Practice Management News

HHS announced in a press release that it is partnering with the Federal Communications Commission and U.S. Department of Agriculture to address health disparities and improve access to telehealth in rural areas.

On July 24, President Donald Trump signed four executive orders intended to curb skyrocketing drug prices in the United States — notable among them was the plan to match prices for certain Medicare drugs to those offered in other countries.

Nurses continue to face substantial challenges more than 6 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly with access to PPE.

The use of corticosteroids improved the odds that adults who are critically ill with COVID-19 would survive, according to data from four studies recently published in JAMA.

Less than 4% of about 3,400 close contacts of people with COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic in China were infected with SARS-CoV-2, researchers wrote in Annals of Internal Medicine.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has issued a position statement seeking the elimination of daylight saving time, citing the unhealthy and sometimes deadly consequences of it.

State laws regarding generic drug and interchangeable biologic substitutions vary widely in the United States, researchers reported.

HHS recently announced its Healthy People 2030 initiative to address what the agency called the “most critical public health priorities and challenges” in the United States over the next decade.

A program uses art to help medical students understand cultural competence, recognize racial bias and potentially sharpen their diagnostic skills, the program’s coordinator told Healio Primary Care.

Former CDC director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, recently described a hierarchy of controls — elimination, substitution, engineering, administration and personal protective equipment — that may help prevent COVID-19 among health care workers.