Practice Management News

Experts said they developed new guidance that stakeholders can use to design a shift work duration that “effectively balances the need to meet operational demands with the need to manage fatigue-related risks.”

HHS has launched the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity to “protect vulnerable communities who disproportionately bear the brunt of pollution and climate-driven disasters ... at the expense of public health.”

For 2 years, Kellie Lease Stecher, MD, had advocated for safe reporting structures at her institution so that incidents of harassment could be submitted anonymously and evaluated objectively.

There are six major drivers of physician burnout, all of which can be addressed by effective leadership, according to a presentation at the Ending Physician Burnout Global Summit.

Physicians have the opportunity to shift the systems of health care, as well as the culture of medicine, to help fight back against burnout, according to a presentation at the Ending Physician Burnout Global Summit.

The struggle to balance a career in medicine and a family life is very real, but there are effective strategies to achieve an equilibrium, a speaker at the Ending Physician Burnout Global Summit said.

Healio has launched a new recognition program, Healio Honors, to celebrate health care professionals who go the extra mile to advance patient care, research, advocacy or mentorship, the company announced.

The new president of American Osteopathic Association said he will help the organization meet the needs of medicine in the 21st century and maintain the principles on which it was founded more than 100 years ago.

Health care spending and outcomes vary across racial and ethnic groups in the U.S., with underrepresented populations often having higher rates of ED spending and poor or fair health, according to three studies published in JAMA.

Allergists and immunologists can play a vital role in educating the public about COVID-19 vaccines, dispelling misinformation and creating greater trust in their use, according to one of the speakers at the Eastern Allergy Conference.