Medicare data breach; it’s time to rethink infection controls; vaccine side effects – Morning Medical Update
The top news stories in medicine today.
Intentional onboarding for physicians: A comprehensive approach for medical practices
A good onboarding program can be the difference between keeping a newly hired physician for the long term or having to start over again sooner than you would like
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.
Inflation hits lowest level since 2021
Decline likely means a 0.25% interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve
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.
11 free techniques to motivate staff
If you have a staff that is excited, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable when answering the telephone and ensuring that every patient has a positive experience with your practice, all your marketing efforts will be effective.
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.
All health care problems are data problems
Why data management is key for addressing many of America’s major health care issues.
Physician and patient perception: Countering falsehoods, communicating toward care, part 1
Physician and patient perception: How does perception affect quality of care?
With Hospital at Home waiver set to expire, patients overwhelmingly support home care
When possible, patients prefer to recover in their own beds instead of hospital beds, according to a new survey. National health care policy needs to catch up to patient need.
5-pillar asset protection for physicians
What is asset protection planning?
6 factors to evaluate the prospects of a practice
Here is some guidance for how practice owners can view their practices as outsiders and questions for physicians to ask as they contemplate joining a practice, especially as a future partner.
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
Do patients think AI is going to improve health care?
Optimism on how AI is going to affect health care is rising.
Physician and patient perception: the origin of a study
Physician and patient perception: an introduction
Technology’s role in medication adherence a win-win for both primary care providers and patients
For any patient dealing with illness, whether acute or chronic, taking medications as directed is essential to achieving the best health outcomes.
The care deficit: Why we need more men in health care
Let’s continue to celebrate women’s advances in medicine, science, law and other fields. But we also must recognize that the shortage of men in health care professions is becoming a critical issue.
Youths say no to tobacco; organ transplant oversight; allergic to baby food? – Morning Medical Update
Do your patients understand what you are telling them?
Social health is the key to closing the health literacy gap
Generics usher in an era of affordable and effective weight-loss treatments
By improving health outcomes and avoiding costly obesity-related complications, GLP-1s can significantly reduce the overall cost of health care.
Why this strong bull market may get even stronger
Remarkably, the bull market has kept running strong amid sustained high rates.
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