Practice Management News

Surgeons who wore clear masks were considered by patients to “be better communicators, have more empathy and elicit greater trust” than surgeons who wore masks that obscured a full view of their faces, researchers reported.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is encouraging health care professionals to ask Congress to hold a hearing on proposed legislation that would establish a permanent standard time nationwide.

In the United States, excess deaths increased 22.9% between March 1, 2020, and Jan. 2, 2021, an increase that “far exceeds annual increases observed in recent years” of 2.5% or less, data in JAMA show.

In 2019, Black, Hispanic and Native American populations were underrepresented in the current workforce and education pipeline for 10 health professions, according to data in JAMA Network Open.

There has been a dramatic increase in anti-Asian sentiment since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to James H. Lee, MD, a psychiatry resident at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Clinicians in primary care spent more time using electronic health records compared with those in medical and surgical specialties, data from a cross-sectional study showed.

March 14 through March 20 is Patient Safety Awareness Week, which aims to raise “awareness about the importance of making health care as safe as possible,” according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

The United States Senate on Thursday confirmed Xavier Becerra as HHS secretary.

Researchers reported that African American and Hispanic health care workers were more likely to test positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies than non-Hispanic white health care workers.

CMS has announced that it is increasing the Medicare payment rate for administering COVID-19 vaccine doses, in some instances by more than 75%.