Practice Management News

Additional support and flexibility in academia following a loss can foster recovery and may help reduce burnout among health care professionals, according to an opinion piece published in JAMA.

An increasing trend in for-profit entities and private equity investments in medicine could lead to a fragmented health care system, according to a position paper by the ACP.

In an unprecedented collaborative move, 220 leading health journals published a joint editorial on climate change, calling on world leaders to take swift action to protect the planet and safeguard public health.

Median payments made to male ophthalmologists in Ontario, Canada, in 2018 were higher than the median payments made to female ophthalmologists, according to a report.

Representation of women among full-time tenure-line faculty members decreases with progression in rank, Audina M. Berrocal, MD, said in a keynote presentation at the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium.

Burnout, work exhaustion and disengagement are prevalent among physician assistants and may lead to anxiety, depression and medical errors, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

Many physicians are always looking for legitimate tools to reduce taxes. The employee retention credit is one such tool.

CooperVision encouraged eye care professionals to educate patients on all relevant vision correction methods, including dual use of contact lenses and glasses, in the company’s latest Consumer Insights Series report.

Experts said they developed new guidance that stakeholders can use to design a shift work duration that “effectively balances the need to meet operational demands with the need to manage fatigue-related risks.”

HHS has launched the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity to “protect vulnerable communities who disproportionately bear the brunt of pollution and climate-driven disasters ... at the expense of public health.”