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Building expertise through collaboration [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Join emergency physicians Resa E. Lewiss and Adaira Landry as they delve into the power of collaboration in developing subject matter expertise. Discover how their monthly educator series led to unexpected opportunities, and learn valuable microskills that can make a lasting Read more… Building expertise through collaboration [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 23, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Podcast Primary Care Source Type: blogs

Hoovering up the cash
 I think I might have shown this before. It ' s spending on " healthcare, " i.e. medical services and goods in the U.S., as a percent of GDP. It leveled off for a while after passage of the ACA, but it ' s going back up: All that moolah isn ' t buying us better health though. We ' re spending twice as much as comparable countries and getting the least for it: Naturally, all that cash is going mostly to one place: capitalists.Recent decades have seen one overarching trend: consolidation of the medical industry into fewer and larger entities.•Horizontal consolidation: similar institutions merge into chains. ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - February 22, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs

Whole Roasted Squash With Tomato-Ginger Chickpeas & Za ’atar
I read myself the riot act about 6 months ago, when my cholesterol level reached a new high. My doctor seemed nonplussed, perhaps because my cardiac calcium score was a perfect zero. But I was not happy. Yes, I had lost weight and was exercising, but to be honest, my heart belonged to cheese. And eggs. And ice cream. Something had to change. Breakfast was easy. The whole eggs (which I had been eating almost daily) were replaced by Starbucks Sous Vide Egg whites or oatmeal served with a side of chicken sausage. Lunches were yogurt or soup or vegan bean burritos or salad or tuna or peanut butter. I started snacking on nu...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - February 21, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Vegetables Butternut Squash Chickpeas vegetarian za'atar Source Type: blogs

From scrubs to success: Mastering health care attire [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join retired cardiologist and physician coach Sarah Samaan as we explore the significance of professional attire in health care. Discover how clothing choices impact patient perceptions, gender biases, and the doctor-patient relationship. We’ll also delve into practical tips for health care professionals looking to Read more… From scrubs to success: Mastering health care attire [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 21, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Podcast Primary Care Source Type: blogs

Social Care Networks – NY
The initial RFA for New York was posted weeks ago and got rather thorough coverage so I didn’t need to discuss it here – though (predictably) I have many thoughts on the matter.Hot off the press today is an addendum. It’s a pdf but I’ve chopped it off so the link over there is just the 1st two pages of the addended document – all of which is here ICYMI.  I’ll review the addendum (changes in red) below with some commentary: Addendum My Comments Note that this constrains the participants. Removing “including” means that others need not apply – clearly this preclu...
Source: Docnotes - February 20, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Jacob Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

From trusted family doctors to silent white walls
The face of health care in today’s world is unfamiliar to me in many ways. When I was growing up, the family doctor was a well-known and respected member of the community. Patients trusted their doctor to help them navigate life’s challenges – the loss of a loved one, a cancer diagnosis, a complicated pregnancy, Read more… From trusted family doctors to silent white walls originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 20, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Conditions Primary Care Source Type: blogs

Netsmart Leverages AI and Predictive Analytics to Improve Care and Identify Suicide Risk
Tom Herzog, chief operating officer of Netsmart, says that “digitization has always been about entering data into the system” and that users are asking, “What does the system do for me?”  It’s time to “aggregate” that data and get a million “second opinions.” Matthew Arnheiter, senior vice president of innovations, described Netsmart’s project with the Missouri Behavioral Health Council (MBHC) to use predictive analytics and identify people at risk of suicide. Their AI system ingested data across the “silos” of more than 30 behavioral health providers...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 20, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System behavioral health EHR AI Assistant Healthcare AI Healthcare AI Assistant Healthcare IT Video Interv Source Type: blogs

So what can we do about health care costs?
By MATTHEW HOLT Last week Jeff Goldsmith wrote a great article in part explaining why health care costs in the US went up so much between 1965 and 2010. He also pointed out that health care has been the same portion of GDP for more than a decade (although we haven’t had a major recession in that time other than the Covid 2020 blip when it went up to 19%). However, it’s worth remembering that we are spending 17.3% of GDP while the other main OECD countries are spending 11-12%. Now it’s true that the US has lots of social problems that show up in heath spending and also that those other countries probably spend ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Matthew Holt Buzz Cooper Datmouth health spending Jeff Goldsmith John Wennberg Medicare Price controls Source Type: blogs

