Practice Management News

Thomas L. Ely, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP, the newly sworn-in president of the American Osteopathic Association, said he wants to increase the reach of the osteopathic community, improve vaccination rates and enhance the well-being of the association’s members.

Healio CME won the APEX Award for most improved website.

Health care professionals have found different strategies to counteract health misinformation on social media platforms, most using public priming.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, signed into law by President George H.W. Bush on July 26, 1990.

The FDA announced that drug manufacturers will now be required to include information about naloxone in prescribing information for opioids and medications to treat opioid use disorders.

Despite the broad adoption and optimization of electronic health records over a 10-year period, researchers reported “wide variation” in the safety performance of operational EHR systems.

In this episode, I speak with Eric Reinhart of the department of anthropology at Harvard and University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He is also a candidate in adult psychoanalysis at The Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis. We discuss the impacts of jail cycling on the COVID-19 pandemic, and future directions for reform in our health care system.

Healio and Healio LIVE received seven APEX awards, including one Grand Award — the highest recognition — presented to Infectious Diseases in Children.

In a previous column, we discussed several steps physicians should consider to shield their families’ finances during the COVID-19 crisis.

Dana Corriel, MD, is a board-certified internist, an entrepreneur, and the founder of SoMeDocs, also known as Doctors on Social Media. She has created a platform that has helped launch, amplify and connect many physicians in the social media space. In this episode, we explore why social media is so important in today's health care landscape, and share some tips on how to get your feet wet in the space.