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Determination is Key in Setting and Achieving Goals in One’s Life and Career
Business professionals, healthcare providers, and college athletes have all made appearances on #WinTheDay with Wasson to showcase their determination. One guest Chase Wasson hasn’t welcomed on the show before is an NFL wide receiver and Olympic Bobsledder, until now. Johnny Quinn is a name people may know. Whether from his days as an NFL football…
Can Intermittent Fasting Help You Lose Weight And Provide Other Health Benefits?
While it has been widely promoted as a weight loss strategy, research suggests that intermittent fasting may have broader benefits for overall health and well-being. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that Intermittent Fasting can help lower blood pressure, improve insulin sensitivity, and reduce the risk of chronic diseases such…
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Challenge Yourself and Help Others By Becoming an MRI Technician
If you like helping people and the challenge of mastering complex medical equipment, consider a job as an MRI technician. This profession requires a high level of technical skill, as well as a good understanding of human anatomy and the principles of MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging). MRI technicians also need good interpersonal skills, as…
The Continued Democratization of Personalized Healthcare
A show of hands: How many people were adept at taking an in-home health test before the pandemic? The answer: probably not many. The pandemic changed that, along with so many other healthcare processes. Taking a COVID test, a healthcare assessment, or even a virtual patient visit weren’t things most were used to doing at…
Marketing Like March Madness
Over three weekends every March, America catches a fever. March Madness is back, in full swing, and if the latest ratings are any indicator, fans are watching college basketball like never before. As marketing and sales professionals is there anything that we can learn from marketing like March Madness? Naturally, brands, marketers, and advertisers will…
International Women’s Month
International Women’s Month, celebrated annually in March, is a time dedicated to honoring and recognizing the achievements and contributions of women throughout history and across various fields. It is a global observance that seeks to raise awareness about gender equality and women’s rights, while also promoting the empowerment and advancement of women worldwide. During International…
Brian Spada Joins UMF|PerfectCLEAN as Regional Sales Manager – Healthcare Markets
Infection prevention expert bolsters UMF|PerfectCLEAN’s growing healthcare team Northbrook, Ill. – March 29, 2023 – Marking the latest expansion of its growing healthcare business, UMF|PerfectCLEAN welcomes Brian Spada as Regional Sales Manager – Healthcare Markets. Brian is an accomplished sales professional who is skilled in client services and results-oriented client management. Most recently with EvaClean, he brings years…
Transforming Hospital Workflows with Network Operations Centers (NOCs) and Coordinated Clinical Care
The nucleus of a hospital is increasingly becoming its network operations center. If the system isn’t connected, communication breaks down. The evolution of network operations centers in healthcare and how to build an effective one drives the conversation on this episode of Health and Life Sciences at the Edge by Intel. Intel’s Global Head of…
M&A Healthcare Advisors (MAHA) Exclusively Represents Hoover Pharmacy in their Sale to CVS
LOS ANGELES, March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — M&A Healthcare Advisors (MAHA), a boutique merger and acquisition (M&A) advisory group, is proud to announce the sale of Hoover Pharmacy, a Specialty & Retail Pharmacy based in the San Francisco Bay area focused on serving Stanford Medical Campus patients. Hoover Pharmacy’s files were acquired by CVS and…
How ViVE 2023 is Transforming Healthcare Systems for Senior Digital Health Leaders
Thousands of the world’s top digital health and healthcare technology executives will be attending ViVE 2023 March 26 through March 29 in Nashville this year with an estimated attendance of 7,500. The event is being hailed as the premiere destination for digital healthcare leaders and business executives looking to create meaningful industry connections and thought…
Go Paperless: Moving from a Manual to Electronic Tracking System
Many medical instruments are reusable, which has made tracking them through the sterilization process very important. These instruments often require inspection, maintenance, and sterilization to ensure maximum patient safety. Some healthcare facilities still track their instruments with paper and pen, exposing them to human error, credibility, time-consuming recalls, and boxes of archives that need to be stored….
