Practice Management News

Infertility, high rates of regret for the delay of childbearing and relationship strain can make family building difficult for many physicians, according to the results of research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus is quoted as saying, “the only constant in life is change.”

The impacts of climate change on the environment and society are rapidly progressing, and as a result, physicians will see more climate-related health effects in clinical settings, several experts and organizations have warned.

Despite normal spirometry results, some adults with more than 20 pack-years of smoking display respiratory symptoms and experience more exacerbations than asymptomatic smokers, according to results published in JAMA.

A study of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in 10 Massachusetts school districts found that the secondary attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 among school contacts was low — between 2% and 3% — and that masking reduced the odds of transmission by almost 90%.

Health care support workers, social or behavioral health workers and registered nurses were at an increased risk for death by drug overdose compared with non-health care workers, underscoring the need for interventions, data show.

Nurses working in the ICU had a lower risk for experiencing a patient death during their shift if nurse-to-nurse familiarity at that time was high, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

AUSTIN, Texas — Ongoing communication between rheumatology and pulmonology is essential to managing “unpredictable” interstitial lung disease, according to a presenter at the 2023 Rheumatology Nurses Society annual conference.

If you’re an owner of a practice that has decided to pursue a sale transaction, you have likely been working for months with your partners and advisers to explore the market, evaluate potential buyers and negotiate key deal terms.

Among adults with difficult asthma and obesity, more improvement in asthma control and quality of life was found with a weight management program vs. usual care at week 16, according to results published in CHEST.