SPOTLIGHT -
The impact of large jury awards
Bob White, COO of The Doctors Company, describes how large malpractice awards affect claims in similar cases.
Trends in malpractice awards
Bob White, COO of The Doctors Company, says malpractice award amounts have been rising much faster than inflation, which drives up insurance premiums.
Why malpractice insurance premiums are rising
Bob White, COO of The Doctors Company, explains what’s behind recent increases in physicians’ malpractice insurance rates.
Doctors’ telehealth use: past, present and future
What services is telehealth best suited for?
The highest-paying subspecialties in adult medical academic medicine
The subspecialties with the highest starting salaries, and highest incomes after 10 years, for men and women in adult medical subspecialties.
Study: Starting pay differences reduce earning potential for women in academic medicine
After 10 years women’s median earnings are 9% less than men’s.
Treatment with direct-acting antivirals improves outcomes for hepatitis C patients
The results are published online in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
CDC data reveals state-based differences in life expectancy
Where does your state rank?
Drug overdose deaths top 1 million since 1999, report finds
Annual financial cost is more than $1 trillion.
How COVID-19 has affected patient access to medications
Impacts of the pandemic on patients, physicians, and pharmacists.
Pressure mounts on Congress to enact telehealth reform
Two letters ask that pandemic-era flexibilities become permanent.
Health care data breaches have been growing steadily
There have been 3,705 health care data breaches involving at least 500 records have been reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights, between 2009 and 2020.
Why don’t more Americans get vaccinated against flu?
Fewer than half of American adults receive vaccinations for influenza and pneumonia.
Stigmatizing language used more often in admission notes for Black patients than whites, study finds
Findings emphasize importance of care in terms used to describe patients.
Diagnostic errors: a new framework for understanding
Researchers suggest thinking in terms of “pitfalls” would improve process.
Doctors using more mental health services during pandemic: study
First-time visits up sharply, study finds.
One rural doctor’s battle to vaccinate patients against COVID-19
Shawn Purifoy, MD, is director of a family medicine clinic in rural Malvern, Ark., population 11,000.
Waning immunity, not greater transmissibility, responsible for COVID-19 breakthrough infections: study
But protection against hospitalization and death remain strong.
More than 2 million new people have signed up for health insurance in current ACA enrollment period, HHS says
Nearly 14 million Americans now covered through ACA marketplace plans.
How two states are integrating social health data into their information exchanges
In Nebraska and Iowa, information on housing, transportation and other non-clinical needs is being exchanged electronically.
Study: Many physicians unaware of their obligations under ADA
More than three decades after law’s passage, myths about people with disabilities and how to treat them persist.
CDC halves COVID isolation recommendation for people without symptoms
But mask-wearing still vital to slowing spread of disease, agency says.
It’s getting harder to find a doctor in the house
Nearly 25% of physicians and 40% of nurses say they may leave their jobs due to stress and burnout, study finds,
Gap in diabetes technology use among Black and white Medicare beneficiaries widens: study
The prevalence of insulin pump use for Black beneficiaries increased from 3.9% to 4.6% between 2017 and 2019.
Preference for telehealth over in-person visits starting to fade: survey
Two possible explanations for declining contentment with live video calls as a form of care delivery.
Women doctors seeing more work-life conflict, mental stress due to COVID-19 pandemic
Pandemic’s impact could worsen gender divide in income and career prospects, study finds.
Quiz: Do you know how to keep patients safe from COVID while giving flu shots?
Test your knowledge of vaccination best practices by taking our quiz.
The challenges of obtaining personal health information
The process of acquiring personal health data is difficult and time consuming, especially for someone who is already ill.
Medicare spending in 2020 hit hard by pandemic: report
Medicare spending down due to patients’ COVID-related concerns.
The background and goals of Ciitizen
The platform was created to make it easy for ill patients to obtain all their health data.