Practice Management News

An NIH-funded study found a potential link between the combination of prenatal COVID-19 and maternal stress and an increased risk for impaired attention span in infants, according to findings reported in Pediatric Research.

Enhanced infection prevention and control efforts during COVID-19 reduced the rates of some hospital infections at a comprehensive cancer center, including Clostridioides difficile and multidrug-resistant infections, according to a study.

Updated recommendations for MRSA prevention in acute-care facilities suggest contact precautions for patients known to be infected are “essential,” although researchers argue data do not justify the recommendation.

Researchers compared infectious diseases with three other similarly sized, primarily cognitive medical specialties and found that ID led the pack in the number of published journal articles, guidelines and new FDA-approved drugs.

The International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot, or IWGDF, recently published updated guidance on the management and prevention of diabetes-related foot diseases.

More than a dozen pediatric ICUs were able to sustain reductions in blood culture rates during a 2-year period following a diagnostic stewardship effort aimed at safely improving ordering practices, researchers reported in JAMA Pediatrics.

Investigational antifungal fosmanogepix has been added as a first-line treatment in recommendations penned following the emergence of an ongoing fungal meningitis outbreak, researchers said.

We’ve discussed non-compete restrictions and possible exceptions in our previous blog entries. In addition to non-competes, you can expect that the buyer of your practice will also expect you to agree to non-solicits and no-hires.

Thirty-day hospital readmissions decreased among patients in HIV care in the United States and Canada from 2005 to 2018, researchers reported.

WHO on Monday recommended the widespread use of a second vaccine for the prevention of malaria in children.