COVID Hospitalizations Rise; DeSantis Targets Obamacare; Why Docs Are Unionizing Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 04, 2023
FTC Chief Gears Up for a Showdown With Private Equity Researchers and employer groups encouraged by FTC's action Dec 03, 2023
Prone Positioning Falls Flat for Weaning COVID Patients Off ECMO Similar ECMO duration, mortality compared with supine position in randomized trial Dec 01, 2023
Doctor 'Wage Theft' Is Not Without Consequences Uncompensated time harms healthcare professionals at the very least Nov 30, 2023
Insurer Now Has Ties to 10% of Doctors UnitedHealth's Optum division added 20,000 doctors this year alone Nov 30, 2023
Safer to Hold Off on Intubating Comatose, Intoxicated Patients, Trial Finds French centers showed faster discharge, fewer adverse events Nov 29, 2023
CDC Advisors' Infection Control Guidance Leaves Us Unprotected The guidelines will lead to unnecessary infections and deaths if approved Nov 29, 2023
Medical Staff Credentialing Case Heads to New Jersey Supreme Court Neurosurgery practice claims hospital skipped due process to orchestrate its ouster Nov 28, 2023
Hospitals Say Some Medicare Advantage Plans Are Skirting CMS Rules Groups lament stress to enrollees and billions in hospital losses from coverage delays, denials Nov 27, 2023
Handguns From Home Account for Most Adolescent School Shootings Study of school shootings up to 2016 finds high-powered guns less commonly used by youths Nov 27, 2023
Male vs Female Surgeons; China Beefs Up Fever Clinics; C. Diff Survives Disinfecting Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 27, 2023
Will Tomorrow's Medical Students Ever Practice Medicine? A quarter of aspiring physicians in the U.S. said they were considering quitting their studies Nov 26, 2023
What's Going on at Mission Health? Physicians pen letters, narrowly vote against bylaws that would have silenced them Nov 22, 2023
Devastating Medication Error; FDA's Recall Weakness; Insurers Break State Laws This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 22, 2023
A Medical Student, a Dying JFK, and ‘Destiny’: What a Young Doctor Saw 60 Years Ago A look back at a conversation with one of the last surviving witnesses from Trauma Room One Nov 22, 2023
Who's Deejaying in the OR? And What Are They Playing? The ins and outs of listening to music while operating Nov 21, 2023
Travel Nurse Practitioner Goes Missing in California Ann Herford was reportedly last seen near the trailhead for the Arnold Rim Trail Nov 21, 2023
Trump in 'Excellent' Health; Violence Pandemic in Healthcare; New Listeria Outbreak Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 21, 2023
Shooting at Psych Hospital; Rosalynn Carter Dies; Millions in Medical Debt Canceled Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 20, 2023
Why It's So Tough to Reduce Unnecessary Medical Care Huge amounts are spent, but it does little to help patients Nov 19, 2023
Wondering Which Specialty to Choose? Consider This Pediatric specialists are in high demand, and the work is immensely satisfying Nov 18, 2023
Medical Board Reprimands Doctor Who Worked While COVID-Positive As COVID hospitalization declines, should infection control policies shift? Nov 16, 2023
Mall Doc Kiosks; Gaza Hospital Stormed; Rationing Semaglutide by Lifestyle Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 16, 2023
FDA OKs Product to Thwart Bloodstream Infections During Dialysis Taurolidine-heparin solution reduced infections by 71% versus heparin alone Nov 15, 2023
Invasive Mental Health Questions Have No Place on Nurse Licensing Applications Removing these inquiries will protect nurse well-being Nov 15, 2023
AMA Delegates Spar Over Requirements for On-Site Emergency Physicians in Every ED Some want model scope-of-practice legislation, but access concerns persist Nov 15, 2023
Statins Reach More Patients With Pharmacist's Orders Asynchronous automated order approach boosts statin prescribing Nov 14, 2023
AMA Delegates Trash AI Bots, Medicare Advantage, Inexperienced 'Politicized' ALJs Proposal calls for facilities with an "Emergency Room" to have an emergency doc on site Nov 13, 2023
Getting the Incentives Right for Reducing Healthcare's Carbon Footprint There are ways to save energy while also saving money, experts say Nov 13, 2023
Your Hospital Is Like a Modern Airport. That's Not Good AI will revolutionize how healthcare is delivered; how is yet to be determined Nov 12, 2023
How Will Tomorrow's Medical Students Be Different? New skills before and during medical school may enhance diversity and development Nov 11, 2023
Hospitals Have Many Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Experts Say Radiology departments and operating rooms are good targets Nov 10, 2023
Nursing Leaders Tackle Ways to Fix 'Accelerated Burnout' in New Nurses "It takes a village to raise a nurse," expert says Nov 10, 2023
Policymakers Must Balance Innovation With Patient Safety for AI in Healthcare Emerging technology presents an opportunity to right past wrongs, Senator says during hearing Nov 09, 2023
Umbilical Cord Milking May Be Safe for Very Preterm Babies Trial compared umbilical cord milking versus delayed cord clamping Nov 09, 2023
Senate Committee Advances Bill on Mental Health, PBMs, and 'Ghost Provider' Networks Measure would also lessen the cut to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in 2024 Nov 08, 2023
To Get More New Antimicrobial Drugs, Fix the Broken Market, Experts Say Hospitals see a new antibiotic as something to raise their costs, one expert noted Nov 07, 2023
Critics Say CDC Advisors' Infection Control Guidance Isn't Strong Enough Draft guidelines from HICPAC criticized after most recent meeting Nov 06, 2023
Heart Injuries Suggest Reconsideration of Holding BP Meds for Surgery Pause on ACE inhibitors, ARBs yields more acute hypertension with no prevention of hypotension Nov 06, 2023