Practice Management News

Transportation pollution puts children’s health at risk on a daily basis, but a switch to zero-emission vehicles and clean power would prevent several poor respiratory outcomes in this population, according to a press release.

The new CMS rule aiming to streamline prior authorization signals a major step forward for primary care, but the process could still use some improvement, according to experts.

It was just another day at school when sophomore Cole Villaflor and his classmates were asked to write on-demand essays in class. As he approached this seemingly easy assignment, his hands began to sweat, dampening the page.

An estimated 5.8 million children in the United States have had long COVID, which may occur in up to 20% of children infected with SARS-CoV-2, according to the authors of a new state-of-the-art narrative review published in Pediatrics.

Residence in a rural or sparsely populated region in the U.S. often meant a long drive to the nearest pulmonary rehabilitation program, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.

Both a chronic productive cough and an intermittent productive cough were linked to poor lung function trajectories spanning from childhood to adulthood, according to study results published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

A pressing question on the mind of any practice owner when selling his or her practice is “how much money will I get?”

The term “wellness” has become increasingly popular in the general public at large, and within the medical community specifically.

At a Medical Devices Advisory Committee meeting held Feb. 2, proposed changes to premarket studies assessing pulse oximeter performance were generally well received by the panelists.

Use of e-cigarettes among youths in the United States peaked in 2019 and has declined in the years since, although not for all groups, a study showed.