MarketScale Explores The Business of Healthcare at ViVE 2023
MarketScale is headed to Nashville, Tennessee this year, to join senior and executive leadership in the digital healthcare space at ViVE 2023. Held at the Music City Center, this event hopes to provide attendees with an individualized connection process, personalized programming and plenty of growth opportunities to be discovered over the course of four days…
As Nurses & Physicians Continue to Face Workforce Shortages, Improving Healthcare Workforce Safety Becomes a Top Priority
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the healthcare industry is no exception. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to present a significant challenge for the healthcare industry, creating hefty healthcare workforce struggles. After nearly three years, many healthcare systems are still struggling to cope with the unprecedented healthcare staffing shortage across many specialties. Given the…
Highway to Health: Referral Management Paired with E-consults Delivering for Patients and Providers
The healthcare industry is facing a lot of challenges, like physician burnout, the high cost of care, a lack of insurance coverage, staffing problems, and a lack of adequate interactions between patients and providers, just to name a few. With the loads of technology and applications available, many providers still use fax machines as a…
Health Systems Need “Cheerleaders,” Better Teen Outreach to Solve Healthcare Worker Shortage
Here’s a scary statistic: By 2034, we could see a shortage of a whopping 124,000 physicians in the country. Even though this eventuality is over a decade away, staff shortages in the healthcare system have been reported for years and need actionable solutions. What can the industry do to advocate for itself while it also…
The Healthcare Workforce Shortage Persists. Experts Say the True Solution is Improved, Well-Funded Schooling
Thanks to pandemic-induced burnout, an aging population placing more demand on the nation’s healthcare system, and a gap between billions in federal funding and improvements to the healthcare labor supply, the United States is witnessing a persisting healthcare workforce shortage. The shortage of physicians is expected to reach alarming levels by 2034 (perhaps as high…
Insurance Providers Should Prioritize Solutions for Streamlining Pre-Authorization Processes
Prior authorization wastes medical and insurance providers’ time and can result in poor patient outcomes. Changes are likely as the federal government reviews legislation. Melanie Musson, a health insurance expert with USInsuranceAgents.com, reminds providers, “Health insurance providers should focus on creating better pre-authorization processes to improve efficiency and patient outcome.” Prior authorization has been…
Provider & Payer Dynamics: Revenue Cycle’s Evolution
Pre-authorization is a word that is being tossed around more and more frequently in the healthcare world. Often referred to as pre-approvals, prior approvals, or prior authorizations, these are insurance-dictated restrictions on medicines, tests, or health services that require a check before insurance will officially cover the product or service. More than three quarters of…
Revolutionizing the Audit Process: Advancements in Supplier Assessments Within the Pharmaceutical Sector
Pharmaceutical companies invest significant resources in research and development to discover new drugs and therapies and improve existing ones. This involves rigorous testing, clinical trials, and obtaining regulatory approval before a drug can be sold. Government agencies, such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States, oversee the approval process and conduct…
NCQA: Accelerating Health Equity Outcomes
From the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Health Equity Director Bryan O. Buckley DrPH, MPH joins the podcast to share his story and efforts to progress health equity for disadvantaged families across the US. NCQA is committed to evolving equity in healthcare through services, programs and next generation accreditations aimed at supporting Health Plans,…
New Insights on Treating Neurodegeneretive Diseases Could Lead to New Classes of Clinical Trials for Alzheimer’s Disease
Scientists have been stumped for years on how to awaken stem cells to make new neurons in the human brain; a new study out of the journal Science Advances may have just unlocked critical insight into this neurogenerative puzzle through a roadmap of metabolic pathways. The study, which was conducted on adult and elderly…
Overcoming Challenges in Perioperative Services and SPD Management: Insights from Brian Dawson of CommonSpirit Health
The healthcare sector suffered a major setback due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Providing high-quality services to patients is a priority. However, for healthcare facilities to run properly, managers or directors must make operational and strategic decisions, especially in the perioperative setting. Efficient operating room (OR) management involves maintaining equilibrium between optimal OR capacity, allocation of ORs…
A Business Perspective on the Importance of Protecting Consumer Health Data
The healthcare industry has come under intense scrutiny in recent years due to multiple cases of health data breaches, leading to concerns over data privacy and security. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken steps to address this issue, cracking down on the sharing of personal health data without consumer knowledge or consent. Besides…
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