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Study Finds 79% of Primary Care Docs Are Burned Out
Conducted in June 2019, the study by InCrowd found that 68% of physicians across all specialties are dealing with burnout.
 

News & Analysis
New Guidelines Promote Expansion of Bariatric Surgery to Treat Obesity
From 2015 to 2016, 39.8% of Americans over age 20 were obese, according to the CDC. For the same time period, 20.6% of adolescents were obese, the CDC says. In 2008, the estimated annual medical cost of obesity was $147 billion.
New Sentinel Event Alert Highlights Risks of Direct Oral Anticoagulants
According to the Joint Commission alert, direct oral anticoagulants provide ease of use for patients, but they can lead to bleeding risks that could be serious and potentially life-threatening.
Millennial Nurses Need Patient Connection to Thrive Professionally, Researcher Says
Through face-to-face interviews and field notes, Caramanzana collected data from 12 millennial nurses with at least two years' hospital work experience in New York City and Long Island, New York. The nurses had to have been born between 1982 to 2000 and self-identify as a millennial.
 

Featured Resource

Saturday, 9/14 - AHIMA19: Health Data and Information Conference

Monday, 9/16 - NAHQ Next

Sunday, 10/13 - ASHRM 2019 Annual Conference

Tuesday, 10/15 - 11th Annual Care Coordination Summit
 

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Product Spotlight

Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?: Hand Hygiene Monitoring Technology

Join us on Thursday, August 22 for a free webinar examining the importance of hand hygiene monitoring technology. Speaker Payal K. Patel, MD, MPH, will discuss the importance of improving your facility's hand hygiene rates, how monitoring technologies play a critical role in that process, and other innovative ways to keep patients and providers safe.

 

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