AMA, Physician Groups Slam VA's Planned Standards of Practice Changes Lack of transparency criticized Aug 02, 2021
Bring House Calls Into the 21st Century The pandemic highlighted the benefits of home health services for a range of patient populations Aug 02, 2021
Urine Tests Before Surgery Blasted as Mostly Unnecessary Abundance of caution is way overdone, researchers suggest Aug 02, 2021
Naloxone Rebound Akathisia: It Could Turn on You The rise in opioid overdoses warrants a review of the symptoms of akathisia Aug 01, 2021
Ethics Consult: Is Oil Tycoon's Billboard for Liver Donor Ethical? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Jul 30, 2021
Survey: Look Like a Doc to Be Treated as One White coats still reign supreme, but that's not the end of the story Jul 30, 2021
Call in the T-Cell Cavalry to Fight COVID in the Immunocompromised Preliminary research suggests immunotherapy could play role in protecting vaccine non-responders Jul 29, 2021
Epic's AI Fail; Controversial Alzheimer's Marketing; No Good COVID Drugs This past week in healthcare investigations Jul 28, 2021
Wide Variability Across Nurse Rehabilitation Programs Survey shows variability across outcomes, operations, costs, governance Jul 28, 2021
Is This Rehab Program Helpful or Harmful to Nurses? Critics question the effectiveness of one state's nurse rehabilitation program for substance use Jul 28, 2021
Despite Promises, Hospital Contractor Fails to Pay, Providers Say Healthcare staffing firm accused of skipping payment for 1 month's work at rural Texas hospital Jul 26, 2021
Psychiatrists Can Be Valuable Vaccine Educators "Actively and constantly searching" for ways to address the needs of a vulnerable population Jul 24, 2021
FDA Must Act Quickly on Menthol Ban to Save Black Lives, Advocates Argue It's more than a public health problem, it's a "human rights" issue Jul 23, 2021
American Hospital Association Joins Others in Support of COVID Vax Mandates Largest U.S.-based healthcare organization to advocate for these requirements so far Jul 22, 2021
Georgia Hospital Chooses PAs/NPs, Not Physicians, for Daily Rounds Sound Physicians staffing firm will use APPs at Memorial University Medical Center Jul 22, 2021
Poorer Americans Bear the Brunt of Life Expectancy Drop Poverty and stress are a "death sentence" says senator, but experts offer a way out Jul 22, 2021
Gender Bias in the OR Is a Hazard to Patient Safety Conflict and toxicity can make teams more prone to errors Jul 21, 2021
Does COAPT Change the Need to Try Foundational HF Drugs in Functional MR? Current GDMT titration approach under fire during TVT debate Jul 21, 2021
Prime Healthcare Settles Kickback Claims The California health system will pay over $30 million Jul 21, 2021
Naked With Other Doctors One doctor's profound experience without the white coat -- or any clothes Jul 20, 2021
Large Ivermectin Study Retracted Preprint publisher finds evidence of plagiarism, problems with raw data Jul 20, 2021
Staffing Contract Disputes Causing Uproar in San Diego Public healthcare system Palomar Health accused of Brown Act violations by staff and citizens Jul 19, 2021
FDA Breaks New Ground With Transplant Drug Approval No prospective trial offered or required Jul 19, 2021
Thoughts on Great Leadership; Improving Your Tax Strategies Must-reads about the latest news and trends in healthcare careers Jul 18, 2021
Private Equity Is Ruining American Healthcare Physicians, patients lose when PE takes over; it's time to take medicine back Jul 17, 2021
Are Patients Spreading SARS-CoV-2 to Their Hospital Roommates? A new study explores the data and implications Jul 17, 2021
The Psychological Repercussions of Patient Complaints We need support from hospital administration Jul 17, 2021
A Literal Token of Thanks for Pandemic Work: That's All? Anger after Banner Health rewards employees with unbankable coin for enduring the pandemic Jul 16, 2021
A Patient Care App Diagnosed Me With Cancer No one should receive a serious diagnosis this way -- not even a doctor like myself Jul 16, 2021
The U.S. Fumbled the Early COVID Response in Two Major Ways Marty Makary, MD, and Andy Slavitt review those initial strategies and public health messages Jul 15, 2021 video
Clearing the Hurdles to Safe Injection Facilities Rhode Island the first state to authorize a pilot program, but how likely is it others will follow Jul 14, 2021
Company Shut Down Robot Mid-Surgery; Infected in Quarantine; Investigating Aduhelm This past week in healthcare investigations Jul 14, 2021
Medicine Through Abuelita’s Eyes Patients are better off when treated with empathy and care Jul 14, 2021
Physicians: Stop Dreading Call How to banish those negative thoughts and make them positive Jul 13, 2021
Juul Bought Out Medical Journal for $51K E-cig maker sponsored nearly a dozen studies, took over journal as it awaits FDA ruling Jul 13, 2021