Practice Management News

BOSTON — In this exclusive video from The Liver Meeting 2019, Monica Tincopa, MD, MSc, a junior faculty member in the department of transplant hepatology at the University of Michigan, highlights a talk she gave during a career development workshop that focused on making time for both personal and professional lives.

BOSTON — In this exclusive video from The Liver Meeting 2019, Elliot B. Tapper, MD, an assistant professor of gastroenterology at University of Michigan, highlights a session that discussed the risks and benefits of using social media, in particular Twitter.

HOUSTON — The ability to say yes and no can make a significant difference in the ability to prevent or eliminate physician burnout, according to several panelists here at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — The full impact of legalizing medicinal cannabis in some parts of the U.S. is hindered by inaccurate, inconsistent information, according to a panelist at the OCTANe Medical Technology Innovation Forum.

Recently, two Ohio counties settled with opioid distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson for $215 million in cash just hours before going to trial. A fourth defendant, Teva, agreed to pay $20 million and provide $25 million worth of the opioid substitution therapy buprenorphine, according to the Los Angeles Times. Lawyers and doctors who are following the lawsuit said the settlements will fall well short of resolving the opioid epidemic.

NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — Physicians and patients who communicate by utilizing health care–related technology both benefit, according to a panel discussion here at the OCTANe Medical Technology Innovation Forum.

SAN ANTONIO – Despite the best medical training in the world, new trainees in hepatology often lack the primary training in giving a full physical exam, according to an expert at the National Liver Conference 2019.

SAN ANTONIO — The National Liver Congress will convene October 25th, providing a broad scientific program and exhibit of products and services important for all practitioners involved in the care of patients with liver disease.

The Trump administration is expected to announce that Stephen M. Hahn, MD, chief medical executive and professor of radiation oncology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, is the next FDA commissioner, according to reporting by The Wall Street Journal.

NEW ORLEANS — Unconscious biases remain pervasive in everyday interactions between health care providers and patients and lead to worse outcomes for racial and gender minority populations, but several concrete actions can reduce or neutralize such tendencies, Quinn Capers IV, MD, FACC, FSCAI, said during a keynote at the CHEST Annual Meeting.