Practice Management News

Exposure to common air pollutants were associated with more severe outcomes after SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to findings published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, issued an advisory addressing the alarming rate of burnout among health care workers.

The use of telehealth expanded in allergy and immunology care due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with 92% of practices providing such services, according to a survey from the AMA and American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

As the medical community celebrates Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month this May, the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology reminds clinicians and patients alike that allergists are key to successful asthma treatment.

Few have as much need for asset protection as physicians. As high-income earners, physicians often have substantial financial assets and real property that needs to be removed from risks of loss due to liability, malpractice claims, worker complaints, cyberattacks, HIPAA violations and more.

Knowledge about and attitudes toward cannabis use vary among allergists, with significant impacts on the way these clinicians approach the care of those who use it, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

The HHS Office of Climate Change and Health Equity has launched Climate and Health Outlook, a new climate-related public health information series, according to a press release.

CHICAGO — The issue of physician burnout has been increasingly recognized over the past decade, and it will persist until changes are made at the organizational level, according to speakers at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

CHICAGO — In 1915, the American Medical Women’s Association became the first national organization of women physicians.

CHICAGO — Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, and it is more common among physicians than among the general population, according to speakers at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.