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7 Outside-the-Box CME Activities

Hunt, ski, cook, and dance your way to more CME credits

AMA Adopts Wide Range of New Policies

Topics include firearm counseling, drug prices, sugary drinks

AMA Does Not Want PA Autonomy

Delegates want more study on licensing for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs)

AMA, I Hardly Knew Ye

Group's annual meeting folds its tent, but that tent has really changed

AMA Urges Improved VA Interoperability

Also recommends expansion of Choice Program

The Places in the U.S. Doctors Won't Go (Common Sense Family Doctor)

Rural communities face an uphill battle

Morning Break: Tainted Trials; $40K/Yr Concierge Practice; Reality TV: Diabetes

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the 麻豆传媒 staff

Wound Healing and Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Draining lesions call for specialized attention

Rethinking PA Practice Laws and Licensure

Eliminating barriers, 'elevating the profession' one bill at a time

What PAs Need to Know About MACRA

Expert details benefits, challenges of new reimbursement system

50 Ways to Leave a Refill Request

Can't we find a standard way to do this?

Physician Survey: $91K Pay Gap for Women Docs

Dinged for spending more time with patients?

All About Dabigatran Reversal in the ED

Agent now available for reversing new oral anticoagulant in bleeding patients

Fear and Loathing on the MACRA Trail

Congress guesses that recordkeeping effort will improve patient care

ACP, ABIM in Talks to Lessen MOC Burden

ACP's self-assessment tool MKSAP could become exam alternative

Orthopedic Surgeons Should Advocate More, Come Together

Says incoming president William Maloney, MD

Doctors Mixed on Housecall Apps

Easy as saying 'Heal' to page an on-call doc, but skeptics abound

MSK Cancer Alliance: Mainly About Medicine

Bi-directional relationship strengthens regional cancer care

Time for Interventional Radiologists, Surgeons to End Turf War?

A look at two areas of contention: stenting, IVC filter implants

OpenNotes Project Gains Popularity

12 million patients now have access to their doctors' notes

A Surprising Place to Find Anti-Kickback Rules

Some aspects of EHRs, telemedicine might technically be illegal

iMedApps: Use Your Cell Phone But Keep Its Number Private

Doximity Dialer customizes what patients see on Caller ID when you call

Prior Authorization Still a 'Pain Point' for Providers

Multiple healthcare groups are working on the problem

HHS Eyes End of 2017 for Draft Rule on Privacy Breaches

Aims to define what constitutes 'harm' when health records are exposed

By the Numbers: That Dang Recordkeeping

Physicians spend a fourth of their time on administrative tasks, study finds

Perfecting the Post-Visit Procedure

After-visit calls aren't working; what can be done instead?

Placebo Effect Works for Heart Procedures, Too

Keeping 'eyes on the prize' appears to improve outcomes

At SABCS, Patient Advocates Take the Stage

Advocates play increasingly important role in breast cancer research

CMS to Offer Billing Code for Heart Failure Specialists

Should eliminate denials for appearance of double-billing

10 Questions: Rep. Tom Price, MD (R-Ga.)

What's the biggest barrier to practicing medicine today? Medical decisions being made by nonmedical people, says Rep. Tom Price, MD (R-Ga.), an orthopedic surgeon who has served in Congress since 2005.

Round Health App Useful for Keeping Meds on Schedule

But the app could use a little cleaning up

Rheumatology Faces Serious Manpower Shortage

Supply of full-time docs will drop over the next 15 years

Tech Savvy or Luddite?

How up-to-date are you with the latest technology?

Time to Divorce USPSTF Statements from Coverage Decisions?

First-dollar payment mandate has rob-Peter, pay-Paul consequence

Infectious Disease App a Worthy Alternative to Sanford, Hopkins

Humorous writing is combined with an easy-to-use interface

How Do Doctors Spend Their Days?

The answer may shock you, says Roy Benaroch, MD

AAFP: MOC Debate Roils Delegates

Ditching 'high stakes exam' could reduce fear factor, but ...

FPs Decry Soaring Drug Prices

AAFP delegates want relief for cash-strapped patients

For Each Hour of Clinical Time, Docs Spend 2 on Desk Work

Time-and-motion study of 57 doctors in ambulatory settings

10 Augmented Reality Apps for Healthcare

Medicine is already on board with emerging technology

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