First-Time Cesarean Deliveries Increased in Recent Years While repeat C-sections steadily fell from 2016 to 2021 Jul 06, 2022
The Fatal Flaw in Hospital Price Transparency Rules There is too much room for interpretation in the definition of compliance Jul 02, 2022
Therapeutic Use of Cannabis: Risks, Benefits, Legality Increased availability and use challenge clinician knowledge to keep pace Jun 29, 2022
Nurse in Missing Fentanyl Case Gets License Back; Abortion Ban Exceptions Useless? This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 29, 2022
Stating the Case for Early, Aggressive Intervention in Prediabetes Risk of micro-, macrovascular disease, most patients progress to frank diabetes Jun 28, 2022
Can Low-Dose Naltrexone Offer Pain Relief? Recent study highlights benefits and builds on previous research Jun 27, 2022
HCA Healthcare Facing More Litigation, This Time in Florida The health system is also fighting antitrust cases in North Carolina Jun 24, 2022
Awareness of Abuse Potential Among Noncontrolled Substances Is Growing From commonly used antidepressants to antihypertensives, risk of abuse hides in plain sight Jun 23, 2022
NP Allegedly Faked Diagnoses, Stole Doctors' Identity in Loan Fraud Scheme Catherine Seemer often charged borrowers 10% to 20% of loan amount, DOJ says Jun 23, 2022
Should Doctors Be Selling Patients on MLM Products? While not illegal, ethical concerns remain, and patient trust hangs in the balance Jun 22, 2022
Healthcare Workers a 'Catch' for Multilevel Marketing Companies Businesses see pandemic opportunity, as burned-out healthcare workers may be ideal sellers Jun 22, 2022
AMA President-Elect Comes By His Profession Naturally As the child of a dentist and a psychologist, Jesse Ehrenfeld says he was "called" to medicine Jun 17, 2022
Here Are This Year's Top Children's Hospitals Boston Children's Hospital again leads national rankings Jun 16, 2022
Parents of 4-Year-Old Sue Urologist for 'Unintentional Vasectomy' The child had hernia surgery at Texas Children's Hospital, and left with a cut vas deferens Jun 15, 2022
New Hampshire Hospital Lost Nearly 8 Gallons of Fentanyl Leadership sanctioned; diversion played a role, but couldn't explain all of the missing bags Jun 15, 2022
Medicare Drug Price Negotiation in the Spotlight at AMA Annual Meeting Amendment on international pricing draws controversy Jun 13, 2022
HCA Healthcare Faces Second Antitrust Lawsuit in North Carolina The city of Brevard alleges impaired competition and inflated prices Jun 10, 2022
Walgreens Sues Hospital Over New In-House Pharmacy Retail pharmacy giant says it will suffer "substantial, immediate, and irreparable harm" Jun 08, 2022
Is Sleep Deprivation Driving the Burnout Crisis in Healthcare Workers? Panelists discuss fatigue as a mediator of occupational stress Jun 06, 2022
Anesthesiologist Group Says Hospitals Can Prevent Fatal Errors Like Vanderbilt's Feds said Vaught wasn't the only one who erred; hospital had four "immediate jeopardy" flaws Jun 02, 2022
More RN Hours Linked With Better Sepsis Outcomes Facility needs to have enough nurses on staff for such "complex care," researcher warns Jun 01, 2022
Presepsin a 'Robust' Biomarker of Early-Onset Sepsis Researchers call for trials testing its use in guiding early empirical antibiotic treatment May 31, 2022
'There's Nothing to Repair': Emergency Docs on Injuries From Assault Weapons "You have to see the damage ... to really respect and understand how dangerous these weapons are" May 31, 2022
Opioid Use Disorder Training in Med School Improves Awareness of Patient Needs Third-year students' knowledge of OUD treatments significantly increased after training May 23, 2022
What Doctors Need to Know About Monkeypox While the potential of increased transmissibility is being sorted, here's what we know for sure May 20, 2022
Doc Says He Was Cut for Pushing Back on 10-Minute Visits Employer argues 10-minute goal is only for time spent in EMR May 19, 2022
Do Interns and Residents Ever Really Go on Strike? Milton Packer describes the first and only successful U.S. housestaff strike -- in 1975 May 18, 2022
Inhaled Interferon Fails in Pivotal COVID Trial, but Developer Pushes On Enough hints of benefit in SPRINTER to warrant further studies, officials say May 17, 2022
The Chilling Effect of the RaDonda Vaught Prosecution The threat of criminal charges will not create better providers or patient outcomes May 17, 2022
Nurse Vaught Sentenced for Deadly Medical Error Former Vanderbilt nurse gets 3 years probation for negligent homicide, adult abuse May 13, 2022
One in Four Medicare Patients Harmed in Hospitals, Nearly Half Preventable CMS needs to do more to penalize facilities with avoidable adverse events, report says May 13, 2022
Nurses' March Calls for End to Workplace Violence, Safe Staffing Importance of fair pay and preventing bias stressed during march on D.C. May 13, 2022
Residents, Fellows at USC Keck School of Medicine Latest to Vote to Unionize Vote follows a campaign focused on living wages and representation in the workplace May 12, 2022
Respiratory Therapist Charged With Murder 20 Years Later Prosecutors allege a spate of odd deaths while Jennifer Anne Hall was employed at the hospital May 12, 2022
More Support Needed to Shore Up Nurse Pipeline, Experts Say There have to be more nurses in health system governance "at the highest levels" May 11, 2022
Hospitals Face Tough Choices as Lockdown in China Disrupts IV Contrast Supply As shortage continues, clinicians are ensuring that the most serious patients are prioritized May 11, 2022
How a COVID Misdiagnosis Revealed Deadly Aromatherapy Outbreak Case "highlights the importance of autopsy," medical examiner says May 11, 2022
Socially Vulnerable Patients Discharged Sooner After C-Section Disparities only exacerbated during the pandemic, retrospective study shows May 11, 2022
