Practice Management News

Early treatment with oral fluvoxamine plus inhaled budesonide reduced the incidence of progression to severe disease among high-risk outpatients with COVID-19, according to research published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Most physicians who work together with other physician colleagues — as co-owners, employees and/or independent contractors — in the same organization consider themselves as part of a physician practice.

As the product of two hard-working academic physicians, I have never been without incredible examples of leaders in the field of medicine.

SEATTLE — Prior nonprescription antibiotic use within the last year predicted similar use in the future, according to data presented at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Spring Conference.

SEATTLE — A hospital used real-time whole-genome sequencing to detect genetically related clusters of infection, identify potential sources and stopped further transmission, researchers reported.

SEATTLE — In this video, Infectious Disease News Editorial Board Member Keith S. Kaye, MD, MPH, talks about antimicrobial stewardship as a place to develop leadership skills.

SEATTLE — An epidemiologist whose hospital responded to a recent measles outbreak described how the hospital was able to eliminate patient exposures with an intervention bundle that used electronic medical records.

SEATTLE — April is National Minority Health Month. In this video from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Spring Conference, Jasmine R. Marcelin, MD, discusses the concept of “pharmaco-equity.”

Losing eligibility for Medicaid supplemental insurance was linked to worse health care outcomes for people from underrepresented racial and ethnic populations, according to researchers.

SEATTLE — In this video, Susan E. Coffin, MD, MPH, attending physician and hospital epidemiologist at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about a new project to improve nosocomial infection prevention.