Practice Management News

This year’s Women in Medicine Summit will take place in a virtual format on Oct. 9-10.

A program uses art to help medical students understand cultural competence, recognize racial bias and potentially sharpen their diagnostic skills, the program’s coordinator told Healio Primary Care.

Former CDC director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, recently described a hierarchy of controls — elimination, substitution, engineering, administration and personal protective equipment — that may help prevent COVID-19 among health care workers.

HHS announced that Medicaid, Medicaid managed care, Children's Health Insurance Program and dental providers as well as certain Medicare providers experiencing financial difficulty stemming from COVID-19 now have until Aug. 28 to apply for funding relief.

Physicians should encourage adults to use NSAIDs, particularly topical ones, to treat acute non-low back pain that stems from musculoskeletal injuries, according to a new guideline from the ACP and American Academy of Family Physicians.

Maternal exposure to heat, ozone or fine particulate matter related to climate change was associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth and low birth weight, according to a systematic review published in JAMA Network Open.

Estate planning is an important aspect of wealth management that should be addressed early in a physician’s career and reviewed and modified periodically as he or she ages.

The FDA has approved Olinvyk — the first new IV chemical opioid agonist in decades — for adults with acute pain, the drug’s manufacturer announced.

The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Foundation announced its combined investment of over $2.2 million in research and career development awards, abstract awards, and its Emerging Liver Scholars program.

The AMA recently launched the #MaskUp campaign to normalize mask wearing in the fight against COVID-19.