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States cracking down harder on docs who sexually abuse patients
The Federation of State Medical Boards conducted a 2-year review of how medical boards handled cases of sexual misconduct.
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Mind the geriatrician gap
In 2022, only 43% of the nation’s 177 geriatrics fellowship slots were filled.
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New Year’s resolutions
I can't presume to know what issues need addressing in your practice, but I do know the ones I get asked about most often,
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EHR alerts to both doc and patient may boost statin prescribing
Electronic ‘nudges’ that promote new statin prescriptions seemed most effective when sent to patients as well as their primary care doctors in a...
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Employers use patient assistance programs to offset their own costs
Some insurers and employers are tapping into assistance programs meant for individual patients. The concern: Some costly drugs could be harder for...
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Diabetes decision tool yields ‘modest’ benefit in low-resource clinics
Another positive of this tool is that it could curtail physician burnout, authors of new research say.
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Florida doc dies by suicide after allegedly drugging and raping patients
A Collier County Sheriff’s deputy found the internist’s body near his Naples home with a gunshot...
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Women docs: How your next job contract can reflect your real goals
“I found that navigating contracts from the standpoint of a woman still in childbearing years was a little disappointing and challenging,”
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How blunt is too blunt for informed consent?
There’s a fine line between providing enough information on the risks and benefits of a particular treatment and knowing you’ve explained it well...
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Analysis of doctors’ EHR email finds infrequent but notable hostility
Researchers were struck by the hostility of negative sentiment in some emails to physicians.
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Pregnancy not a barrier to interventional cardiology career
A new European position paper concludes that a fetus is not at risk at commonly used radiation doses and urges safety requirements “for everyone...