Practice Management News

Because practice management systems and electronic health records originally were designed to support accurate billing for subsequent reimbursement, fundamental changes to practice patterns are slow to enter clinical practices.

Routine HPV vaccination rates could be improved if children were vaccinated earlier, according to a new study.

Pfizer presented data for the first time publicly Thursday on its maternal vaccine candidate for respiratory syncytial virus, which was granted priority review this week by the FDA.

SEATTLE — In this video, Sharon A. Riddler, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, talks about the results of a phase 1 study of a novel insert containing two drugs for HIV prevention.

Preliminary estimates published Thursday in MMWR and presented this week by the CDC indicate that this season’s influenza vaccine offered significant protection among all ages.

SEATTLE — Long-acting cabotegravir plus rilpivirine administered every 2 months was noninferior to daily oral HIV medication and was preferred by most participants in a phase 3b randomized trial, according to data presented here.

As the COVID-19 pandemic grew, so did the feeling that the field of ID might begin to attract more physicians, drawn by the important and rewarding work that was so suddenly in the public eye.

I grew up in Bangkok, where I saw first-hand the impact of cholera, dengue, malaria and other tropical diseases — and experienced the early waves of the seventh pandemic of cholera.

Physicians have cited overwork and burnout as contributing factors making it difficult to recruit physicians for a career in infectious diseases.

Allowing nurse practitioners full practice authority may help diversify the workforce and increase access to primary care, according to experts, but there are many factors in the benefit-risk balance to consider.