Business of Medicine
Feature
Will your smartphone be the next doctor’s office?
A fingertip pressed against a phone’s camera lens can measure a heart rate.
Latest News
Post-birth hospitalizations dropped with Medicaid expansion
Hospitalizations in the 60 days after a woman gave birth fell by 17% in states that expanded Medicaid.
The Optimized Doctor
The loss of letters
Upon my skinny, adaptable desk the other day sat a white envelope that was hand addressed to me. It was postmarked more than 2 weeks before.
Pearl of the Month
How to talk with patients in ways that help them feel heard and understood
How do we make sure that we are doing a good job connecting and communicating with our patients?
From the Journals
Adverse events reported in one-quarter of inpatient admissions
The 1991 Harvard Medical Practice Study documented an adverse event rate of 3.7 events per 100 admissions.
Feature
What the FTC’s proposed ban on noncompete agreements could mean for physicians, other clinicians
Employers often include noncompete clauses in physician contracts because they want to avoid having patients leave their health care system.
Managing Your Practice
Pay an annual visit to your office
When did you last take a good look at your waiting room?
Latest News
Vision screening at well-child visits cost-effective for detecting amblyopia
Because the study only assesses amblyopia, and not all eye diseases and disorders, the cost-effectiveness of optometric eye exams may be...
Feature
Singer is paralyzed after delay in care; hospital must pay
In a suit, the singer alleged that a doctor had probably ‘nicked a blood vessel’ during an epidural steroid injection procedure, causing...
From the Journals
Pandemic may be limiting ED access for sexual assault
As the COVID-19 pandemic continued, ‘we became increasingly concerned about limited health care access for survivors of sexual assault,’ said the...
Commentary
A remote mountain bike crash forces a doctor to take knife in hand
An emergency medicine doctor stops mountain biking to help a man lying on a trail, not moving but occasionally breathing.