Business of Medicine
Conference Coverage
Longer boarding times predict patient processing in ED
“Extrapolating this association across the country, we predicted that nearly one million patients may have potentially not received ED care due to...
Conference Coverage
MD and APP-only care benefit patients in the ED
INOVA emergency department developed a Provider-Only Patients (POP) protocol for patients who required minimal nursing care.
Conference Coverage
ED docs seek accountability for violence committed by patients
Acts of violence targeting the professionals who staff America’s emergency departments have gotten significantly worse.
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Too old to practice medicine?
The debate regarding professional longevity is taking place in various countries.
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Physician bias may prevent quality care for patients with disabilities
Many physicians report being ill-equipped to treat people with physical and cognitive disabilities, and some said they try to avoid doing so, a...
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Turned away from urgent care – and toward a big ER bill
The Cooks seemed to be confronting a reimbursement policy that is often used by urgent care centers to avoid waiting for payments from car...
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Increasing primary care doctors’ knowledge of IPF could speed up diagnoses, suggests white paper
Nonspecific symptoms of IPF may prompt primary care providers to pursue other assessment pathways.
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House passes prior authorization bill, Senate path unclear
A $16 billion estimate for a bill meant to speed Medicare Advantage prior authorizations may complicate efforts to pass the measure. But the...
From the Journals
Physicians can’t be bystanders in ‘silent scourge’ of medical bullying
“Through bullying, we are losing voices in medicine just at that point in time where we are trying to diversify the workforce to improve...
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Flashy, blingy doc sabotages his own malpractice trial in rural farm town
“When it comes to damages in a case, you don’t want to be sending the message that supports what somebody’s bias may already be telling them about...
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More DOs join physician ranks as osteopathic pipeline heats up
“There are still people who need to be educated on osteopathic medicine, but much of that has simply been a lack of understanding. That’s changing...