Primary care ’ s role in your wellbeing
As primary care providers, we play an integral role in shaping the lives of our patients in critical ways. We are in the unique position to delve into a patient’s unique biomedical, psychosocial, economic, and cultural background, which allows us to understand each patient at a deeper level with a nuanced perspective. This holistic view Read more… Primary care’s role in your wellbeing originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 19, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs

Bonus Features – February 18, 2024 – 89% of patients want a single platform for managing their health, 70% of organizations interested in AI plan to adopt solutions from their EHR vendors, plus 27 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 HHS designated two more QHINs: CommonWell Health Alliance and Kno2. This brings the total number of approved QHINs to seven. eHealth Exchange is launching an incentive program that will waive annual fees for three years to...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 18, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Akash Network AWS Health Equity Initiative Canopy CipherHealth CloudWave CommonWell Health Alliance DeepScribe Digital Health New York Discern Health eHealth Exc Source Type: blogs

A year-in-review process for busy physicians
More than a decade ago I hired my first coach, and life was never the same. During my time with the life coach, I experienced first-hand the value of an end-of-year process that goes deeper than setting a New Year’s resolution. Years have passed. As a busy physician, I’ve told myself that I don’t have Read more… A year-in-review process for busy physicians originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 17, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs

Concerning Health IT Trends: What Can We Do and What Happens if We Do Nothing?
There are so many exciting new ideas and technologies being implemented in the field of healthcare. For the most part, these changes can be the very necessary answer to a problem we’ve been facing for a long time. But sometimes, these changes can be concerning. While everyone seems to be excited about it, you might be left with questions and concerns about what its impact will be. These worries and concerns can be very isolating when the topic is trending with seemingly everyone else being excited for it. But you are not alone with your doubts – so let’s unburden ourselves and air out these concerns. What...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 15, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System AVIA Health Brent Dover Calian IT & Cyber Solutions Carenet Health Carta Healthcare Caryn Hewitt CenTrak Christopher Rogers Dave Benn Source Type: blogs

Fabric Acquires Conversational AI Startup to Streamline the Patient-to-Clinician Journey
The Acquisition Enables a Solution that Drives 58% Higher Patient Engagement, 10% Reduction in Hospital Readmission Rate, and Reduces Call Center Wait Times by 35% Expanded Fabric Capabilities Address Clinical Capacity Constraints Through a Solution that is 10x Faster than Traditional Virtual Care and Speeds Up Clinical Processes, Reducing Left-Without-Being-Seen Rates by 33% in the ER Fabric, founded in 2021 as Florence, today announced its strategic acquisition of GYANT, a conversational AI care assistant and patient engagement suite, enabling health organizations to automate patient navigation and scheduling. By au...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 14, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Aniq Rahman Atento Capital Box Group Fabric Fabric Health Google Ventures GYANT Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Jennifer Junis Moat Oracle Salesforce Ventures Stefan Behrens Thrive Capi Source Type: blogs

Why Not, Indeed?
By KIM BELLARD Recently in The Washington Post, author Daniel Pink initiated a series of columns he and WaPo are calling “Why Not?” He believes “American imagination needs an imagination shot.” As he describes the plan for the columns: “In each installment, I’ll offer a single idea — bold, surprising, maybe a bit jarring — for improving our country, our organizations or our lives.” I love it. I’m all in. I’m a “why not?” guy from way back, particularly when it comes to health care. Mr. Pink describes three core values (in the interest of space, I’m excerpting his descriptions): Curi...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Adam Nagourney Daniel Pink Kim Bellard Why Not Source Type: blogs

Patient engagement: the missing piece in health care [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join health care executives Susan Montminy and Marlene Icenhower as they discuss the critical topic of patient engagement in health care. In episode, Susan and Marlene explore the impact of patient engagement on provider satisfaction and health care outcomes. They share their expertise on Read more… Patient engagement: the missing piece in health care [PODCAST] originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 13, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Podcast Primary Care Source Type: blogs