The FTC Gets It Right for PAs and Antitrust Actions AAPA talk highlights how federal agency helps foster competition May 17, 2017
By the Numbers: H-1B Visa Program and the Physician Workforce In some states, more than 4% of all docs hold H-1B visas Apr 27, 2017
Physician Survey: $91K Pay Gap for Women Docs Dinged for spending more time with patients? Apr 26, 2017
No SOAP to Clean Up Columbia's Match Day Mess Opted for no heart surgery residents after accidentally skipping Match Mar 30, 2017
Las Vegas High School Kids Get an Education at SMFM Meeting Effort part of society's community outreach Jan 26, 2017
Op-Ed: Changes Needed to ACGME's Duty Hours Plan ACP agrees in principle but wants more limits on residents' hours Dec 19, 2016
Nephrology Training Programs a Hard Sell Pay, lifestyle issues may hamper interest in the specialty Dec 08, 2016
For Each Hour of Clinical Time, Docs Spend 2 on Desk Work Time-and-motion study of 57 doctors in ambulatory settings Sep 06, 2016
PA Home Visits Save $$ After Cardiac Surgery Physician assistant house calls cut unnecessary post-op readmissions Jan 29, 2016
Dedicating a Career to Diversity and Disparities NMA president Edith Mitchell, MD, laments racial gaps in medicine Jan 21, 2016
Op-Ed: How to Rein In Out-of-Control Healthcare Costs We all know the medical bill horror stories, but now we have to act on them. May 05, 2015
Excerpt From 'The Digital Doctor' An insider's view of the digitization of healthcare delivery. Apr 09, 2015
Doctors, Stop Sticking Your Patients So Often UCSF's Think Twice, Stick Once campaign aims to curb unnecessary venipunctures. Mar 29, 2015
Excerpt From 'The Secret Language of Doctors' ED doc Brian Goldman investigates slang to "crack code of hospital culture." Mar 26, 2015
Dr. Maiden Name Will See You Now Medical students give their last names a lot of thought. Feb 02, 2015
Survival Boost from NP/PA Care in ICU? Association seen versus resident physicians in small study. Jan 22, 2015
Doctor's Memoir Exposes Dark Side of Medicine Sandeep Jauhar puts his life on stark display to illustrate harmful financial intrusions into medicine in his newest book. Aug 21, 2014
CardioBuzz: Toward the $500 an Hour Physician In this guest blog, Mark Jay Zucker, MD, JD, an attorney and transplant cardiologist at Rutgers University New Jersey ľֱ School in Newark, explains why he thinks it's time to talk money. Aug 06, 2014
EMTs Can Give Positive Pressure Ventilation Out-of-hospital noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation in patients with severe respiratory distress significantly reduced rates of inhospital mortality and need for invasive ventilation, researchers found. Dec 18, 2013
What Bystanders Should Know About CPR -- and Why Bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has poor neurological outcome, and this is true even when bystanders are family members, which suggests deficits in public CPR training. Dec 16, 2013
Concierge Medicine Gains Ground SAN DIEGO -- Concierge doctors are spreading the word that it's possible to operate a direct primary care practice, make a living, and avoid one of the biggest headaches for family medicine physicians -- dealing with health insurance companies. Sep 28, 2013
AAFP to Look at Allowing NPs, PAs to Join SAN DIEGO -- The American Academy of Family Physicians wants to further study whether nurse practitioners and physician assistants should -- or would want to -- become nonvoting members. Sep 25, 2013
ACP Hedges in Debate on Scope of Practice The American College of Physicians took a nuanced position on the role advanced nurse practitioners play in clinical care teams in a position paper published Monday. Sep 17, 2013
On-Call Pay Varies Widely by Specialty Surgeons commanded more than $1,000 a day for being on-call at the hospital, while primary care physicians reported compensation rates of around $150 a day, according to annually compiled data. May 01, 2013
'Latex-Free' Claims Not Valid, FDA Says The claim "latex-free” is impossible to guarantee and should not be used on labeling of medical products, according to a new FDA guidance. Mar 14, 2013
ABMS Sets Time Limit for Board Certification Physicians have between three and seven years after finishing residency to become board certified, according to a new policy from the American Board of Medical ľֱ. Feb 10, 2012
Readers: Cheating Is Wrong, But Is This Cheating? Nearly two-thirds of ľֱ readers expressed concern about allegations of radiology residents cheating on their boards, but asked if reviewing old exam questions is really cheating. Jan 29, 2012
Standards Issued for Healthcare Interpreter Services All U.S. healthcare organizations must be able to talk with patients about their care in a language they can understand, according to new Joint Commission standards. Feb 19, 2011
IDSA: Retracted Mask Study Adds to H1N1 Confusion PHILADELPHIA -- For workers on the front lines of the H1N1 pandemic flu, the retraction of a study on protective masks adds to the confusion over how to guard against infection, experts said. Nov 02, 2009
