Practice Management News

Healio announced that David Ruppel has been appointed to the position of senior vice president of analytics, where he will focus on developing and expanding Healio analytics and audience insights.

The e-commerce website Groupon saved money for patients who bought medical imaging services, but sellers did not always “accurately or adequately” provide information about the risks of imaging, researchers reported.

Black individuals organizing medical crowdfunding campaigns in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada raised 11.5% less than non-Black individuals, and women raised 5.9% less than men, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

A “revolution” in legal access to cannabis over the past 20 years has raised concerns about its overuse, researchers wrote in a review published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Almost half of physicians who were surveyed in the U.S. reported losing their jobs, seeing a reduction in pay or being furloughed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released during IDWeek.

A recent survey of 10,000 nurses explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on personal finances. While many of the findings reflect financial concerns faced by many Americans during these uncertain times, one thing is clear: Black nurses are disproportionately impacted.

Shifts in daylight saving time have been shown to increase the risk for adverse health effects such as cardiovascular issues and injuries, according to research published in PLoS Computational Biology.

Universal use of face shields by health care personnel at a Texas hospital led to a significant reduction in SARS-CoV-2 infections, data presented at IDWeek show.

Certain mouthwashes and nasal rinses demonstrated virucidal properties that can kill a virus similar to the one that causes COVID-19, according to an experimental study.

The FDA has approved Gilead Science’s antiviral IV drug remdesivir — also known as Veklury — for adults and children aged older than 12 years when treatment of COVID-19 requires hospitalization.