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5 things that confuse me about health care today

KevinMD

And you asked me: Would health care delivery be more complicated in the future? Say we met ten years ago. I would've said, "No, it would be simpler!" Pointing you to technology trends, I would’ve told you that health care transactions will indeed become more automated, much simpler.

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What My Second Lease on Life Taught Me about the Power of Human Connection

Society for Participatory Medicine

As the anxiety, depression and sheer terror set in, my family tried to distract me by taking me on trips and involving me in other activities. Nothing could distract me from the weight on my shoulders. Immediately I knew this wouldn’t work for me. What can we do about peer health support? It didn’t work.

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Talk to Me About My Health, Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries Tell J.D. Power

Health Populi

The post Talk to Me About My Health, Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries Tell J.D. Power appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Industry Voices—What time on the front lines of COVID taught me about how we should address the mental health crisis

FierceHealthIT

As one of a small group of people working to develop and deploy COVID-19 testing at the very start of the pandemic, I witnessed both major blunders and genius breakthroughs, but what sticks with me | There are lessons we learned during the COVID-19 response that can and should inform our response to today’s record levels of depression, anxiety and (..)

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What the Marine Corps Taught Me about Working in the Healthcare Industry

care innovations

Flashbacks of that seven-year-old boy came rushing back, and the calling to this purpose was never clearer to me. While I know that the healthcare industry and the Marines are on separate ends of the spectrum, the principles I’ve picked up along the way have been foundational in helping me navigate through my entire career.

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How the EHR is like a growing blob

KevinMD

I’m not sure about you, but May 27 cannot come soon enough for me. Finally, after three years, we will get the next installment of Stranger Things and another round of monsters, friendships, and 80s memories. For those of us Gen X-ers who grew up when all that retro fashion and music wasn’t retro, it’s. Read more….

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What an Ill-Fated Hike Through the Desert Taught Me About Living with T1D

Insulin Nation

Luckily for me, that day, the forgetfulness that got me into the situation also got me out. As if to applaud me for my steadfastness, the meter chimed a blood sugar reading of 117. The post What an Ill-Fated Hike Through the Desert Taught Me About Living with T1D appeared first on Insulin Nation.

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