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

Rural communities face an uphill battle

The FTC Gets It Right for PAs and Antitrust Actions

AAPA talk highlights how federal agency helps foster competition

AAPA Locks Horns with Certifying Body

As with MDs and DOs, MOC is a flashpoint

By the Numbers: H-1B Visa Program and the Physician Workforce

In some states, more than 4% of all docs hold H-1B visas

Physician Survey: $91K Pay Gap for Women Docs

Dinged for spending more time with patients?

No SOAP to Clean Up Columbia's Match Day Mess

Opted for no heart surgery residents after accidentally skipping Match

The Myth of the Residency Shortage

Slots outnumber U.S. medical grads for years to come

ACGME Raises Ceiling on Residents' Duty Hours

28-hour shifts allowed starting July 1

Las Vegas High School Kids Get an Education at SMFM Meeting

Effort part of society's community outreach

Op-Ed: Changes Needed to ACGME's Duty Hours Plan

ACP agrees in principle but wants more limits on residents' hours

Nephrology Training Programs a Hard Sell

Pay, lifestyle issues may hamper interest in the specialty

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

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

As Terror Strikes Orlando, AMA Tackles Violence

Is it a public health issue?

Deep Roots for Lack of Minorities in American Medical Schools

Problem starts in 3rd grade

PA Home Visits Save $$ After Cardiac Surgery

Physician assistant house calls cut unnecessary post-op readmissions

Dedicating a Career to Diversity and Disparities

NMA president Edith Mitchell, MD, laments racial gaps in medicine

ND vs MD -- Battle Lines Drawn in California

The state legislature is poised to open the medicine cabinet to naturopathic physicians

Op-Ed: How to Rein In Out-of-Control Healthcare Costs

We all know the medical bill horror stories, but now we have to act on them.

Docs Take ABIM to Task at Townhall

Internal medicine leaders get an earful on maintenance of certification.

Excerpt From 'The Digital Doctor'

An insider's view of the digitization of healthcare delivery.

Doctors, Stop Sticking Your Patients So Often

UCSF's Think Twice, Stick Once campaign aims to curb unnecessary venipunctures.

Excerpt From 'The Secret Language of Doctors'

ED doc Brian Goldman investigates slang to "crack code of hospital culture."

Dr. Maiden Name Will See You Now

Medical students give their last names a lot of thought.

Friday Feedback: When Grief Turns Violent

How should clinicians know and react when family members blame them for adverse outcomes?

Survival Boost from NP/PA Care in ICU?

Association seen versus resident physicians in small study.

I, Intern: When the Doctor Is on Lexapro

A pediatric intern manages her mental illness.

Doctor's Memoir Exposes Dark Side of Medicine

Sandeep Jauhar puts his life on stark display to illustrate harmful financial intrusions into medicine in his newest book.

CardioBuzz: Toward the $500 an Hour Physician

In this guest blog, Mark Jay Zucker, MD, JD, an attorney and transplant cardiologist at Rutgers University New Jersey Medical School in Newark, explains why he thinks it's time to talk money.

Pay and Practice: Are Neurologists Primary Care Docs?

WASHINGTON -- Neurology isn't often mentioned in the same breath as primary care, but the American Academy of Neurology is again lobbying to gain that sobriquet -- this time to take advantage of a recent policy change that benefits primary care providers.

EMTs Can Give Positive Pressure Ventilation

Out-of-hospital noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation in patients with severe respiratory distress significantly reduced rates of inhospital mortality and need for invasive ventilation, researchers found.

What Bystanders Should Know About CPR -- and Why

Bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has poor neurological outcome, and this is true even when bystanders are family members, which suggests deficits in public CPR training.

Concierge Medicine Gains Ground

SAN DIEGO -- Concierge doctors are spreading the word that it's possible to operate a direct primary care practice, make a living, and avoid one of the biggest headaches for family medicine physicians -- dealing with health insurance companies.

AAFP to Look at Allowing NPs, PAs to Join

SAN DIEGO -- The American Academy of Family Physicians wants to further study whether nurse practitioners and physician assistants should -- or would want to -- become nonvoting members.

ACP Hedges in Debate on Scope of Practice

The American College of Physicians took a nuanced position on the role advanced nurse practitioners play in clinical care teams in a position paper published Monday.

On-Call Pay Varies Widely by Specialty

Surgeons commanded more than $1,000 a day for being on-call at the hospital, while primary care physicians reported compensation rates of around $150 a day, according to annually compiled data.

'Latex-Free' Claims Not Valid, FDA Says

The claim "latex-free鈥� is impossible to guarantee and should not be used on labeling of medical products, according to a new FDA guidance.

ABMS Sets Time Limit for Board Certification

Physicians have between three and seven years after finishing residency to become board certified, according to a new policy from the American Board of Medical 麻豆传媒.

Readers: Cheating Is Wrong, But Is This Cheating?

Nearly two-thirds of 麻豆传媒 readers expressed concern about allegations of radiology residents cheating on their boards, but asked if reviewing old exam questions is really cheating.茂禄驴

Standards Issued for Healthcare Interpreter Services

All U.S. healthcare organizations must be able to talk with patients about their care in a language they can understand, according to new Joint Commission standards.