Unfortunately, the focus on increasing nursing scope of practice has led to several dangerous consequences. The first adverse effect of increased NP production is a decline in bedside nurses, one of the most critical components of our healthcare system.
A new study has found that there was significant job growth for physicians in 2017 by analyzing 20 of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States.
EHRs were intended to be a way to better track health data for hospitals, payers and physicians. Although they have good intentions, they often end up causing more problems than they solve.
American ingenuity in healthcare over the last two decades has caused a number of problems in dire need of solutions.
"This is what it's like to decide whether to prescribe opioid pain meds now."
Our medical care system works poorly for most chronic medical illnesses and it costs far too much.
New opportunities, old challenges
Primary care physicians (PCP) see patients for a wide variety of reasons, but according to a recent study, there’s one category that stands out above the rest-behavioral health.
The opioid epidemic is exacting a lethal toll on the country. We must redouble and accelerate efforts to slow-and hopefully reverse-the current opioid epidemic.
There has been much discord as to the proper role of government in healthcare.
Proposed Trusted Exchange Framework aims to make sharing healthcare data a clearer reality.
Price transparency and sales funnels-what do these have in common?
Why do doctors feel they need to stay on the job when ill?
In between the headache that is healthcare for physicians these days, Medical Economics has tried to insert some laughter into the crazy and hectic lives of our readers through our Funny Bone Comics. Click through to see which cartoons you got the most joy and laughs from this past year.
Many physicians are relieved to see 2017 come to an end.
Read on to find out how EHRs have been affecting physicians this year.
Primary care may hold the key when it comes to early surveillance and treatment of new HIV infections.
Patients with HIV report having little involvement in their care decisions, but many also report feeling too poorly educated about the options to want the choice.
Read on to find out how uncompensated tasks have been affecting physicians.
Readers’ top tips for making the most out of a busy practice day.
Read on to find out how physicians have been struggling to deal with payers this year.
While some third-world nations are making great strides, recent reports suggest massive funding efforts are yielding small results in other parts of the world.
Declining numbers of physicians are entering infectious disease care, but patients with HIV are living longer. A new report proposes a different kind of training track.
In all aspects of healthcare, we must be able to listen to, and keep confidential, anything that a patient shares, in whatever form it comes. By the same token, we must be able to communicate frankly and openly with patients conveying the necessary message.
Read on to find out how physicians have been battling quality measures this year.
No matter the profession, everyone wishes they could go back in time and provide sage wisdom to their younger selves to help ease the path that awaits them.
Many patients with HIV experience interruptions in care at some point in their disease.
Two new reports investigate the impact of behaviors and comorbidities and how they affect health outcomes in HIV patients.
To get ready, we are teasing each challenge and how it has affected the healthcare industry. Read on to find out how physicians have been struggling to manage patient satisfaction, and lack thereof, this year.
HIV/AIDS management has come a long way, but there is still work to do to support patients with what is now a chronic disease.