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Inside the medication mill; What is wrong with healthcare in Florida?
Inside the medication mill; What is wrong with healthcare in Florida? The last few months had been surreal with the loss of my dad who passed away just after his 93rd birthday. Some of his health problems were from good intentions gone bad. Incontinence appeared years later after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and after a second opinion from Sloan Kettering. He was offered the treatment option of radiation treatments that were considered safe and had few side effects when compared to surgery. Years later, these patients often became fully incontinent; an unwelcome surprise for an active aging adult…
How femtech is putting women's healthcare front and centre
For a long time, femtech has been considered a niche, but a growing number of tech companies are hoping to change that narrative.
3 reasons why healthcare CIOs love wearables
Healthcare CIOs have been given a great gift for their efforts to deal with the transformation from pay-for-service to pay-for-value -- wearable devices. Strategically minded CIOs will aggressively take action to help their organization leverage this technology for big data analytics and population health management.
How A Healthcare Clinic Plans To Become A Software Company
Marshfield Clinic has been using its home-grown electronic health record system for 20 years. Now it wants to sell EHRs as a cloud service.
CMS Details How to Resolve ICD-10 Implementation Issues
CMS advises healthcare providers to create a feedback system to address issues with ICD-10 implementation.
How to Keep Medication Side Effects from Jeopardizing a Senior's Independence
Side effects from a medication can isolate older adults, potentially robbing them of their independence.
What Healthcare Can Learn From Other Industries
1:47 minute video. As the healthcare industry makes the digital shift, healthcare professionals can look to the digitization of other industries for insight ...
Plenty of healthcare data, but what to do with it?
The proliferation of mobile medical devices means providers, payers and even patients are collecting more data than ever before. But do they know what to do with it?
Why IT is the core of the healthcare renaissance
Standard, unified medical records will significantly decrease the risk of providing unneeded or dangerous medical care.
How to Create Healthcare Apps That People Love
It’s more complicated to create an engaging app than many business managers expect, especially in healthcare, one of the most complex industries. There are often different, opposing forces at work that make the task more challenging.
Certain common medications tied to 30% higher dementia risk, study finds
Many older adults know that long-term use of certain medications can negatively affect cognition and increase one's risk of dementia.
12 Medications That May Increase Fall Risk in Older Adults
Of the 20 medications that are most frequently prescribed to older adults, over half may increase fall injury risk.
Eight Health IT Terms Healthcare Executives Must Know
<br> <br>It can be challenging for executives who come from non-technical backgrounds to understand and keep up with rapidly evolving technology terms. They may have a surface-level und
Is More Always Better? Not Necessarily When It Comes to Healthcare
Health care professionals, patients, and allies across the nation are banding together to promote an understanding of what good medical care can and should be.
Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong
What really causes addiction -- to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions. He started to wonder why we treat addicts the way we do -- and if there might be a better way. As he shares in this deeply personal talk, his questions took him around the world, and unearthed some surprising and hopeful ways of thinking about…
Are common medications masquerading as dementia in seniors?
An estimated 1 in 4 older adults take anticholinergic drugs — a wide-ranging class of medications used to treat allergies, insomnia, leaky bladders, dizziness, and various psychiatric disorders, among other ailments.
What Are the Medication Options for Treating Alcohol Dependence?
It can frequently be difficult for someone to kick their drinking habits, no matter how destructive they may have become. Therapy, in and outpatient rehab are most often thought of as a tried-and-true approach in dealing with alcoholism. And while many find this course of to be perfectly acceptable and successful, there are some other tools in the treatment toolbox.
How to get your regular medication during self-isolation
We ask doctors to tell us everything you need to know.
How Dangerous Are Antipsychotic Medications for Dementia?
Antipsychotic medications are a mixed bag. They don't cure dementia. They are overprescribed. But sometimes they may be helpful for dealing with dementia.
How To Get an Alzheimer's Patient To Take Their Medication
The problem, how to get a person living with Alzheimer's to take their medication?
