Practice Management News

Adults who have an increased risk for tuberculosis should be screened for latent TB infection, according to a final recommendation statement from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Women who reported having health insurance were significantly more likely to initiate hepatitis C treatment vs. women without health insurance, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Recent efforts from major residency and fellowship programs in the United States have sparked discussion about health care workers unionizing.

Nearly half of health care workers who tested positive for COVID-19 continued working at least part of 1 day with symptoms, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

Among the various types of liability that physicians may face, including employee claims, HIPAA violations, cyber liability and slip-and-fall injuries, medical malpractice may be the most impactful.

WASHINGTON — Vaccine adherence was increasing among children in the United States in the years before the COVID-19 pandemic, but rates differed by socioeconomic status, researchers reported at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

SAN DIEGO — A speaker encouraged physicians who prescribe antibiotics to take the necessary steps to curb drug resistance and reduce disparities in care.

WASHINGTON — Experts at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting suggested reframing conversations about HPV to encourage parents to get children vaccinated starting at age 9 years.

Infections that require hospital treatment were associated with increased risk for major cardiovascular disease events immediately after hospitalization, with a small increased risk in the long term, researchers reported.

During the early rollout of dolutegravir in South Africa, women were less likely to receive the new treatment than men, despite dolutegravir being associated with improved outcomes, researchers found.