Practice Management News

Physician burnout was associated with about a twofold increase in unsafe patient care, unprofessionalism and low patient satisfaction, according to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The U.S. health care system continues to struggle in its transition from fee-for-service to value-based care.

The FDA announced today that it sent warning letters to four more online networks that operate 21 websites ordering them to stop illegally marketing and selling “potentially dangerous, unapproved and misbranded versions of opioid medications, including tramadol,” according to a press release.

Opioid prescriptions have steadily decreased since 2012, but after the release of the CDC’s opioid prescribing guideline in 2016, several risky prescribing practices have declined at a significantly faster rate, according to research published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Many patients who received non-opioids were surprised by how well they relieved pain, according to data published in the Journal of Pain.

President Donald J. Trump’s administration’s plan to lower drug prices — a 44-page document it calls the American Patients First Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs — has achieved results since its launch earlier this year, according to an HHS press release.

PONTE VEDRA, Fla. — American Medical Association President Barbara L. McAneny, MD, wants to energize women to enact change that will bring parity of leadership in “the house of medicine.”

AUSTIN, Texas — In this exclusive video perspective from GI Outlook 2018, Costas H. Kefalas, MD, MMM, FACG, FASGE, AGAF, of Akron Digestive Disease Consultants, gives a rundown on some of the highlights of the 2018 edition of GI Outlook, presented by the ASGE.

AUSTIN, Texas — In this exclusive video perspective from GI Outlook 2018, Karen L. Woods, MD, of Houston Methodist Gastroenterology Associates, discusses her presentation on how to develop leadership in a medical practice.

AUSTIN, Texas — In this exclusive video perspective from GI Outlook 2018, Steven A. Edmundowicz, MD, FASGE, interim Division Director of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at University of Colorado School of Medicine and president of the ASGE, discusses how to best build a leadership team.