Practice Management News

Black and Hispanic medical students and physicians are considerably underrepresented in the United States compared with the national population, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

In the last 12 months, there has been a plethora of factors that have inched up the consumer price index, the key gauge the Federal Reserve uses as a barometer of inflation.

SAN DIEGO — Researchers reported similar clinical outcomes in patients with decompensated hepatitis C virus cirrhosis treated with direct-acting antivirals, with or without protease inhibitors, according to study results.

The Rome Foundation GastroPsych Group conducted a hybrid meeting at Digestive Disease Week in San Diego to review progress over the past year and determine goals for the years to come.

SAN DIEGO — A new, low-cost scoring system called TREAT-B accurately determined treatment eligibility for patients with hepatitis B virus, particularly where DNA assays are unavailable, according to research.

The CDC has identified more cases of acute hepatitis with an unknown cause among children in the United States, including one more death.

Few have as much need for asset protection as physicians. As high-income earners, physicians often have substantial financial assets and real property that needs to be removed from risks of loss due to liability, malpractice claims, worker complaints, cyberattacks, HIPAA violations and more.

With the CDC suggesting that adenovirus should be considered in diagnosis of acute hepatitis in children, amidst a possible outbreak of cases in Europe and the U.S., some pediatricians are wondering what to look out for in their own practices.

A digital toolbox created by the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition has expanded to a web-based format to improve resource accessibility for health care providers.

CHICAGO — Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, and it is more common among physicians than among the general population, according to speakers at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.