needs’ of people with low back pain. I put that tit...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - November 5, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Chronic pain Coping Skills Low back pain Professional topics Science in practice Clinical reasoning healthcare pain management self-management Therapeutic approaches Source Type: blogs

Bonus Features – November 5, 2023 – Only 24% of healthcare organizations have successfully disrupted ransomware attacks, 83% of healthcare leaders say AI is or will be an essential skill, plus 20 more
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 and Reports So far in 2023, only 24% of healthcare organizations were able to disrupt a ransomware attack before attackers encrypted their data, according to a Sophos survey. That’s down from 34% last year. Althou...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT 1upHealth Appian athenahealth Marketplace Attendance on Demand Authenticx Avenda Health BeMe Health Brightside Health DrFirst eClinicalWorks Elsevier Erick Sunarto Ernst & Young Experian Health Harvard Medical S Source Type: blogs

From compassionate care to corporate medicine: Physicians speak out
Four years ago, I (JEL) had just finished a fellowship and was elated to start my dream job in a physician-owned and operated group practice. The doctors in the group were tight-knit supporters of each other and the local community. Right away, I began building meaningful relationships with the patients and colleagues that I thought Read more… From compassionate care to corporate medicine: Physicians speak out originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 5, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors:

Weekly Roundup – November 4, 2023
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week. Helping Providers in Ontario Adopt AI and Improve EMRs. Colin Hung sat down with Rob Fox at OntarioMD about the organization’s work collaborating with vendors to give physicians a role in shaping EMR enhancements as well as helping physicians decide which AI innovations will work best for them. Read more… What Tools are Necessary for Handling...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 4, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs

Rising nurse practitioner burnout: charting and work-life balance
Nurse practitioner (NP) burnout is at an all-time high. Many nurse practitioners (and health care providers in general) are struggling right now, feeling mentally, physically, and emotionally exhausted. Many are contemplating leaving health care altogether. The factors contributing to nurse practitioner burnout are multifactorial, stemming from various personal and work-related causes. However, for APRNs, there Read more… Rising nurse practitioner burnout: charting and work-life balance originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 4, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Conditions Health IT Primary Care Source Type: blogs

The “ little voice ” physician burnout survey
If your conscious mind is asking, “Is this what burnout feels like?” your little voice already has the answer. One of the things physicians ask me on our coaching discovery call is whether or not I think they are burned out. They want a second opinion from a fellow doctor. That’s a natural instinct, and Read more… The “little voice” physician burnout survey originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 3, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs

Overcoming health challenges: one patient ’ s story
The patient was a typical one in my primary care practice, and for those of you in my field, one familiar to you as well. Jim, as we will call him, was a middle-aged, obese male with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes, whose most concerning medical problem was his long history of noncompliance. Read more… Overcoming health challenges: one patient’s story originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Conditions Diabetes Primary Care Source Type: blogs

Medicine has become the new McDonald ’ s of health care
I was having a conversation with a colleague about a state-funded Medicaid managed care organization (MCO). She told me that the mental health performance measures used by the state to evaluate the MCO were all “placement and provider issues,” such as the amount of time children spent sleeping on the floors of social services offices Read more… Medicine has become the new McDonald’s of health care originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 2, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Policy Primary Care Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs

Pair Team Raises $9 Million Series A to Expand Access to Health Care Services for Medicaid ’ s Most Vulnerable Patients
Through its Value-Based Care Enablement Solution, the Round Advances the Company’s Efforts to Improve Care Across California Pair Team, a virtual and community-based primary care solution connecting Medicaid’s highest-risk patients to high-quality care, today announced it has raised $9 million in Series A funding. The financing was led by NEXT VENTURES, with participation from PTX Capital, Create Health Ventures, OCA Ventures, CHCF Innovation Fund, Kapor Capital, Augment Ventures, Newark Venture Partners,  Y Combinator, Kleiner Perkins, Gaingels, and several notable healthcare angel investors including...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 2, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Augment Ventures CHCF Innovation Fund Create Health Ventures Gaingels Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Jay Desai Julian Eison Kapor Capital Kleiner Perkins Neil Batlivala Source Type: blogs

The 2023 Healthcare Power Ranking Of Tech Giants
Major tech companies have been venturing into healthcare for years, and we’ve been following and analysing their progress along the way. We have scrutinized their efforts individually (see: Google, Apple, Amazon, NVIDIA, Microsoft, IBM) and in summaries and more summaries, analysed what we can learn from the tech giants-healthcare-collaborations and even dared to publish some forecasts about what we expect their next moves will be.  And most recently we finished a major update on one of our most popular e-books, Tech Giants In Healthcare. As the book is out now, here is a 2023 power ranking of the most important non-...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 2, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Artificial Intelligence in Medicine IBM Innovation technology microsoft AI NVIDIA amazon apple digital health google Source Type: blogs

Robin Berzin, CEO & Founder, Parsley Health
Robin Berzin used to work with me at Health 2.0 , as well as combining her medical training with lots of media production and other work. Fast forward a decade and Robin has left the rest of us in the dust. She’s now the Founder and CEO of Parsley Health, which is a really innovative primary care++ clinic that is based on the foundations of functional medicine, and is having tremendous success treating and transforming the lives of thousands of patients who were not getting what they needed from the traditional health care syste,. Now Parsley is aggressively moving into the employer market. I caught up with Robin at ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Medical Practice Matthew Holt Parsley Health Robin Berzin Source Type: blogs

What does the term “ doctor ” mean, who can use it, and does it matter?
From the Oxford Dictionary: Doctor. a qualified practitioner of medicine; a physician. (a number of synonyms are listed, including “quack”) a person who holds a doctorate. Increasingly, non-physicians are using the term “doctor.” Clearly, a doctorate degree allows the holder to use that term semantically, contextual puffery or not. Nurses can obtain a doctorate degree Read more… What does the term “doctor” mean, who can use it, and does it matter? originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 31, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs

How Can You Use AI In Your Healthcare RIGHT NOW?
This study from March 2023 reports how an app developed to help patients’ bowel preparation can increase compliance and thus, the number of successful colonoscopies. In some cases, health chatbots are also able to connect patients with clinicians for diagnosis or treatment, but that is one step further down the line. The general idea is that in the future, these talking or texting smart algorithms might become the first contact point for primary care. Patients will not get in touch with physicians, nurses, or any medical professional with every one of their health questions but will turn to chatbots first. If the ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 31, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: imported Healthcare AI artificial intelligence digital health Source Type: blogs

5 Ways You Can Use AI In Your Healthcare RIGHT NOW
This study from March 2023 reports how an app developed to help patients’ bowel preparation can increase compliance and thus, the number of successful colonoscopies. In some cases, health chatbots are also able to connect patients with clinicians for diagnosis or treatment, but that is one step further down the line. The general idea is that in the future, these talking or texting smart algorithms might become the first contact point for primary care. Patients will not get in touch with physicians, nurses, or any medical professional with every one of their health questions but will turn to chatbots first. If the ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 31, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine AI digital health Healthcare Source Type: blogs

Empathetic patient care: Addressing disability in education
The students entered, chattering among themselves about their recent break. This is their interviewing and communication class, and today’s guest lecturer is a bit different than the usual physician educator. Speaking today is Linda Long-Bellil, JD, PhD, an expert in educating medical professionals about disability. Dr. Long-Bellil is also a person with a disability herself. Read more… Empathetic patient care: Addressing disability in education originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 30, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs