Richard Payerchin is editor of Medical Economics.
Consolidation is eroding quality of U.S. health care, doctors say
Private equity investment, burnout crop up in Physicians Foundation 2024 survey results.
AI cuts physician time and frustration with EHRs in some instances
Study examines five-week period when family, internal medicine, pediatrics physicians work with artificial intelligence program to log patient notes.
Reusable textiles for medical PPE; watching for sleep apnea; finding brain connections against Parkinson disease – Morning Medical Update
The top news stories in medicine today.
After COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth use remains strong for primary care, behavioral health
Study examines physician telehealth use and finds differences by physician sex, age and specialty.
Patient safety and medicine; docs and the ballot box; the law of the land – Morning Medical Update
Top specialties for EHR time – a slideshow
Which physicians spend the most time inputting patient data into electronic health records?
‘We have to vote like our health care depends on it, because it does’
Countering apathy with encouragement, and a message for primary care and all physicians from the founder of the advocacy group Vot-ER.
Recognizing the need for patient safety; mRNA and cancer vaccines; when a patient becomes an inspiration – Morning Medical Update
SDOH: What every physician needs to know about social drivers of health. Part 1: An introduction
Two experts discuss The Physicians Foundation and its efforts to affect the factors that affect health outside the doctor's office.
Communities, patients, health care executives all play a role in getting out the vote
Physician founder of Vot-ER discusses health outcomes and reactions when physicians promote voter registration in health care settings.
Greater risk of psychosis; immune system vs. cancer; it’s Friday the 13th – Morning Medical Update
Senators to Steward Health Care execs: ‘How do you live with yourself’ when gutting hospitals, communities, the American health system?
Witnesses describe dire hospital conditions created by ‘health care terrorists’ as lawmakers rip private equity investors for massive bankruptcy case.
Medicare data breach; it’s time to rethink infection controls; vaccine side effects – Morning Medical Update
If health care is broken, doctors and patients must ‘grasp the levers of change’ starting at the ballot box, advocate says
Physician founder of Vot-ER recalls the beginning of a national movement to advance voter registration in health care settings.
Trump vs. Harris on health care: ‘Maintain and grow’ the ACA, or develop ‘concepts of a plan’ to replace it?
Presidential contenders offer views on health care during televised debate.
New medical school; price fixing for generic drugs; heart health and recreational drug use – Morning Medical Update
Physician and patient perception: Countering falsehoods, communicating toward care, part 2
A cognitive psychologist discusses causal beliefs, patient decisions and disclosures, and how those affect health care.
Physician and patient perception: Countering falsehoods, communicating toward care, part 1
Physician and patient perception: How does perception affect quality of care?
Physician and patient perception: Doctors, don’t penalize patients for incorrect information
Physician and patient perception: What doctors think about patients
Trump vs Harris: What will the next president do for health care?
The past has lots of indicators, but the candidates were mum in the summer about specific initiatives on major programs.
Mental health benefits; death by surgical error; disaster preparedness – Morning Medical Update
Physician and patient perception: quantifying their perceptions, part 2
AMA to CMS: Be clear with doctors and patients about effects of cuts to physician pay
Expect patient care to suffer when physicians face a 2.8% decrease in reimbursement in 2025, even as regulators acknowledge practice costs are going up.
Physician and patient perception: quantifying their perceptions, part 1
Physician and patient perception: the origin of a study
Physician and patient perception: an introduction
Youths say no to tobacco; organ transplant oversight; allergic to baby food? – Morning Medical Update
Health care, other sectors add jobs as overall unemployment dips from July to August
Is an interest rate cut coming? Analysts consider jobless rate, other economic indicators.