Morning Medical Update: The dos and don’ts of tick season; Does my health insurance cover international travel?; Air pollution and mental health
The top news stories in primary care today.
HIMSS23: Internet of things creates new ways to hack into medical computer networks
Cybersecurity firm analyzes what devices are most vulnerable.
The Schwartz Foundation: An introduction
The Schwartz Foundation, from its CMO.
Stayin’ alive: How private practices can survive regulatory risk and fines
Regulatory violations can lead to substantial fines which severely impact a practice’s financial stability.
Morning Medical Update: New clinic in Native American housing complex; Dying patients protest telehealth crackdown; Oregon to stockpile mifepristone
AI gives primary care a larger role in battling dementia
Mergers and acquisitions grew last year for health care staffing firms
Report analyzes results as industry scrambles to cover workforce shortages.
FDA simplifies COVID-19 vaccination schedule
Agency authorizes single-shot bivalent vaccinations, ends authorization for monovalent vaccines
HIMSS23: Equity in tech and innovation
The AMA overviews the fight for equity and the dangers of exclusion
Healthier providers, healthier patients: Understanding stress to improve DEI and patient outcomes
The COVID-19 pandemic may fade, but stress is not going away. Here’s a way to assist the workforce.
HIMSS23: Are they patients or customers?
The patient experience is different than the customer experience
Investigation of COVID-19 fraud tallies scams worth $490 million
California physician is among defendants as feds announce criminal charges in cases across the country.
Brand-name prescription drugs add little additional therapeutic benefit
Findings could have implications for Medicare’s first-ever negotiations with pharmaceutical companies
Physicians Foundation aims at social drivers of health
‘Let’s Take 5’ campaign will guide doctors in asking patients and recommending ways to help.
HIMSS23: AI in action
How AI is helping measure and manage health disparities
APPs may fill in gaps due to growing shortages of physicians, nurses
Reports project hiring for NPs, PAs, and dire situation for nursing across the nation.
HIMSS23: Creating an engaged workforce
How to keep employees from leaving your practice
Four common compliance mistakes doctors make (and how to prevent them)
Regulators have better things to do than come after small practices, right? Wrong.
How technology is addressing the physician shortage
Digital tools are helping to find and fill unused capacity in the health care system
Medical liability insurance premiums on the rise
Increases coincidental with COVID-19, but pandemic was not a factor, AMA says.
HIMSS23: The future of price transparency
What do the price transparency rules mean to physicians and will they really lower prices?
HIMSS23: Digital peer review
How streamlining the peer review process can make physicians’ lives easier
USPSTF: Getting help from AI
Will artificial intelligence replace USPSTF?
Expanding primary care, tackling fraud are in plans for federal agencies
HRSA, HHS-OIG heads testify in House subcommittees of Energy & Commerce Committee.
HIMSS23: Microsoft and Epic are bringing AI into electronic health records
The two companies announced the expansion of their work together, and a few hospitals are already using a new solution involving artificial intelligence.
Morning Medical Update: ADHD drug misuse; 5G Cleveland hospital; Why do men avoid going to the doctor?
The rise in pollen is spiking allergy and asthma hospitalizations and impacting the economy
Spring has sprung, so it’s time for physicians to help patients feel better, maintain quality of life, and keep working.
Telemedicine is OK, but doctors and patients prefer in-person care
Both groups cite difficulty of virtual physical exams for wanting face-to-face visits
USPSTF: Helping neglected populations
Recommendations to fill gaps in health care.
HIMSS23: Healthcare AI going forward
Dreams of big AI is nothing new, but the risks require careful consideration
