Michigan Rural Health System Notifies 140,000 About Hacking Incident – The HIPAA Journal
Michigan Rural Health System Notifies 140,000 About Hacking Incident The HIPAA Journal Powered by WPeMatico
‘Unless We Take It Seriously, We’ll Die Like This’: What We Heard This Week
(MedPage Today) — “We don’t have to live like this, but unless we take it seriously, we’ll die like this.” — Mark Rosenberg, MD, MPP, founding director of the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, after signing an open letter… Powered by WPeMatico
Should Patients Without Diabetes Use Continuous Glucose Monitors?
(MedPage Today) — I saw a patient a few years ago who had come to me because he had been using a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), despite not having diabetes, and was worried about what he called “glucose spikes” after he ate. He said he didn… Powered by WPeMatico
I’m a Stage IV Cancer Patient. Trump Is Cutting My Hope to Survive.
(MedPage Today) — About a year ago, I finished chemotherapy after 10 years of fighting cancer and began what’s called “maintenance.” That meant infusions every 6 weeks and taking a pill twice a day every day for 2 years. This was not without its… Powered by WPeMatico
Medicine Still Treats Race as Biology. As a Physician, I Choose Evidence Instead.
(MedPage Today) — I did something recently that shocked my medical colleagues: I turned down a medication specifically offered to me because I’m Black. My obstetrician had just offered me aspirin during pregnancy — not because of my age, blood… Powered by WPeMatico
HHS Defunds California’s Attempt to Indoctrinate Children with Gender Ideology
HHS through ACF terminated California’s PREP grant after the state refused to remove radical gender ideology from the federally-funded program. Powered by WPeMatico
To Err Is Administration: Part Two
(MedPage Today) — Imagine an emergency department (ED) on December 26. Like many EDs, staffing ratios have been set by the facility’s administration, and some clinicians have expressed concern they are inadequate. On this particular morning, patients… Powered by WPeMatico
From Ritual to Trend: The Deadly Rise of a Frog Secretion
(MedPage Today) — A new wellness ritual is going viral. But at what cost to health and life? Originally practiced by Indigenous tribes of the Amazon, the Kambo ritual involves applying the toxic secretion of the giant monkey frog (Phyllomedusa… Powered by WPeMatico
To Err Is Administration: Part One
(MedPage Today) — It has been said that change only happens with the right degree of crisis. Remember the Challenger explosion in 1986? It was an unmitigated debacle — one that would go on to trigger a fundamental restructuring of the world… Powered by WPeMatico
CMS Launches Nationwide Push to Remove Ineligible Medicaid Enrollees, Uphold Citizenship Requirements
CMS launches initiative to verify Medicaid/CHIP enrollees’ citizenship or immigration status, aiming to protect taxpayer funds and uphold program integrity. Powered by WPeMatico