Practice Management News

An NIH-funded study found a potential link between the combination of prenatal COVID-19 and maternal stress and an increased risk for impaired attention span in infants, according to findings reported in Pediatric Research.

Enhanced infection prevention and control efforts during COVID-19 reduced the rates of some hospital infections at a comprehensive cancer center, including Clostridioides difficile and multidrug-resistant infections, according to a study.

Firearm fatalities and drug poisonings increased dramatically among children in the United States from 2011 to 2021, according to findings from a study led by a mother and her teenage daughter.

In this Healio video exclusive, Imad Absah, MD, explains how an artificial intelligence-based algorithm helped accurately identify pediatric patients with known celiac disease, especially those who had not received adequate follow-up care.

More than a dozen pediatric ICUs were able to sustain reductions in blood culture rates during a 2-year period following a diagnostic stewardship effort aimed at safely improving ordering practices, researchers reported in JAMA Pediatrics.

In this Healio video exclusive, Anita Afzali, MD, and Aline Charabaty, MD, co-founders of Scrubs & Heels, encourage women in gastroenterology to create an allyship, mentorship or sponsorship to achieve successful work-life integration.

What happens when a parent asks a clinician not to disclose to their child that the child has a serious illness?

We’ve discussed non-compete restrictions and possible exceptions in our previous blog entries. In addition to non-competes, you can expect that the buyer of your practice will also expect you to agree to non-solicits and no-hires.

Approximately 220,000 children in the United States were diagnosed with arthritis between 2017 and 2021, with a higher prevalence among those aged 12 to 17 years or living in a food-insecure household, according to data.

An app that correctly identified most cases of autism in children could help reduce disparities in early detection of the condition, according to the results of an NIH-funded study published in Nature Medicine.