Practice Management
News
Primary care physicians reshuffle their work, lives in a pandemic
“Our knowledge of this disease is five steps behind, and changing at lightning speed,” said Dr. MaryAnn Dakkak.
Quality
Continuity rules
Hospital medicine outcomes are often hampered by suboptimal continuity of care.
Clinical
New tetracycline antibiotic effective in acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections
Is omadacycline, a new tetracycline-class antibiotic, as effective as linezolid in the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin-structure...
Practice Management
POPCoRN network mobilizes pediatric capacity during pandemic
The Pediatric Overflow Planning Contingency Response Network has worked like medical crowd sourcing.
Practice Management
New tetracycline antibiotic effective in community-acquired bacterial pneumonia
Is omadacycline, a new tetracycline-class antibiotic, as effective as moxifloxacin in the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia?
Practice Management
Acetaminophen plus ibuprofen cut patient-controlled morphine after total hip arthroplasty
Is the perioperative/early postoperative use of acetaminophen-ibuprofen associated with less patient-controlled morphine administration after...
News
COVID-19: Employers cut doc pay and bonuses: What’s your recourse?
Two physician contract attorneys describe actions that employers are taking and provide advice on how physicians can deal with changes that may...
News
More doctors used digital tools in 2019
Adoption of digital tools grew between 2016 and 2019, with telehealth visits and remote patient monitoring showing the greatest increases.
News
COVID-19 spurs telemedicine, furloughs, retirement
Physicians are considering different types of practice as they feel the financial impact of COVID-19.
News
CMS suspends advance payment program to clinicians for COVID-19 relief
On April 26, the agency said it will not accept new applications for the advanced Medicare payment, and it will be reevaluating all pending and...