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Sierra Nevada Holistic Services makes primary care services available to Carson City

Sierra Nevada Holistic Services (SNVHS) has been in business for the last 5 years. Until recently, the organization’s primary services were massage, energy work, and aromatherapy. The business owner, Andrea Felesina, has since become a dual board-certified family nurse practitioner.

Nevada , United-states , Andrea-felesina , Sierra-nevada-holistic-services , Nevada-holistic-services , Northern-nevada , Complimentary-alternative-medicine , Direct-primary-care-contracts , Carson-city , Alternative-medicine , Aromatherapy , Benefit

Opinion: The Canada Health Act is 40. Does it need updating, or do we need a fresh start?

Our defining legislation for medicare hasn’t changed since its inception, but medicine, demographics and Canadian politics certainly have

Quebec , Canada , Vancouver , British-columbia , Cambie , Toronto , Ontario , Ottawa , Canadian , Canadians , Greg-marchildon , Pierre-trudeau

AJMC® in the Press, April 12, 2024

Coverage of our peer-reviewed research and news reporting in the health care and mainstream press.

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AUD Meds at Discharge Dramatically Cuts Rehospitalization

Prescribing medication for alcohol use disorder on hospital discharge was associated with a significant decrease in the risk for an alcohol-related rehospitalization.

Massachusetts , United-states , Toronto , Ontario , Canada , Boston , Edeny-bernstein , Department-of-medicine , University-of-toronto , General-internal-medicine , Massachusetts-general-hospital

Carson Tahoe Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Earns Nevada's 1st CIHQ "Center of Excellence" Designation | Carson City Nevada News

Carson Tahoe Health’s Long-Term Acute Care Hospital has been granted a 3-year accreditation by the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality, and the LTACH is now officially designated as Nevada’s only CIHQ “Center of Excellence.”

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EHR Copy and Paste Can Get Physicians Into Trouble

Physicians can face serious consequences, including lost hospital privileges, if they overuse copy-paste functions in electronic health records.

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Seniors Support Medicare Options Backed by House Republicans

The GOP Medicare proposal offers the advantages of choice and more flexible benefit options delivered through more market competition.  

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An Arm and a Leg: Attack of the Medicare machines

Covering the American health care system means we tell some scary stories. This episode of "An Arm and a Leg" sounds like a real horror movie.

United-states , California , Chicago , Illinois , Hollywood , America , American , Ziad-obermeyer , Dan-weissmann , Adam-raymonda , Zach-dyer , King-kong

How Social Security Scams Work And How You Can Shut Them Down

If you’re a swindler, particularly in cyberspace, you know that a Social Security number is a valuable piece of information that opens the door to countless other scams.

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Michigan Vascular Clinics Shutting Down After Scrutiny

The clinics’ owner, Dr. Jihad Mustapha, who called himself the “leg saver” but whose procedures sometimes preceded amputations, was a focus of a Times investigation last year.

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