Practice Management News

The term “wellness” has become increasingly popular in the general public at large, and within the medical community specifically.

I wasn’t so much hooked as I was hoodwinked!

A 1-year fellowship for senior trainees and early career infectious diseases physicians can help establish relationships with public health agencies and is an effective career development pathway, according to a study.

For the first time, the CDC has published recommendations on laboratory testing for syphilis.

The use of biologics to treat psoriasis does not affect antibody production after a patient has had a COVID infection or vaccination, according to a study.

Surgical site infections, or SSIs, are among the most prevalent and pesky health care-associated infections. Roughly 1% to 3% of patients will develop an infection near or at the incisional site following surgery.

Using MySTIRisk, an artificial intelligence-based risk assessment tool, researchers were successfully able to create infection risk scores to identify patients at higher risk for HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia.

Founded in 2017 by the National Day Calendar and the Physician Moms Group, National Women Physicians Day is a time where the medical community can honor the path that female doctors have paved through history.

Rural hospitals are an integral part of the health care system. They provide services across the continuum of care from primary care to long-term care. In recent years, however, they have faced challenges.

Despite the importance of the specialty of infectious diseases in modern medicine — made all the more evident by the COVID-19 pandemic — many rural areas of the United States do not have access to specialized ID care.