CMS Revamps Direct Contracting Model Participants in current GPDC Direct Contracting must meet new equity and governance requirements Feb 25, 2022
Mass General 'Not an Outlier' in Double-Booked Surgeries The teaching hospital resolves lawsuit, changes patient consent forms Feb 24, 2022
Comatose Cardiac Arrest Survivors Don't Need Brain Misfires Suppressed Trial finds seizure meds unwarranted for aberrant EEG patterns in the ICU Feb 23, 2022
Costs Soaring for Ground Ambulance Transport Surprise billing law doesn't apply to ambulance rides Feb 22, 2022
No One Is Coming to Help Rural hospitals have been fighting a losing battle during the COVID pandemic Feb 20, 2022
Nurses Sue Ohio Staffing Firm Over Hefty Quitting Fees Lawsuit against Health Carousel alleges trafficking and fraud Feb 18, 2022
Cardiac Arrest Patients Don't Necessarily Do Better With Intubation Debate on prehospital advanced airway management continues Feb 18, 2022
Ukrainian Doctor's Family Lives Under Threat of War Roksolana Vaskul, MD, says it's "surreal" to imagine her family under attack in Ukraine Feb 17, 2022
Are There Too Many Foreign-Born Docs in the U.S.? Maybe, Maybe Not Lawmakers' divide on the question evident at House hearing Feb 16, 2022
Universal HCV Screening in Pregnancy Boosts Detection More cases found verses risk-based approach, also IDs perinatal transmission, researcher says Feb 16, 2022
Penn Nursing Gifted $125 Million to Train NPs Estée Lauder scion's donation requires students to work in underserved areas for at least 2 years Feb 16, 2022
Some Never Get COVID; Private Equity Targets Nurse Staffing Firms; $13K Donor Bill This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 16, 2022
Third Person 'Cured' of HIV via Transplant U.S. woman with leukemia gets cord blood resistant to HIV Feb 16, 2022
Racist Protest 'Threatened' Patient Care, Massachusetts Medical Society Says Neo-Nazis targeted doctors outside Brigham and Women's Hospital Feb 11, 2022
Blacked Out on Fentanyl for a Day A nurse in recovery shares one of her loneliest moments Feb 11, 2022 podcast
Job, License, and Livelihood on the Line After diverting drugs, the foundation begins to crack for this nurse Feb 11, 2022 podcast
CDC Proposes New Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Hard thresholds for pain medication doses, duration no longer promoted Feb 10, 2022
Nurse Found Dead After Allegedly Setting Colleague on Fire Nicholas Pagano, 31, had been wanted for attack at Hackensack University Medical Center Feb 09, 2022
Healthcare Is a 'Right' for All Americans, Says Becerra "We're missing the mark" on addressing health disparities, researchers agree Feb 09, 2022
FDA Warns of Strangulation Risk for Kids on Feeding Tubes Two toddlers died after being found with enteral feeding systems' tubing around their necks Feb 09, 2022
Study Shows Virtually No Advancement for Black Surgical Residents Despite a more diverse applicant pool, matriculation, graduation rates remain low Feb 09, 2022
Inside Hospital Hacker Mob; Clinical Trial Surprise Bill; Silenced Nurses This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 09, 2022
Judge Tosses Drug Company's Libel Lawsuit Against Medical Society "Pharmaceutical companies are not free to intimidate the scientific process," says ASA President Feb 08, 2022
Rural Access to Care Even Worse for Minority Communities Access to hospital services breaks down along historic racial lines Feb 07, 2022
Do You Really Know What Anesthesiologists Do? Myth-busting for Physician Anesthesiologists Week Feb 04, 2022
When Strangers Deliver Bad News to Patients All too often, I end up giving prognoses to patients I barely know Jan 31, 2022
Slammed to the Max: This Hospital Has Hovered at Capacity Since Pandemic Began Staffing is at the breaking point, and diversion isn't an option Jan 31, 2022
ICU Nurse Walked Out in the Middle of His Shift, Found Dead 2 Days Later Death of travel nurse Michael Odell shines spotlight on clinicians' mental health Jan 28, 2022
Turmoil in San Jose ED: Overworked, Unhappy Staff Stage Walkout Yes, the pandemic is still causing havoc, but is a new doc staffing group making things worse? Jan 27, 2022
Fact Check: Remdesivir Isn't Killing People False claims made during senator's hearing that featured "disinformation docs" Jan 27, 2022
Prescription Drug Misuse High Among Nurses During Pandemic Home health RNs have highest rates, but those working at hospitals most likely to have an SUD Jan 27, 2022
Is It Time to Explore Alternative and Encore Careers in Medicine? A new way to build back better Jan 27, 2022
Healthcare Workers Can't Be Blocked From Starting New Jobs, Says Court Seven workers from 11-member interventional team at Wisconsin hospital can take new jobs Jan 26, 2022
Most Nurses of Color Report Workplace Racism Black nurses in particular deal with discrimination from patients and peers, survey reveals Jan 25, 2022
An Antidote to Provider Shortages: In-House Travel Staffing UPMC launched the first agency of its kind, others will likely follow Jan 23, 2022
Wildlife Photography Doc: Our Empathy Makes Us Human Daniel D'Auria, MD, channeled his burnout into an award-winning pastime Jan 21, 2022
HHS Announces $103 Million in Grants to Address Health Worker Burnout "I am 27 years old and just praying I can get through every shift" Jan 20, 2022
