Mark Raines
DECEMBER 31, 2023
Ring block only works with one of these solutions. “Ooh doctor that still hurts” “I’ll give it another 10.5 seconds and try again” “Ooh… ” “Hmm” I felt sick in the stomach. I had made a mistake. I had tried to pull off a toenail without anaesthetic on someone’s Grandma. I thought she was being overly whingy putting in the block.
Penn Medicine
JANUARY 2, 2024
Each week, Intensive Care Nursery clinical practice leader Whitney Zachritz offers books and snacks to parents of the littlest patients at HUP. She wants to provide joy, but the mission is a serious one.
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Incredible Health
JANUARY 3, 2024
Written by: Natalie P. McNeal, Data Work By Emma Rubin The American health care story is essentially a tale of the “haves” and “have-mores.” Managers and professionals, as well as all wage and salary workers, pay 6.8% of their income toward health expenses, including prescription drugs, health insurance, medical services, and medical supplies.
CME Corp
JANUARY 4, 2024
Medical refrigerators are important pieces of equipment for hospitals, pharmacies, and other medical facilities. They offer a cold storage environment for vaccines and medical products sensitive to temperature. Although on the surface a refrigerator seems to be a refrigerator, in the healthcare environment not all medical refrigerators are appropriate for all applications.
Sullivan Healthcare Consulting
JANUARY 3, 2024
The cost dynamics at play in operating rooms and perioperative departments are distinct from the rest of the hospital. In most hospitals, the labor-to-supplies cost ratio for perioperative departments hovers around 35:65. In stark contrast, labor expenses account for roughly 80% of costs in nearly every other hospital department. Given the unique pressures of high costs and high revenues, ORs must plan meticulously and allocate resources efficiently.
Neurosurgery
JANUARY 3, 2024
Our current series on Making and Maintaining a Neurosurgeon discusses how one transitions from student to resident to practicing neurosurgeon. In particular, we highlight what our field is doing to improve diversity and the importance of mentorship to those considering neurosurgery. How impactful can a mentor be? Incredibly. Especially when it comes to forging a path few before have traveled.
Incredible Health
JANUARY 4, 2024
Written by: Jill Jaracz, Data Work By Paxtyn Merten, Data Work By Emma Rubin Inflation is cooling off, but prices are still high—especially for medical care. Medical inflation is far outpacing increased costs for other goods, and that’s having a direct effect on Americans’ health. According to Gallup, about 2 in 5 Americans (38%) delayed […] The post Medical care costs are up 30% in the past decade—here’s what it means for Americans appeared first on Incredible Health.
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AAS
JANUARY 2, 2024
The AAS Foundation’s fourth annual “Get Off Your AAS” Fitness & Wellness Challenge is just around the corner! This year, the challenge is expanding beyond physical fitness to include wellness, emphasizing mindful activities and social connection. This will be a four-day fitness campaign that will be held from January 12-16, 2024, to help support various […] The post 2024 “Get Off Your AAS” Fitness & Wellness Challenge: A Holistic Approach to Surgeon Well-Being appeared first
The Anesthesia Consultant
JANUARY 1, 2024
Anesthesiologists aren’t well known to most patients, but these specialty doctors have certain traits in common. Anesthesiologists are likely to have: A preference for being in an operating room rather than in a clinic. The practice of anesthesiology is the practice of perioperative medicine. Perioperative medicine has three phases: prior to surgery, during surgery, and after surgery.
Incredible Health
JANUARY 3, 2024
Getting into nursing school is one thing. Paying for it is an entirely different thing. You’ll likely use multiple funding sources to pay for your nursing school tuition, including savings, loans, tuition reimbursement from your employer, grants, or scholarships. The last two offer you the chance to get financial help without adding depleting your savings or going into debt. […] The post 40+ Nursing Scholarships and Grants (2024) appeared first on Incredible Health.
RK.MD
DECEMBER 31, 2023
2023 was honestly just a weird year. The stock market was all over the place. Interest rates skyrocketed. International conflict became more and more disconcerting. The only thing that seemed stable was my clinical work. I was humbled also to be selected as one of the associate medical directors of our new Master of Science in Anesthesia program at UTHealth – McGovern Medical School.
Surgical Information Systems
JANUARY 5, 2024
Surgical Information Systems hosts webinars that benefit Ambulatory Surgery Center professionals and provide valuable AEU credits for CASC certificants.
AAS
JANUARY 4, 2024
During my dedicated research time in residency, I started running. I had never run for fun before. I had played sports before—growing up I loved basketball, tennis, and lacrosse—but running was just the annoying and difficult thing you had to do in order to play, and I liked playing on a team. When I finally […] The post Running The World appeared first on Association for Academic Surgery (AAS).
USMD Health System
DECEMBER 30, 2023
Relieve joint pain with arthroscopy surgery. We offer minimally invasive procedures for lasting results. Get back to your active lifestyle.
Amanda Xi
JANUARY 1, 2024
Today’s inane image of the day : Posing in a thoughtful manner during my fall trip to London. Last week, I reflected on 2023. As sort-of-promised, I decided to set some 2024 intentions. I think that every single day is a new opportunity to set and achieve goals; I don’t think we need a designated time of the year to do these things. I have short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term goals that I set and review on a semi-regular basis.
RK.MD
JANUARY 3, 2024
This post was updated in January 2024 based on the limits for 2024. The maximum contribution, MAGI, etc. may change year-to-year. A Roth individual retirement account (IRA) is a retirement account allowing annual contributions of up to $7,000 (or $7,500 for those over 50) at the time of this writing. Contributions are made with post-tax funds, which can be invested in individual stocks, REITs, index funds, etc.
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