Practice Management News

A recently released report from the CDC revealed a grim milestone in mental health — a record-breaking 50,000 suicides in 2022.

Chronic stress can be detrimental to health, but primary care providers can help patients manage its causes and effects, according to experts.

Physicians who were notified that a patient of theirs had died of an overdose and received a plan with guidance on what to do in the future were less likely to prescribe opioids, a study showed.

The number of vacation days taken and time spent performing patient-related work while on vacation were associated with physician burnout, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

“Is it all worth it?” reads the title of the Reddit post from an international medical graduate community. I wake up to these posts ever so frequently; I think to myself and slide the notification away.

WAILEA, Hawaii — Health care law trends in 2023 were telehealth, whistleblowers, physician referrals and a more intense focus on compliance by providers and practices, according to a law expert speaking at Hawaiian Eye/Retina 2024.

Overdose deaths among high school-aged adolescents in the United States more than doubled between 2019 and 2020, researchers reported this week in The New England Journal of Medicine found.

Older adults recently diagnosed with migraine were more than three times likely to be involved in a motor vehicle crash within a year compared with those who never had a migraine diagnosis, according to researchers.

Assessing formerly extremely preterm infants at a corrected age of 21 to 24 months is associated with higher odds of detecting a significant developmental delay than assessing them at an earlier time, a study published in Pediatrics found.

Primary care physicians often recommend patients exercise, but because convincing them to get active can be easier said than done, it is often a good idea to start with short daily walks, according to experts.