Practice Management News

In 2014, an increase in health insurance coverage and access was seen in adults of all races; however, Hispanic adults were significantly less likely to be insured or have access to care compared with other races, according to a data brief from the CDC.

Various body composition components, including sarcopenia, intramuscular fat deposition and visceral adiposity, were accurate in predicting mortality and other outcomes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, according to study findings.

Years ago, I saw a presentation from the leader of the United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence where seven 4-year-olds were lined up next to each other at the head of a king-sized bed. On the right-hand side, another child is trying to get into the bed and, as that child tries to get in, the one on the left-hand side is falling out.

Many physicians and advanced practice clinicians work while sick regardless of the health risks they pose to patients, according to a survey published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Liver resection was safe among patients with metabolic syndrome- and hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma, with only cirrhosis associated with worse short-term outcomes, according to study data.

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.

About one-third of healthy volunteers who participated in phase 1 drug trials experienced no adverse events, and among those who did, they were rarely ever serious adverse events, according to recently published data in BMJ.

The HHS has awarded $228.5 million to the Hospital Preparedness Program and $611 million to the Public Health Emergency Preparedness program, which will go toward improving and maintaining emergency preparedness among state and local health departments, according to a press release. 

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.

Drug regulations and a governing body to mandate them is a necessity for patients’ safety and health care providers’ peace-of-mind, according to a recently released commentary in the Annals of Internal Medicine.