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The Era Of Voice In Business Of Medicine: How To Win Your Patients Through Voice SEO
One can’t beat the convenience of using the internet using just by voice. 2019 will be the year for voice search. From asking Google Assistant or Siri to find the nearest grocery store to setting reminders, consumers are using voice searches for all sorts of things. An estimated 41% of American adults use voice search...
Setting Up Healthcare Practitioners For Success In The MIPS Program, 2019
The US healthcare system is making a tremendous effort to shift to a value-based payment model. In 2015 the Medicare Access and CHIP Authorization Act (MACRA) was passed. This Act consolidated the various quality payment programs such as the Physician Quality Reporting Systems, Value-Based Payment Modifier and the Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs) into a...
Exclusive: Canada Told Drugmakers It Would Limit Scope Of Some New Price Rules
TORONTO (Reuters) – The Canadian government has assured the pharmaceutical industry that new features of its plan to cut drug costs would apply only to new medicines, Health Canada said, offering some relief to drugmakers even as other regulations could still lower prices of medicines already on the market. FILE PHOTO: A pharmacist counts pills...
U.S. Football Player's Overdose Death Spotlighted In J&J Oklahoma Opioid Trial
(Reuters) – The father of a college football player who died of a drug overdose gave emotional testimony about the U.S. opioid epidemic’s personal cost on Wednesday in the second day of trial of a lawsuit by the state of Oklahoma accusing Johnson & Johnson of fueling the crisis. Craig Box, whose son Austin Box...
FDA Approves First Generic Naloxone Nasal Spray To Treat Opioid Overdose
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted final approval of the first generic naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray, commonly known as Narcan, a life-saving medication that can stop or reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. The agency is also planning new steps to prioritize the review of additional generic drug applications for products intended...
Skin Cancer Awareness
Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays causes most cases of melanoma, the deadliest kind of skin cancer. To lower a patient’s skin cancer risk, instruct them to protect their skin from the sun and avoid indoor tanning. Summer is full of outdoor activities. Patients probably put sunscreen on themselves and their kids when they go to...
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