
The top news stories in medicine this week.

The top news stories in medicine this week.

A Dartmouth study of 146,000 real patient-portal messages finds AI-drafted replies to patients often create more editing work than they save.

The direct-to-employer model gets GLP-1s to patients without a pharmacy benefit manager or prior authorization, but the discounted price can disappear when a patient leaves the job.

The 510(k) clearance for the LARS ACJ implant marks the U.S. debut of a synthetic ligament platform already used in more than 250,000 patients worldwide over three decades.

Your health care artificial intelligence is only as good as the data behind it. Here's how to get that right.

The top news stories in medicine this week.

Doctors have a great deal of expertise and can wield a lot of influence with patients and the general public. If the right strategy is applied, you might be the next Dr. Oz.

A four-point plan to focus attention on cybersecurity without a complete network overhaul.

Two family doctors explain a new NASEM report recommending community-clinical partnerships

The Swiss spine technology company says the system requires no capital investment and can be prepared in under two minutes, aiming to remove longstanding operational barriers to broader adoption of minimally invasive spine procedures.

Lowering drug costs for older adults is a laudable goal, but don’t do it by blocking physician access to needed medicines.

PYA's Tynan Kugler breaks down the four forces pulling physician pay in competing directions, and why getting the underlying compensation model wrong can be expensive and legally complicated to undo.

The top news stories in medicine this week.

For the first time in years, physician pay and productivity have split, and a new Medicare efficiency adjustment is about to make 2026 a hard year to benchmark, schedule and recruit.

The top news stories in medicine today.

What primary care physicians should know about developing science that moves beyond skin substitutes.

Most practices collect less than half of what patients owe. Here's how to change that — in any month of the year.

Where you set up shop can quietly cost you thousands. These are the states that take the biggest share of residents' income in state and local taxes.

Tandem Diabetes Care expands its Control-IQ+ automated insulin delivery system to work with Abbott's newest 15-day continuous glucose monitor across the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland and Italy, with Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany slated to follow later this year.

Physicians are loading protected health information into consumer AI tools. Here’s how to avoid risk of HIPAA violations

Because compiling and feeding masses of data to Medicare takes time away from treating patients.

An Oregon emergency physician group beat back a hospital's attempt to replace it with a national staffing firm, offering independent practices a playbook built on physician unity, advocacy and corporate practice of medicine law.

The top news stories in medicine today.

Practices say technology is essential to staying independent but don't fully trust their current tools, and a Veradigm strategist explains the gap.

A new national survey finds just 71% of adults under 30 have a primary care physician, and fewer than half of those saw one in the past year.

Primary care is a team sport, but some of the most important players are outside the physician’s office.

Recurring delays in documentation, referrals and patient communication often signal a flawed workflow, not a one-time mistake, practice management experts say.

What patients know, use, and trust about their coverage.

Could a simple blood test transform how we diagnose Alzheimer's disease? A primer on what primary care physicians should know about blood-based biomarkers right now
