Meet a company that does the packing for you, learn about a new program to train doctors in transgender health, and more in this week’s offerings.
- If packing and unpacking—before you depart for your next locum tenens assignment—is your least favorite task, check out DUFL, a new company that maintains your clothing, accessories, and toiletries at its warehouse. DUFL supplies its customers with an app for virtual packing, and cleans and irons each item between trips, shares CNN.
- New curriculum to train medical students on the unique health concerns of people who are transgender, gay, lesbian, bisexual, gender non-conforming, or born with differences of sex development will be introduced in August by the Association of American Medical Colleges. USA Today reports the pilot program will launch at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.
- The majority of primary care providers are seeing more Medicaid or newly insured patients since the Affordable Care Act took effect, yet they report little to no change in their ability to provide quality care, according to a joint survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and The Commonwealth Fund.
- Airlines will invest heavily in Internet-based technology over the next three years to increase air travel convenience, reveals a survey from SITA, a multinational airline technology company. Expect to see advances in digital check-ins, automatic luggage drop-off machines, baggage location updates, and “beacons” that help travelers navigate through the airport, reports the Los Angeles Times.
- Hospitals and physician practices are gearing up for the impending transition to ICD-10 diagnostic coding. However, an eHealth Initiative survey shows just 17 percent of practices have conducted test transactions with payers and clearinghouses, and only 5 percent have conducted internal testing, as shared by Medscape.
Have a terrific weekend!