Practice Management News

In the first half of 2020, life expectancy for the total U.S. population dropped an entire year, bringing it to 77.8 years, according to the CDC.

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History instituted an annual celebration and recognition of Black history in 1926.

Many millennial physicians have known about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for years.

Data indicate that access to telehealth is not universal across the United States, according to a presentation at the American Telemedicine Association EDGE Policy Meeting.

Most adults in the United States intend to continue to adhere to preventive measures — such as hand washing, masking and physical distancing — even after the COVID-19 pandemic ends, according to results of a national survey.

The public’s trust in the medical community is beginning to erode, but health care professionals can take action to help restore it, ABIM President and CEO Richard J. Baron, MD, MACP, told Healio Primary Care.

Telehealth visits accounted for approximately 30% of total outpatient visits early in the COVID-19 pandemic, with uptake varying among specialties and by patient characteristics, according to research published in Health Affairs.

The Vision Council and its organizer, Reed Exhibitions, announced that Vision Expo East 2021 — originally scheduled for May 25 to 28 in New York— will take place June 2 to 5 in Orlando, Fla.

In August 2020, social media giant TikTok reported more than 100 million monthly active users from the United States on its platform.

Hi-Health announced its Vista Eye Care division offers a product line that can be integrated with practices and ordered through EHR systems, according to a press release.