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🌟 Check out our top pick of the day! 🌟 📢 Texas Pharmacy Employee Fired for Expressing Disappointment over Failed Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump: 'Damn, They Missed'. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dGd4ADxg 🔍 Stay informed with the best health insights and updates. Don't miss out! 🚀 #HealthNews #TopPick #medicalnews

What we're reading: "Political intervention necessary to preserve ‘vanishing’ small independent practices, experts charge." There are strong suggestions in this article for ways to protect #independentmedicine from corporate takeovers, #privateequity investment and #hospital system consolidation. As champions of independent medicine groups, we work with #politicaladvocacy groups and contacts to help further these efforts and support groups in the process. Give this very important article a read and reach out to #AIM with how we can help further support and protect your independent group! https://lnkd.in/g9yQuM2N

By choosing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to direct federal health policy, Donald Trump has placed ideology ahead of science. But public health advocates should not be lured into this trap. Fluoridation is not a partisan issue — and it never has been. Fluoridation policies have been signed into law by both Republican and Democratic governors and mayors. Two of the last three states to adopt fluoridation laws had Republican governors. Public health advocates must resist the temptation to talk about fluoride in partisan-style language. Let’s remind the public that U.S. Surgeons General have regularly expressed support for fluoridation regardless of the party of the president who appointed them. Dr C. Everett Koop, appointed by President Reagan, was a vocal supporter of fluoridation who said, “You’re not healthy without good oral health.” Dr Regina Benjamin, appointed by President Obama, called fluoridation “a very cost-effective” strategy. A Republican dentist and close friend of mine recently told me, “I never asked my patients whether they were Republicans or Democrats. I wanted all of them to have healthy teeth that lasted a lifetime. And water fluoridation is a great way to help make that happen.” #publichealth #oralhealth #fluoridation #RFKjr #healthpolicy #prevention #healthcommunication #chronicdisease https://lnkd.in/eXQeAMvJ

Satisfied Patient(s) are our real strength... Doctor-Patient Trust Day is celebrated on March 17. This day is dedicated to the doctors who work to save lives by safeguarding the trust of their patients. Indeed, treating a patient means understanding the most personal aspects of their body and mind. People in healthcare are bound by the ethics of the medical profession to never disclose personal information about their patients. And, doctors are responsible for saving countless lives all over the world; they are responsible for healthcare — which is one of the most important trades in our world. Without proper developments in the medical field, the human population would have been reduced by more than half. #DoctorPatientTrustDay #NationalVaccinationDay #DrSureshKPandeyKota #SuViEyeHospitalKota #DrVidushiSharmaKota

❤️ this - for recognizing that the absence of disease alone does not keep people healthy, for drawing attention to access to equitable health care as a fundamental challenge for #rural Americans, for highlighting the potential of innovation involving interprofessional collaboration for solutions, for the use of graphic illustration for #storytelling. These are all things we work on at the National Rural Telementoring Training Center and HSC Center for Health Policy. #ruralhealth #healthpolicy #wholehealth #workforcedevelopment

The Department of Health and Human Services published guidance that includes the limits on annual out-of-pocket expenses for non-grandfathered group medical plans for plan years that begin in 2005. Click below to learn more. https://lnkd.in/eureG--i

The Department of Health and Human Services published guidance that includes the limits on annual out-of-pocket expenses for non-grandfathered group medical plans for plan years that begin in 2005. Click below to learn more. https://lnkd.in/epJjYgBm

Thank you to KEZI 9 ABC News in Eugene and reporter Jennifer Singh for covering this story of the untold number of Oregon Medical Group patients who are being told to seek care elsewhere following OMG's acquisition by Optum. As the news anchor states, "According to Eugene State Representative Nancy Nathanson reports of Oregon Medical Group is a symptom of a greater problem affecting Oregonians, the corporate purchasing of local healthcare providers, which she says is 'especially affecting people in Lane County.'" Rep. Nathanson goes on to say that "the amount of doctors leaving OMG and patients being impacted by their departures in Lane County is not an isolated situation." Additionally, Rep. Nathanson says, "Business practices, that she suspects OMG owner Optum is using, could create an even worse crisis in Oregon and Lane County. Work can be done at the Legislative level to reverse business practices that impact patients, especially reversing non-compete agreements that prevent doctors who leave OMG from practicing on patients after they've left." Health Care for All Oregon (HCAO) is looking forward to working with Rep. Ben Bowman, Rep. Nathanson, and others who will stand up for Oregonians in demanding that patient care be prioritized over profit motives. #consolidation #CPOM #PrivateEquity #access #quality #healthcrisis #Oregon #Eugene #Optum https://lnkd.in/gRk64kGr

Colleagues and Friends, Utibe R. Essien, MD, MPH defines that "Pharmacoequity", a term he coined in 2021, is achieved when each individual, regardless of race and ethnicity or socioeconomic status, has the resources and access to the highest quality evidence-based medications required to manage their health needs. On March 13th Noon-1 PM EST, the HSR&D Cyberseminar session will highlight the barriers and facilities to Pharmacoequity that exist in our healthcare systems and areas in which there are observed racial and ethnic disparities in prescriptions for newer evidence-based treatments. Please join us as we learn together from Utibe R. Essien, MD, MPH on "Achieving Pharmacoequity: A Prescription for Health Justice". We'll also share some highlights on how #VHA is working towards achieving Pharmacoequity. Register here: https://lnkd.in/ghSx9bag ~ The session will be recorded if you're unable to join us on March 13th at Noon EST ~ #pharmacy #healthcaredisparities #pharmacists #sdoh

The Department of Health and Human Services published guidance that includes the limits on annual out-of-pocket expenses for non-grandfathered group medical plans for plan years that begin in 2005. Click below to learn more. https://lnkd.in/gCHD5gJ4