Practice Management News

Researchers determined that first-year college students living on campus and/or affiliated with campus Greek life have an increased risk for meningococcal disease.

BOSTON — Although primary care physicians play a vital role in managing metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, many are not following guidance on screening, risk stratification or referrals, according to research.

Children who received two or more doses of COVID-19 messenger RNA vaccine were 40% less likely to be hospitalized or visit an ED due to the disease, according to findings published in MMWR.

Hospital-associated infections declined significantly at acute-care hospitals in 2022, although rates at other health care facilities remained relatively stagnant, according to a CDC report.

Few adverse events following outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy containing cefazolin and ceftriaxone were identified using routine laboratory monitoring, leading researchers to say the practice may be “excessive.”

During an introductory press briefing, new NIH Director Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, FACS, FASCO, called for a greater focus in clinical research to improve access to care.

Cocoa extract supplementation given over 2 years was linked to benefits for cognition among older adults with unhealthy dietary patterns compared with placebo, according to study data published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Historically in the United States, Medicare has not had the legal authority to negotiate the prices of drugs. Essentially, drug prices were unregulated.

In this edition, allergic illnesses in children may be inherited from mothers; addressing needs of Muslim patients in dermatology; YouTube content on topical steroid withdrawal exhibits poor reliability and more.

A new clinical decision rule could help physicians determine which older ED patients who experienced a fall will require imaging, according to a study published in CMAJ.