Practice Management
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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.
Opinion
How a cheap liver drug may be the key to preventing COVID
The authors of a paper appearing in Nature give us multiple, complementary lines of evidence.
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Paxlovid has been free so far. Next year, sticker shock awaits
The Pfizer pill has helped prevent many people infected with COVID-19 from being hospitalized or dying,
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Advanced practice providers – an evolving role in pulmonary medicine
Team-based pulmonology may be moving toward a time when NPs and PAs join pulmonologists in practice after having undergone formal education,...
News
Study comparing surgical and N95 masks sparks concern
The findings are not consistent with those of many other studies on this topic.
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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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Pediatric emergencies associated with unnecessary testing: AAP
Several common pediatric conditions do not require diagnostic tests.
Latest News
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...
From the Journals
Analysis of doctors’ EHR email finds infrequent but notable hostility
Researchers were struck by the hostility of negative sentiment in some emails to physicians.