Practice Management
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Patients can read your clinical notes starting Nov. 2
“Open notes” mandates immediate patient access to inpatient and outpatient notes and testing and imaging results.
Feature
Scrubs ad that insulted women and DOs pulled after outcry
“We are outraged women physicians & doctors of osteopathic medicine are still attacked in ignorant marketing campaigns.”
From the Journals
COVID-19 transforms medical education: No ‘back to normal’
“We’re now thinking outside of the typical education model,” Dr. Tiffany Murano said.
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Medicare faces calls to stop physician pay cuts in E/M overhaul
A chart in the draft physician fee schedule shows reductions for many specialties that do not routinely bill for office visits.
Opinion
Access to care: A nurse practitioner’s plea
COVID-19 hospital policies are resulting in detrimental access-to-care issues.
From the Journals
Burnout/depression: Half of pulmonology trainees report symptoms
“The health care system is a harsh mistress,” Dr. David Schulman said. “It will continue to take and take from everyone involved in it until they...
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Chronic, preventive care fell as telemedicine soared during COVID-19
The use of telemedicine in the first half of 2020 varied by geographical region, the authors of the study found.
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Primary care isn’t bouncing back
The latest survey responses confirm what researchers had suspected.
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Trump signs Medicare loan relief bill delaying repayments
It includes provisions to delay repayment by physicians of pandemic-related Medicare loans and to reduce the loans’ interest rate.
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Pandemic poses new challenges for rural doctors
But physicians are adapting and still finding joy in treating patients.