SPOTLIGHT -
The latest COVID-19 news relevant to physicians when it comes to the business of medicine.
March 29th 2023
Patients, payers also share 2022 perspectives as everyone deals with staffing, burnout, and high costs likely to continue this year.
March 21st 2023
How many novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases were announced today?
March 20th 2023
March 17th 2023
March 15th 2023
Here’s what to expect from the pandemic, point-of-care marketing, AI and more for this year and beyond.
Family physicians want federal plan to transition out of COVID-19 public health emergency
AAFP praises pandemic flexibilities and recommends future policies on vaccines, payments, telehealth and more.
Coronavirus Omicron variant, vaccine, and case numbers in the United States: June 30, 2022
Coronavirus Omicron variant, vaccine, and case numbers in the United States: June 29, 2022
Coronavirus Omicron variant, vaccine, and case numbers in the United States: June 28, 2022
Coronavirus Omicron variant, vaccine, and case numbers in the United States: June 27, 2022
Coronavirus Omicron variant, vaccine, and case numbers in the United States: June 24, 2022
Coronavirus Omicron variant, vaccine, and case numbers in the United States: June 23, 2022
Coronavirus Omicron variant, vaccine, and case numbers in the United States: June 22, 2022
COVID-19 responses: 11 top performing states
Here are the top 11 states, ranked for their response to COVID-19, with additional rankings in other categories, as measured by The Commonwealth Fund.
COVID-19 responses: 9 states at the bottom
Here are the bottom nine states, ranked for their response to COVID-19, with additional rankings in other categories, as measured by The Commonwealth Fund.
Coronavirus Omicron variant, vaccine, and case numbers in the United States: June 21, 2022
Patients responded to primary care physicians’ messages for COVID-19 vaccinations
Messages addressed vaccine safety, effectiveness, trust.
Coronavirus Omicron variant, vaccine, and case numbers in the United States: June 20, 2022
Life expectancy increases in U.S. from 2000 to 2019, but findings ‘raise significant questions’
NIH says data provide context for changes, disparities that happened in COVID-19 pandemic.
Texting can be lower-cost tool for patient outreach
Study examines texts and phone calls to get patients in for COVID-19 vaccines.
Coronavirus Omicron variant, vaccine, and case numbers in the United States: June 14, 2022
Telehealth, payment, burnout at heart of AMA’s new ‘Recovery Plan for America’s Physicians’
After battling COVID-19 pandemic, AMA president says nation needs new commitment to physicians.
Coronavirus Omicron variant, vaccine, and case numbers in the United States: June 10, 2022
Mortality gap widened as politics influenced U.S. health years before pandemic hit
Studies examine COVID-19 and other causes of death in counties leaning Republican or Democratic.
Coronavirus Omicron variant, vaccine, and case numbers in the United States: June 9, 2022
Quality, ease of use, type of care are factors in choosing telehealth over in-person patient visits
Study analyzes clinician, patient preferences for primary care, mental health and specialty care.
FDA committee recommends Novavax vaccine for those aged 18 and older
Study finds 90.4% efficacy and low incidence of adverse effects for two-dose regimen.
Coronavirus Omicron variant, vaccine, and case numbers in the United States: June 8, 2022
Telehealth rule flexibility could connect physicians, patients in different states
Coronavirus Omicron variant, vaccine, and case numbers in the United States: June 7, 2022
National Academy of Medicine readies health workforce well-being plan
Seven priority areas emerge from process that began before COVID-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus Omicron variant, vaccine, and case numbers in the United States: June 6, 2022
Health care employment rising, but still lower than pre-pandemic levels
Sector had 16.26 million workers in May, topping levels from month before and from May 2021.
Coronavirus Omicron variant, vaccine, and case numbers in the United States: June 3, 2022
Coronavirus Omicron variant, vaccine, and case numbers in the United States: June 2, 2022