Practice Management News

Following a surgical lung biopsy, pediatric patients faced greater odds for death within 30 days of their procedure if it was open vs. a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and if it was nonelective vs. elective, according to a study.

Trust in health care diminished dramatically during the pandemic, and it will take multipronged interventions to restore that confidence, according to an expert.

In his keynote address at this year’s Ending Clinician Burnout Global Summit, Thom Mayer, MD, FACEP, likened the health care practitioners in the audience to the professional football players he routinely treats.

As medical technology quickly evolves, practices in nearly all areas of medicine must frequently evaluate equipment upgrades and new purchases of new technology to stay at the forefront of patient care.

Most clinicians expressed positive attitudes and increased knowledge about climate change and health following the completion of a quality incentive program, researchers found.

As your paycheck grows, so does your discretionary spending and saving. While it is easy to spend, it is not always clear where to invest your next dollar intended for future spending.

On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce to overturn a decades-old decision known as the “Chevron deference.”

The Federal Trade Commission proposal to ban noncompete clauses for all workers has sent powerful ripples through the health care industry, prompting physicians of all specialties to reevaluate their career trajectories.

Health care providers know of the broad potential AI offers for reducing burnout, but which products are actually available for use can be difficult to ascertain, especially considering electronic health record system compatibility.

With just chest X-rays, an AI model estimated FVC and FEV1 and had “excellent agreement” when compared with spirometry results, according to results published in The Lancet Digital Health.