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Tennessee Medical Board Refuses to Enforce New IMG Law

β€” Members skeptical of verification process, concerned about patient safety

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Nurse Goes Missing; Mpox on Airplanes; Warning on Pain Supplements

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Sep 06, 2024
Insurer Will Launch 'Gold Card' Program to Skip Prior Authorization

Prior authorization has remained a significant source of administrative burden, physicians say

Sep 05, 2024
PA Group Sends Second Letter Asking AMA for Policy Truce

A second open letter requests a meeting to discuss the impact of AMA's "disparaging rhetoric"

Sep 04, 2024
Surgeon Removed Liver Instead of Spleen, Family Says

Pathologist finds liver instead of splenic tissue

Sep 04, 2024
PA Group Sends Second Letter Asking AMA for Policy Truce

A second open letter requests a meeting to discuss the impact of AMA's "disparaging rhetoric"

Surgeon Removed Liver Instead of Spleen, Family Says

Pathologist finds liver instead of splenic tissue

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Gender Care Docs Threatened; Optum Takeover Regrets; Profiting Off Patients

This past week in healthcare investigations

Sep 04, 2024
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Opinion
From D-Day to Assassination Attempts: Where Medicine and History Intertwine

Major historical events may have turned out differently without rapid medical responses

Sep 04, 2024
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$300M Lawsuit for Hospital Where RN Is Accused of Replacing Fentanyl With Tap Water

Suit says the hospital failed to monitor medication administration procedures

Sep 04, 2024
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Residents Strike, Demonstrate Around Labor Day Weekend

Trainees in Buffalo strike, while those in Philadelphia demonstrate for better pay

Sep 04, 2024
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Shots Fired in Hospital; FBI Havana Syndrome Report; Experts' Concerns About RFK Jr.

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Sep 03, 2024
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Pause or Keep RAS Inhibitors Before Surgery? Take Your Pick.

Either choice is "acceptable" based on randomized study

Aug 31, 2024
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Inducing General Anesthesia From the Doctor's Point of View

Watch from the perspective of an anesthesiologist as he prepares a patient to go under the knife

Aug 30, 2024
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Opinion
What the Matthew Perry Tragedy Reminds Us About Ketamine Use

We must develop multi-disciplinary safety standards for ketamine clinics

Aug 29, 2024
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Neurologists Are the Latest Specialists to Exit Mission Health

Physician departures have followed a 2019 takeover by HCA Healthcare

Aug 28, 2024
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Another Injectable Toxoid Vaccine Flops for C. Diff

It's time to look at oral vaccines to prevent C. difficile infections, experts say

Aug 28, 2024
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Psychedelic Probe Expands; Why Therapists Leave Networks; Fizzling Pandemic Program

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Aug 28, 2024
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U.S. Records Year's First EEE Virus Death

Case in New Hampshire resident was the state's first in a decade

Aug 28, 2024
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West Nile and EEE: What to Know About Mosquito-Borne Illness in the U.S.

These diseases may be causing a buzz, but they're not doing anything unusual this season

Aug 27, 2024
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Blood Culture Bottle Shortage Starting to Ease, Becton Dickinson Says

Production expected to hit 125% of weekly demand by year's end, spokesperson says

Aug 27, 2024
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