Our Healthcare Data Infrastructure Is Abysmal A critical lesson from the COVID-19 crisis Jan 09, 2024
Advanced Practice Providers Push to Unionize in Oregon OHSU group concerned that profits are taking precedence over providers and patients Jan 08, 2024
Contraceptive Use in Medicare Varies by Enrollment Type Study examines use among enrollees ages 20 to 50 with disabilities Jan 08, 2024
Are Pediatricians Hesitant About IUDs for Adolescents? An AAP policy had little impact on pediatricians' practices around IUDs, subdermal implants Jan 08, 2024
We've Done Away With a Critical Source of Drug Use Data It's time to bring back the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) survey Jan 08, 2024
It's High Time to Protect Farmworkers From Heat-Related Illness and Death Reauthorizing the Farm Bill can offer essential protections Jan 07, 2024
Prisoner First, Patient Second How hospitals ignore the rights of incarcerated patients and how they can do better Jan 06, 2024
FDA Approves Florida's Proposal to Import Prescription Drugs From Canada Drugmakers say they're "considering all options" in response Jan 05, 2024
Xylazine Not Just a Problem in the Northeast, Study Finds States reporting at least one xylazine-related overdose death rose over 3 years Jan 05, 2024
Fake Xanax Hospitalizes Three in Chicago Three young adults were in intensive care after taking bromazolam they thought was alprazolam Jan 04, 2024
2023 Called 'Pivotal' for Healthcare Price Transparency More than 90% of hospitals have posted machine-readable files of price information to their sites Jan 04, 2024
Futile Immunotherapy for Cancer Grows More Common Occurs most often at non-academic and low-volume centers Jan 04, 2024
Patient Arrested for Punching Nurse; Kowalski Juror Misconduct? Nurse Back in Jail A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jan 04, 2024
A Nurse Told Me to Lock Myself in an Exam Room. A Patient's Dad Was Looking For Me. We must put an end to gun violence in healthcare facilities Jan 03, 2024
Overhauling Our Mental Health System Eric Reinhart, MD, discusses the need for Chicago's new "Treatment Not Trauma" policy Jan 03, 2024 video
Dangerous Med Spa Infections; Trans Youth Hospital Trauma; Blocking Rehab Access This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 03, 2024
Groups Blast FDA's Opioid Abuse Surveillance Proposal RADARS system's ties to Purdue Pharma undermine the reliability of its data, they say Jan 03, 2024
Nonprofit Hospital Boards on the Firing Line Many have not been focused enough on their mission to serve their communities Jan 02, 2024
How Cardiac Arrest Became a Household Topic After Damar Hamlin's Collapse Efforts to boost survival having a moment among medical and sports societies, legislators Jan 01, 2024
Lessons From the Chemotherapy Shortages: Invest in Generics We need more sustainable solutions to ensure treatment access Dec 31, 2023
U.S. Attempts to Get Its Xylazine Problem Under Control If a bill to schedule the veterinary sedative becomes law, will that be enough? Dec 30, 2023
I'm Sorry, Your Patient No Longer Has Medicaid Coverage Too many kids are still suffering the consequences of the Medicaid "unwinding" Dec 29, 2023
Managing AI Risks in Healthcare; GPT-4's Clinical Biases; DIY AI Clinic A monthly roundup of healthcare-focused AI news and research Dec 28, 2023
On the Health Docket for the Supreme Court's 2024 Term An alarming agenda with potentially grave consequences for public health Dec 28, 2023
Paramedics Guilty of Homicide; Pediatrician Attacked Lab Tech? $900K Settlement A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 28, 2023
Supreme Court to Weigh in on Abortion Pill Access The nation's high court will consider the Fifth Circuit's ruling on mifepristone Dec 28, 2023
Death by Doctor; Apple Watch Sales Rebooted; Nerve Transplanted to Paralyzed Hand Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 28, 2023
It Was a Tumultuous Year for Simone Gold and America's Frontline Doctors After an attempted coup, Gold holds on to AFLDS; she's also suing California's medical board Dec 27, 2023
Patients Are Lucky Cigna Dropped Its Plans to Buy Humana But Washington should prepare now for the next major merger announcement Dec 27, 2023
Medicare Cuts Beg the Question: Do Doctors Know How to Make 'Good Trouble'? The health of American healthcare may depend on physicians taking it to the streets Dec 27, 2023 video
988 Lifeline Getting Mostly Good Reviews But call routing and adequate staffing remain issues Dec 26, 2023
MedPod Today: Long COVID and Stem Cells; An Unusual Pregnancy; New Cannabinoids 51˶ reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics Dec 22, 2023 podcast
AI Transparency Rule Has Benefits, but Is Limited, Experts Suggest Rule aims to make algorithms more fair Dec 21, 2023
FDA Warns of Unapproved Fat-Dissolving Injections Users have experienced permanent scars, infections Dec 21, 2023
FDA Official Blasts Ladapo's Claims About DNA Fragments in COVID Shots Peter Marks called Florida surgeon general's mRNA vax criticism "misleading" Dec 21, 2023
Nurse Stormed U.S. Capitol? Doc Guilty of Wife's Murder; $120M Malpractice Award A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 21, 2023
Scripps Clinic Must Pay Almost $7M to Older Docs in Age Bias Case California allows medical groups to force retirement at age 70, but it's against federal law Dec 21, 2023
'Medicare for All' Candidate in 2024; Exploding MRI Machine; Doc Convicted of Murder Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 21, 2023
Youth Death Rallies Anti-Vaxers; Insurers Hire After Malpractice; Bad Doc Ignored? This past week in healthcare investigations Dec 20, 2023
Explanations Don't Help Clinicians Spot Biased AI Biased AI predictions tanked diagnostic accuracy, and model explanations didn't bring it back up Dec 19, 2023