Cigna Unveils App to Monitor and Improve Medication Adherence
It's well known that non-adherence to prescribed drugs is a major problem in healthcare (see:Medication Adherence: The Elephant in the Room). A quote from this article places the problem in the proper context:According to the World Health Organization, medication adherence can have a more direct impact on patient outcomes than the specific treatment itself.1 Medication adherence can affect quality and length of life, health outcomes, and overall healthcare costs.Nonadherence can account for up to 50% of treatment failures, around 125,000 deaths, and up to 25% of hospitalizations each year in the United States.Putting a...
Source: Lab Soft News - January 10, 2020 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Diagnostics Electronic Health Record (EHR) Health Wearable Healthcare Information Technology Healthcare Innovations Medical Consumerism Pharmaceutical Industry Preventive Medicine Public Health Test Kits and Home Testing Source Type: blogs
2020: Entering the Year of the Midwife
By MICHELLE COLLINS, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
The World Health Organization has named 2020 the Year of the Nurse and Midwife. However, most Americans have never experienced a midwife’s care. In my over 30 years working in maternal-child health, I’ve heard plenty of reasons why. Families are understandably nervous about that with which they are unfamiliar, and nervous about pregnancy and birth in general, with good reason. The cesarean birth rate in the US has more than quadrupled since the early 1970’s, yet we aren’t seeing healthier mothers and babies as a result. In fact, compared to the prior generation, wo...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Medical Practice Michelle Collins midwife midwifery nurse Nursing Source Type: blogs
Podcast: The Courage to Change, the Wisdom to Know How
They say if you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep getting what you’ve always had. Today’s guest tells us the secret to our desired future is the courage to let go of the past and the ability to rearrange our thinking. It is never too late to reinvent yourself, and it starts with changing the way you think. Tune in to your inner genius, your inner sense of what is best for you, and use that to start thinking the thoughts that will lead to the success you desire!
Join us as Gabe speaks with best-selling author and radio host Ken Foster. Ken has some ideas on how you can re-model outmoded thinking th...
Source: World of Psychology - December 19, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: Brain and Behavior General Interview Motivation and Inspiration Podcast Psychology Self-Help The Psych Central Show Source Type: blogs
Seasonal Safe Listening: Help Educate Families With Ready-to-Use ASHA Resources
‘Tis the Season for Hearing Protection!
Black Friday and Cyber Monday might have come and gone, but the holiday shopping season is still in full swing. And holiday parties, concerts, and other celebrations are just beginning.
While the season brings much welcome revelry, it also brings a lot of noise. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates around 1.1 billion young people globally risk hearing loss because of unsafe listening to devices and exposure to excessive noise in leisure settings. So what better time for audiologists and speech-language pathologists to educate on safe listening—raising their own profile ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - December 16, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Francine Pierson Tags: Advocacy Audiology Events Health Care News Private Practice Schools Slider Hearing Assistive Technology hearing loss Source Type: blogs
Stop FGM: female genital massacre
The Somalian government should be ashamed of condoning the widespread occurrence of female genital mutilation. According to UNICEF, 98 percent of women from the ages 15 to 49 have undergone FGM in Somalia from 2005 to 2014. As defined by the World Health Organization, FGM is a procedure that removes or injures female genitalia for […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 15, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/pankti-p-acharya" rel="tag" > Pankti P. Acharya < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions OB/GYN Source Type: blogs
