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Gender bias persists in medicine, including surgery, study finds

FierceHealthIT

Healthcare professionals, including surgeons, have both implicit and explicit biases when it comes to gender and career roles, according to a new study. Those biases translate to associating men with careers and surgery, while women are associated with family and family medicine, according to the study published in JAMA Network Open.

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The Tik Tok’ing of Medical Mis-Information: Doctors’ and Patients’ Roles in Curating Healthy Advice

Health Populi

Doctors and patients, both, have roles to play in addressing medical misinformation online. T ransparency: Is it open and obvious whether the site’s mission is educational or commercial? At the same time, social networks formed — mostly offline, as there wasn’t an open Internet yet (nor smartphones!).

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How Digital Health Companies Attract Software Engineers: Strategies

Healthcare IT Today

Many made their money and built their expertise in other industries, then decided to do a reset and launch a new career in health. healthcare spending around 20% of GDP, there are long and deep career opportunities for software engineers to flex their creative problem-solving muscles.” I’ve also seen that happen.)

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Love and Health: The Education of Abner Mason, SameSky Health

Health Populi

And that, you will learn, has everything to do with loving parents, the power of education from a young age, a curious mind, and an open heart along life’s twists and turns. In his role, Abner went to Africa and saw a shocking scale of death in large communities in the hardest-hit countries in the world.

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Why (and When) You Should Consider a Virtual Medical Director

Iris Telehealth

Setting goals, having a solid job description and expectations, and protecting time for weekly administrative and leadership meetings are essential to success in the medical director’s role. At Iris, we’ve found the key to building that trust is open, honest, and transparent communication — it’s at the core of everything we do.

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Market access veteran Ellen Cappellino joins Klick Health

Digital Health Global

“When I think about the AI tools they’ve built to quickly glean market insights, or mine clinical and real-world data to demonstrate the value of treatments in an increasingly complex, global healthcare market, I get even more energized about helping patients and caregivers manage and play a central role in their own care.”

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Fortifying Healthcare Against Critical Cybersecurity Threats: A Three-Pronged Approach

Healthcare IT Today

As the industry grapples with “critical” vulnerabilities – threats which not only expose sensitive patient data but also open the door to potential remote code execution, granting hackers the highest level of privileges – implementing strategic security measures is imperative.