Health Care
BLOG: The FTC’s noncompete ban: What physicians need to know
On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission released a final rule banning most noncompetition clauses in employer-employee contracts as unfair methods of competition.
Adults with bronchiectasis face high costs, health care usage
Adults with bronchiectasis had high total annual health care costs, and the cost of hospitalization was a major contributor to this amount, according to findings published in CHEST.
New reproductive privacy rule could bring challenges for clinicians
In June, HHS finalized a HIPAA privacy rule to prevent law enforcement in abortion-restrictive states from obtaining reproductive care medical records to prosecute patients and physicians.
Improving Quality of Gout Management in Primary Care
Strategies for measles prevention in health care facilities
As health care workers, we have daily encounters with sick patients who could potentially have a contagious illness. Measles is a particular challenge in the health care setting.
Health service use more likely with sleep apnea in older patients
The odds for future health service use in adults aged 50 years and older went up by 21% with the presence of sleep apnea, according to research presented at SLEEP 2024.
Money, marketing and inclusion needed to ‘eradicate that gap’ in health care disparities
Robert A. Winn, MD, FAACR, first called for celebration.
Distinctions between chronic, episodic migraine should include health care burden
SAN DIEGO — Distinctions between burdens faced by those who experience different levels of chronic and episodic migraine should be drawn according to external health care-related factors rather than by symptoms alone, according to a poster.
VIDEO: New ACP guidance says AI should support physician logic, not supplant it
In this video, Nadia Daneshvar, JD, MPH, a health IT policy associate at ACP, discussed the organization’s recent recommendations on the development and use of AI in health care.
Children with special health care needs may be undercounted
A yearly government-run survey may be undercounting children with special health care needs, according to a study published in Pediatrics.