June 12th 2025
Under new legislation, patients would get far fewer suggestions to ‘ask your doctor if…’
June 11th 2025
Experts examine drug pricing policies and potential effects of new tariffs on imports.
June 10th 2025
Physicians Advocacy Institute publishes figures on five-year decline.
June 6th 2025
Wolters Kluwer’s new report reveals high hopes for generative AI across health care, but few organizations have the policies, training or infrastructure to make it work.
Life expectancy has been unchanged for American women for a century — and may get worse due to lifestyle choices.
Transcarent completes $621 million merger with Accolade
Combined organization now serves more than 20 million members and 1,700 employers
An osteopathic perspective on Match 2025: Students make a strong showing
AOA President Teresa A. Hubka, DO, discusses the 2025 Match for medical students.
25 years of patient safety: A national advocacy group keeps watch
Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group, discusses the organization’s 25th anniversary and more.
Independent physicians, practices disappearing from rural landscape
25 years of patient safety: Gratitude, accountability and hard work to come
As rural America faces ‘a dire health crisis,’ urgent action is needed, ACP says
New position paper analyzes rural disparities and the policies, financial incentives and technology that would help.
25 years of patient safety: Policy for price and quality
25 years of patient safety: New opportunities with AI
25 years of patient safety: Getting physicians involved, part 2 — ‘Reach out to the business community’
25 years of patient safety: Getting physicians involved, part 1 — ‘Their voice matters a lot’
25 years of patient safety: Good news: ‘We can save these lives,’ part 2
25 years of patient safety: Bad news: ‘The data is quite disturbing,’ part 1
Trump appointees to lead NIH, FDA start jobs as HHS begins cutting 10,000 health staff
‘The revolution begins today,’ new HHS Secretary RFK Jr. says.
ATA, Digital Therapeutics Alliance form new Advancing Digital Health Coalition
Merged organizations pledge to advance innovative technologies to improve patient care.
25 years of patient safety: An introduction to Leapfrog
Medical Economics Insider: Save your practice — a video introduction
Expert insights about managing a practice and the 2025 cut to physicians in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
FTC: Customer details must remain private 23andMe bankruptcy
Meanwhile, FTC members contest removal by Trump.
23andMe genetic testing company bankruptcy raises questions about data privacy
People who requested genetic tests were customers, not patients, so legal protection may be limited.
Match 2025 — By the numbers: a slideshow
A look at the figures from the National Resident Matching Program.
More Americans die avoidable deaths than citizens of any other high-income country
A new JAMA study shows preventable deaths rising in every U.S. state, defying global progress.
Addressing the growing mental health crisis in pediatrics
A view from the front lines in a pediatric practice.
Match 2025: ACP, AAFP tout new doctors heading for internal, family medicine
Internal medicine is single largest training specialty, according to figures from medical groups.
Bladder cancer: Challenges, innovations and opportunities for primary care physicians
Because early detection is key, here is what clinicians should know about advanced strategies and emerging treatments to optimize patient outcomes in bladder cancer management.
As measles outbreak grows, primary care physicians can promote vaccines by building trust with patients
Public health experts describe the latest on measles cases in Texas and broader concerns about vaccinations.
Federal residency funding expands primary care pipeline, study finds
ACA provisions boost primary care training amid worsening physician shortage.
What health care CFOs predict for 2025
After years of volatility, health care leaders across the nation’s hospitals, health systems, and other health care organizations view 2025 with cautious optimism.
Top medical schools for physicians working in primary care – a slideshow
U.S. News & World Report, AAFP tally colleges with physician alumni working in family, internal, and pediatric medicine.
Access and transparency, AI challenges, women’s health — what directions are best for primary care?
Three experts weigh in on contemporary issues for the National Academy of Medicine.
How neuro-symbolic AI closes the trust gap for physicians
A more human way of thinking can overcome legitimate concerns that doctors have about artificial intelligence.
CDC considers allowing nonphysicians to read complex chest x-rays: What could go wrong?
The CDC requests public comment on the possibility of allowing NPPs to read chest x-rays of workers at risk for pneumoconiosis.