Practice Management News

Recent findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine showed that receipt of a pharmaceutical industry-sponsored meal was associated with increased prescription rates by physicians.

An analysis of survey data found that adults and children in the United States spent $28.3 billion and $1.9 billion, respectively, out-of-pocket on complementary health approaches, according to a press release from the NIH.

The AMA has voted to adopt a modernized version of its Code of Medical Ethics, capping an 8-year process to update the guideline for relevance, clarity and consistency, according to a statement from the organization.

The American Board of Internal Medicine has released a schedule that details when subspecialty blueprints will be open to review, according to a press release from the organization.

From international law firm Arnold & Porter LLP comes a timely column that provides views on current regulatory and legislative topics that weigh on the minds of today’s physicians and health care executives.

Recent research in PLoS Medicine found that organizations that produced clinical practice guidelines rarely disclosed financial relationships with biomedical companies, despite these relationship being common.

The AMA has sworn in Andrew W. Gurman, MD, as the 171th president of the organization.

The AMA adopted new guidance for the ethical practice of telemedicine at its annual meeting, according to a press release issued by the organization.

In the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, in which 49 people were killed and 53 wounded early Sunday after a gunman opened fire in an Orlando gay nightclub, many medical professional organizations have issued multiple statements not only expressing condolences for victims and their families, but also calling on Congress to lift its 20-year ban on the CDC conducting research into gun violence.

Universal hepatitis C virus infection screening in the ED of University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital successfully identified unrecognized infection in patients outside of the baby boomer population, according to results of a geographical analysis.