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Okay, okay. Magnifying mirrors may have their place in the world. But for your skin's sake, please stay as far away from them as you can! I am a firm believer that more often than not your skin will improve the less you do to irritate it. When I removed...
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(Editor's Note: This blog was written by Jill Hoffman, managing editor of Executive Insight .) With the sun shining in Orlando, the 2013 Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) National Institute (June 16-19) kicked off with inspirational messages...
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I see many COTAs who enter the profession for the salary. Some may not know what they are getting into; others have done their research and are aware of what the job entails. I definitely know that I was not fully aware of some of the things I would do...
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If you work in EI in any capacity, check out this new video from the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Entitled Bringing The Early Signs of Autism Spectrum Disorders into Focus , it is the work of Rebecca Landa, Ph.D, CCC-SLP the Director of the Center for Autism...
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As the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is fully implemented, its impact on the business model of acute and post-acute care providers is growing in both significance and urgency. The establishment of ACOs, bundled payments, value-based purchasing and the hospital...
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This week I am going to turn the tables and ask you a question. Should we, and by "we" I mean the collective "we" such as our NP and PA organizations, take a stance on political issues? More people are paying attention to what we say. We are in the news...
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Treatment for a bacterial infection can all come down to a question of time. According to a recent story from Medical News Today , researchers from the University of Toronto (UT) in Canada have developed a chip to identify the problem and the best course...
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Treatment for a bacterial infection can all come down to a question of time. According to a recent story from Medical News Today , researchers from the University of Toronto (UT) in Canada have developed a chip to identify the problem and the best course...
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Nurses are not strangers to bullying - unfortunately. And new research points out bullying by nurses outnumbers what occurs in other professions. In fact, twice as many nurses as other working Americans have experienced bullying in the workplace. According...
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The grand prize winner of the third annual Film Festival at the 40th Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ( APIC ) is " Safe Injection Practices - How to Do It Right " depicting an animated man's...
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I write this blog about to begin my first full week of summer break! It started after lunch last Tuesday and ends on August 19th with inservice days. I know many school-based SLPs choose to work as SLPs during their summers off for various reasons, which...
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Before we begin, its important to remember that we always lose something in the translation when talking about consciousness because it's not a "thing" that is separate from anything. Even the idea of "your consciousness" is misleading is a bit misleading...
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I've written before about the trend in the UK towards triaging all and treating some patients with musculoskeletal complaints over the telephone. I've been very skeptical of this approach to the problem of access to PT services. By its very definition,...
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I have less than four days to finalize my preparation for what is hopefully my final exam in Pitt's DPT program. I'll admit that I've spent slightly less time than I should have preparing for these, but I think I'll be OK. I've tried to get through as...
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There have been a handful of occasions where I earned opportunities to manage nuclear medicine departments during my career. I quickly discovered that management considers you to be part of their family once you have been bestowed with the title of Supervisor....
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With the sun shining in Orlando, the 2013 Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) National Institute (June 16-19) kicked off with inspirational messages from the association's last and current chair. Ralph E. Lawson, FHFMA, CPA, 2012-2013 chair,...
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(Editor's Note: This guest blog was written by Michael LaMagna, a Partner at Helwig, Henderson, Ryan, LaMagna and Spinola, LLP.) When people ask me why I enjoy healthcare law and all of its related fields, I always answer that healthcare relates to everything....
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About two months ago I returned to homecare-based speech therapy; just a few sessions a week. I was nervous at first. It had been three years since my homecare days and I wasn't sure what to expect. I'm a little older, a lot busier and the paperwork and...
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When people ask me why I enjoy healthcare law and all of its related fields, I always answer that healthcare relates to everything. At first glance, the immigration debates seem very separate from the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and it is not apparent how...
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Radiation is a double edged sword. It can both help and hurt a patient at the same time. As technologists, we should never forget this important fact. We must do everything to keep ourselves and our patients as safe as possible. Scatter or secondary radiation...
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The Millennials-those born between the years 1980 and 2000-are now graduating, ready to enter the healthcare workforce. Rumors about Millennial decorum abound-from bringing pets to interviews to parents arriving to finish off salary negotiations, according...
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In week three of Aphasia Awareness Month, we'll look at a powerful tool in aphasia therapy: script training. The literature is full of support for the benefits of people with aphasia writing and learning scripts. These natural pieces of discourse should...
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A report in USA Today on June 2, 2013 suggested that climate change may be responsible for an increase in allergens we breathe in. It seems allergy sufferers are having more trouble, and that the incidence of allergic reactions to things in the air are...
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I live close to Philadelphia. It's a great city full of parks, theater, music and museums. If you are ever in the area for a conference, it's worth extending your stay. As a local, it's fun to do the "touristy" things, but since I can do this regularly...
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According to NIOSH (the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health), healthcare workers are exposed to violence at a rate of 8.3 nonfatal assaults per 10,000 workers annually. Studies show that violence may occur when service is denied, a patient...
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