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A newly released Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report shows a 41.8% increase in incident end-stage kidney disease cases and an 118.7% increase in prevalent cases across the United States between 2000 and 2019.

Health care providers said they feel undervalued and unsatisfied with the current health care system, and many are considering leaving the workforce, according to Elsevier Health’s first “Clinician of the Future” report.

NEW ORLEANS – April Jasper, OD, urged optometrists to report any suspicions of human trafficking occurring among patients.

Eye exams and practice revenue were down at the beginning of last year but rebounded, according to the Vision Council’s 2021 Eyecare Provider Insights Report.

In addition to the everyday burden of chronic kidney disease, patients and their caregivers report that limited opportunities and the power imbalance between them and researchers create obstacles to meaningful involvement in research.

A new AAP report describing seven alternative birth practices and the risk for infection in exposed newborns was compiled to help educate providers who may be asked to counsel expectant or new parents, the AAP said.

The baseline assessment of the quality of neurologic care reported in the Axon Registry demonstrated modest performance scores and variability across measures and providers, according to study results published in Neurology.