A look at the potential effects of President Obama’s 2016 budget on healthcare providers and a list of quirky apps to use while on your next locum tenens opportunity are among the items presented this week.
- President Obama’s 2016 budget includes several proposals that may impact healthcare providers. FierceHealthcare takes a close look at the main initiatives, which include cuts to Medicare payments, as well as plans to pursue precision medicine and combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
- Looking for a chuckle while away from home? Yahoo Travel’s list of funniest apps to use while on the road can help you locate the closest clean restroom, select the best melon, repel mosquitos sonically, and more.
- A group of 12 hospitals is collaborating to improve survival rates for patients who have a heart attack while already in the hospital for an unrelated medical problem. As shared by The Wall Street Journal, studies suggest those patients are at least three times more likely to die as people who arrive at the emergency room after having a heart attack elsewhere.
- Interested in what your colleagues are searching for on the Web? Medscape offers a series of infographics to reveal the top 10 clinical trends for January, as well as speculation on what prompted those searches and key clinical facts about each item.
- Switching to a different electronic health record system does not necessarily increase physicians’ satisfaction with the systems, according to a survey by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Although a new EHR may improve functionality and improve the likelihood of meeting Meaningful Use, it often increases—rather than decreases—physicians’ administrative burdens, reports FierceEMR.
Happy Friday!
