Practice Management News

Physicians should ask patients if they have ever served in the military, since these men and women are more susceptible to certain health problems, researchers wrote in Advances in Medical Education and Practice.

MemorialCare health system recently shifted its attention to renewal after its initial safety-focused response to COVID-19, one of its vice presidents said at Octane’s virtual MedTech Innovation Forum.

Weekly aggregate medical spending by most commercial insurance customers and Medicare Advantage recipients in the United States dropped by nearly half as the COVID-19 pandemic progressed, data show.

Almost 1 in 5 physicians have experienced suicidal ideation in their lifetimes, a systematic review and meta-analysis in Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior showed.

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.