HIMSS23: AI in action
How AI is helping measure and manage health disparities
APPs may fill in gaps due to growing shortages of physicians, nurses
Reports project hiring for NPs, PAs, and dire situation for nursing across the nation.
HIMSS23: Creating an engaged workforce
How to keep employees from leaving your practice
Four common compliance mistakes doctors make (and how to prevent them)
Regulators have better things to do than come after small practices, right? Wrong.
How technology is addressing the physician shortage
Digital tools are helping to find and fill unused capacity in the health care system
Medical liability insurance premiums on the rise
Increases coincidental with COVID-19, but pandemic was not a factor, AMA says.
HIMSS23: The future of price transparency
What do the price transparency rules mean to physicians and will they really lower prices?
HIMSS23: Digital peer review
How streamlining the peer review process can make physicians’ lives easier
USPSTF: Getting help from AI
Will artificial intelligence replace USPSTF?
Expanding primary care, tackling fraud are in plans for federal agencies
HRSA, HHS-OIG heads testify in House subcommittees of Energy & Commerce Committee.
HIMSS23: Microsoft and Epic are bringing AI into electronic health records
The two companies announced the expansion of their work together, and a few hospitals are already using a new solution involving artificial intelligence.
Morning Medical Update: ADHD drug misuse; 5G Cleveland hospital; Why do men avoid going to the doctor?
The top news stories in primary care today.
The rise in pollen is spiking allergy and asthma hospitalizations and impacting the economy
Spring has sprung, so it’s time for physicians to help patients feel better, maintain quality of life, and keep working.
Telemedicine is OK, but doctors and patients prefer in-person care
Both groups cite difficulty of virtual physical exams for wanting face-to-face visits
USPSTF: Helping neglected populations
Recommendations to fill gaps in health care.
HIMSS23: Healthcare AI going forward
Dreams of big AI is nothing new, but the risks require careful consideration
HIMSS23: How interconnected data and AI can benefit care
Physicians aim to benefit from advances in data an artificial intelligence
FTC: Bogus health care claims to consumers will be costly for businesses
Do your patients ask about effectiveness of OTC drugs, supplements, super foods?
Black patients live longer where they have Black primary care physicians
Researchers examine county-level data about workforce, population, and health.
Morning Medical Update: Heart attack odds higher after flu; Anti-addiction meds for prisoners; Global rise in type 2 diabetes
Healthcare's digital transformation: A conversation with Hadi Chaudhry of CareCloud
A wide-ranging discussion with CareCloud CEO Hadi Chaudhry on the latest trends, from AI and ChatGPT, to machine learning and digitization.
Prescription drugs to be more affordable, accessible through Cigna’s PBM Express Scripts
Company serves more than 100 million Americans.
How generative AI can alleviate healthcare challenges and burnout
Many repetitive tasks occupy the valuable time of physicians and nurses, placing avoidable pressure on already overworked professionals.
How do physicians feel about diagnosing, treating long COVID?
De Beaumont Foundation has data from docs.
USPSTF: Effects from COVID-19?
How did the pandemic effect the mission?
Vision meets reality: Why concierge medicine offers an optimal environment for treating chronic disease
For concierge doctors, practicing in a model that completely reverses the traditional paradigm, the difference in chronic care can be profound.
Managing patients’ chronic conditions requires addressing food insecurity
Providers, patients need to develop the trust and personal connections required for conversations about an often difficult topic
Morning Medical Update: Stethoscope Market to hit new heights; Adults with Down syndrome often treated like kids in health care; Millions of New Yorkers could lose Medicaid coverage
HIMSS 2023 kicks off in Chicago
The biggest health technology conference in the country is now underway.
In-home services will play a major role in primary care’s future
Aging population, escalating costs drive demand for care at home, but challenges remain
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