Practice Management News

Respiratory therapists ranked third on the top five list of most in-demand health care jobs of 2024, according to research conducted by Soliant Health.

Founded in 2017 by the National Day Calendar and the Physician Moms Group, National Women Physicians Day is a time where the medical community can honor the path that female doctors have paved through history.

The end of the federal student loan payment pause, a reprieve that lasted more than 3 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, marks a critical juncture for millions of Americans, especially for physicians.

Patients with severe depression faced increased odds for cough, wheezing, exertional dyspnea, asthma and COPD vs. individuals without depression, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine.

Approximately one-third of clinicians working in academic settings expressed intentions to leave their current institution within the next 2 years, survey results revealed.

A significant number of low-risk patients who visited the ED for acute pulmonary embolism were hospitalized despite evidence supporting outpatient management, according to a recent study.

Through the power of technology, interventional pulmonology has grown to become a major subspecialty that aids in early diagnosis and treatment of severe lung diseases, such as lung cancer.

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to LungQ 3.0.0, an artificial intelligence-based software that identifies different parts of lung anatomy and evaluates lung tissue and fissure completeness, according to a press release.

Current practices for latent tuberculosis infection testing may be missing high-risk patients, according to a study assessing factors associated with testing and positivity, researchers said.

Several cases of Mycobacterium bovis — an enzootic disease typically affecting cattle — transmitted from deer to humans were reported in Michigan between 2019 and 2022, according to a recent study.