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Jan 6, 2025 | 
reliasmedia.com | Melinda Young
By Melinda YoungEXECUTIVE SUMMARYMaternal mortality review committees (MMRCs) are facing changes that could affect how maternal deaths are investigated and reported. This could lead to fewer initiatives to lower maternal mortality and morbidity rates and also mask could increases in abortion-ban states. Georgia dismissed all members of its MMRC after ProPublica published articles about two Georgian women who died because of the state’s abortion ban.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
reliasmedia.com | Melinda Young
21st Century Cures Act May Help Drive Innovation in Case Management By Melinda YoungOne of the less well-known aspects of the 21st Century Cures Act is how it forces all electronic health records (EHRs) to communicate health data between health systems in standardized language. This could help revolutionize the continuum of care and the way healthcare entities communicate with each other.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
reliasmedia.com | Melinda Young
Claims Management's Next Frontier Is Data-Driven Claims Revolution Human empathy still neededBy Melinda YoungThe future of claims management will be in the hands of technology, including artificial intelligence (AI) as cost-effective, efficient technological strategies rise to the forefront of the industry.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
reliasmedia.com | Melinda Young
Abortion Access and Pregnancy Dangers Continue How the Dobbs Decision Has Changed Abortion Access and Care in the United States State Shield Law Led to More People Accessing Medication Abortion Care of Cancer Patients and People with Chronic Illnesses in Jeopardy Since Dobbs Study Suggests Some EC Clients Interested in Implants When They Have Access Routine, Opt-Out Screening for Syphilis in Emergency Departments Succeeds Doxy-PEP Could Be Prevention Strategy for Some Patients...
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
reliasmedia.com | Melinda Young
By Melinda Young EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A new study on tubal sterilization found that, after an initial spike in tubal procedures nationwide immediately after the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, sterilization rates maintained a 3% monthly increase in states with abortion bans. After people reacted to the news of Roe’s fall, there was a dramatic increase followed by stabilization of sterilization rates in states that have protections for abortion care.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
reliasmedia.com | Melinda Young
Case Management Fellowship Program Helps Improve Case Manager Retention By Melinda YoungAn innovative case management fellowship program trains nurses to become case managers who are well-supported as they learn the ropes. "We're specifically targeting nurses who have been with us for five to seven months," says Katie Rismiller, MSN, an education nurse specialist in the department of care coordination at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
reliasmedia.com | Melinda Young
Offer patients topical lidocaine to reduce painBy Melinda Young EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On social media, women have discussed their pain during intrauterine device (IUD) placement, but the medical community has been slow to address this issue. That has changed with the 2024 U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use. Some TikTok videos show women crying and yelling from IUD insertion pain.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
reliasmedia.com | Melinda Young
Denials of permanent contraception high on list By Melinda YoungSubtle and more overt acts of reproductive counseling coercion still occur in the United States, affecting more than two in five women in their lifetime, research shows.1Coercion can be subtle, such as when a provider strongly recommends a particular method without first asking patients what they want. Or it can be overt and even abusive — such as denying someone a method they asked for because of the provider’s biases and beliefs.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
greenvillebusinessmag.com | Melinda Young
(Photo of Swampfox Technologies' Columbia headquarters by Robert Oswald of Oswald Creative+Design)When someone calls a customerservice number and finds the experience surprisingly efficient with a quickresolution, chances are they've experienced the AI-assisted, customer-friendlytechnology of Swampfox Technologies, a Columbia-based startup. The four technology whizzeswho formed Swampfox in 2009 focused on improving processes that they also findfrustrating as consumers.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
reliasmedia.com | Melinda Young
Private Care Managers Hold Promise for Future Case Management By Melinda YoungBy 2030, all baby boomers will be ages 65 or older, a demographic shift suggesting a huge need for healthcare systems to prepare for an influx of elderly patients. When the first baby boomers were born in the 1940s, the United States was evolving from a multigenerational home culture in urban and rural areas to a nuclear family suburban home culture.
