Practice Management News

ORLANDO — Wastewater surveillance is generally conducted at local, state and national population levels, but a study presented at SHEA Spring suggested it could be useful for health care facilities to conduct themselves.

SAN DIEGO — Increasing awareness of the looming threat to brain health posed by global climate change is key for neurologists, according to a speaker at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting.

NEW ORLEANS — With a workforce shortage and increasing patient demands, it is important for clinical practice leaders in primary care to find ways to improve physician retention, according to speakers at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

HONOLULU — Parents who learned about firearm safety were significantly more likely to ask about the presence of guns in homes their children visited, according to findings presented at PAS 2025.

In this edition, reduction efforts prevent 3.8 million lung cancer deaths since 1970, first-line combination should be ‘new standard’ in advanced lung cancer and more.

HONOLULU — New study findings provided more promising data for primary care-based telehealth.

A peer navigator service can help connect transgender and gender-diverse patients with resources while also ensuring primary care providers are prepared for inclusive care, according to experts.

Union membership among health care professionals in the United States, including physicians, is on the rise, which could have seismic implications in work patterns and patient care in an increasingly corporatized medical system.

NEW ORLEANS — Discussing sexual health is beneficial for patients, but the burden often falls on them to bring up the sensitive subject and, thus, many do not, according to an expert at ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting.