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The Patient As the Payer: Self-Pay, Bad Debt, and the Erosion of Hospital Finances

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Robert Pearl’s latest post in Forbes magazine titled, Saving US Healthcare From a Disaster Worse Than Covid-19. The nursing shortage, calling out that the vast majority of nurses are considering leaving the profession int he next year; and.

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What If Marie Kondo Reorganized Health Care in the U.S.?

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If you opened any pop culture magazine or newspaper in the past week, you probably saw the results of a PR blitz promoting KonMari, the trademarked name for Marie’s clean-out method. Marie raises a good point: I would translate this as, “health care stakeholders in the U.S. need cognitive therapy.”

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Kroger Health Thinks Food is Medicine – Nutrition at the Grocery Store Via FMI’s Insights

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In reading the July/August issue of Eating Well magazine this week, I came across this ad which I scanned for you to see yourself: “We believe in food as medicine.” ” Signed, Kroger Health. Here’s the introductory text in the full-page ad: “As Kroger Health, our vision is to help people live healthier lives.

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Workforce development: Your organization is only as strong as its people

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Practicing empathy can improve patient experience even when it happens someplace consumers don't see directly, says Fortune Magazine Senior Editor at Large Geoff Colvin. Doctors rarely aware of online feedback from patients. Nurses are well-positioned to lead innovation and digital transformation.

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Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

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most visibly for prescription drugs , and increasingly for other line items in the medical bill like nursing home care, hospital care, and physician services. In the article to which this assertion ties , Harris Meyer talks about the growing push for price regulation in the U.S.