Health Care
Submissions sought for second annual Healio Honors
In its first year, the Healio Honors peer-to-peer recognition program celebrated 65 health care professionals for their exemplary work in patient care, research, advocacy and mentorship. Year two of the program is now underway.
Nearly half of HCWs with COVID-19 worked despite symptoms
Nearly half of health care workers who tested positive for COVID-19 continued working at least part of 1 day with symptoms, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
VIDEO: Value-based payments increased since 2016
SAN DIEGO — Health care delivery models continue to shift away from fee-for-service toward value-based care, representing opportunities for private practices, according to a speaker at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.
Survey for health care workers: Have you ever encountered macro or microaggressions?
Physicians have created a survey for health care workers to assess experiences with microaggressions, sexism, racism and other forms of discrimination at work, school, in patient environments or during interactions with patients’ families.
Nerf gun-related ocular damage a burden on health care, patient resources
NEW ORLEANS — Nerf guns can cause ocular damage, contributing to the burden on health care and patient resources, according to a poster presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.
Practitioner knowledge, attitude important to patients with hidradenitis suppurativa
Patients with hidradenitis suppurativa expressed six emergent themes that impact their access to proper health care, according to a study.
BLOG: Health care regulatory 101: Physician self-referral law: Group practice definition
Most physicians who work together with other physician colleagues — as co-owners, employees and/or independent contractors — in the same organization consider themselves as part of a physician practice.
Q&A: Maternal health care disparities, distrust disproportionately affect Black women
A CDC report released in March identified a 40% increase in maternal mortality in the U.S. in 2021 compared with 2020 and a mortality rate 2.6 times higher among Black women compared with white women.
Adults with long COVID more likely to report unmet health care needs
In a survey, roughly one in five people diagnosed with COVID-19 reported symptoms of long COVID, and many of these patients described trouble accessing or paying for health care.
Faster loss of kidney function linked with increased Medicare Advantage health care costs
Patients with chronic kidney disease who experience accelerated loss of kidney function are likely to have higher health care costs than patients who lose function at a slower rate, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.