Shared Decision-Making: Cardiologists Moving Through the Stages of Grief Rules from CMS for ICDs, LAA closure feels arbitrary, some say Sep 16, 2019
Comparing ECG Wearables: SonoHealth, Apple, AliveCor The Skeptical Cardiologist finds... much to be skeptical about Sep 15, 2019
You've Heard of Medicare for All -- How About Medicaid for More? Several states are considering letting people buy into their Medicaid programs Sep 13, 2019
Four Nurse Practitioners Accused in Calif. Death Certificate Project One surrendered license; another accused of coming to work "wobbly," "drugged," and "under the influence" Sep 11, 2019
Green Beret Fights to Sue Military Doctors Sgt. Richard Stayskal has been pushing Congress to make a change to the "Feres Doctrine" Sep 11, 2019
I’ve Got My Rights in Peer Review, Right? Wrong. Hospital committees can make or break you Sep 10, 2019
Can't We Do Better Than a DNR Tattoo? Patients' medical information -- and DNR wishes -- should be easily obtainable in an emergency Sep 08, 2019
No ‘Silver Bullet’ in Stopping Opioid Epidemic Anti-opioid attitudes have become 'weaponized,' expert says Sep 05, 2019
Pain Specialists Pile on CDC Opioid Guidelines Chronic pain patients were left out to dry Sep 05, 2019
Death Certificate Project Accuses 64 Calif. Doctors Five surrender licenses after claims of grossly negligent overprescribing; more to come Sep 03, 2019
AliveCor Discontinues KardiaBand The Skeptical Cardiologist mourns the passing of a reliable tool in AFib Aug 28, 2019
Unclogging the Complex Tubes of Healthcare A hospital's pneumatic tubes are a good analogy for the healthcare system Aug 18, 2019
Requiring Hospitals to Tell Docs About Admissions Gets Pushback ACOs want access to even more info, while hospitals fear consequences for non-compliance Aug 14, 2019
NPs/PAs 'Just as Effective' as Physicians? I Don't Think So We need solutions to the physician shortage, but this one won't fly Aug 08, 2019
How Medicare Ruined American Healthcare Once government financing entered the picture, the doctor-patient relationship was doomed Jul 29, 2019
Omron Evolv One-Piece BP Monitor: Accurate, Quick, Connected The Skeptical Cardiologist has a new favorite Jul 27, 2019
Wait, What? Neil Armstrong Died From Botched Surgery!? Hospital paid $6 million to astronaut's family, newly revealed documents showed Jul 25, 2019
Where Do Your Med School Tuition Dollars Go? 'Our debt is an amount of money that schools might not actually need' Jul 23, 2019 video
Medicare for All: Would Patients and Physicians Benefit or Lose? Milton Packer issues an urgent call for practitioners to join the debate Jul 10, 2019
3 Tricks to a Telephone Assessment Yes, you can successfully evaluate patients without visual clues. Here's how Jun 30, 2019
Why Work-Life Balance Doesn’t Always Work in Medicine We might be doctors, but we have lives Jun 25, 2019
AMA Votes Against Neutrality on Medicare for All But some fear opposition to single-payer could leave association out of healthcare reform talks Jun 11, 2019
Making the Switch From Inpatient to Outpatient a Little Easier Fred N. Pelzman, MD, and colleagues have an idea that might help Jun 09, 2019
Sealing Up the Cracks in the Healthcare System How can we make sure test results are communicated and followed up? Jun 02, 2019
Do Physicians Still Get Invited to Patients' Funerals? Milton Packer wonders whether medicine is about health or about life May 22, 2019
ECG Wearables: What They Can and Can't Do The Skeptical Cardiologist's cost-effective take on rhythm monitoring May 15, 2019
Mt. Sinai Institute Called Hotbed of Sex, Age Discrimination Former employees describe sexist, ageist, racist behavior in 174-page filing May 15, 2019
A Call to Action on Heart Device, Wearable Data Get on board or get run over, arrhythmia professionals told May 09, 2019
Meet the MicroCog. You May Soon, Whether You Like It or Not Docs worry about accuracy of commonly used cognitive screening tool May 07, 2019
Self-Care is a 'Necessity' for Doctors, Expert Says Go for "work/life integration," not "work/life balance" Apr 15, 2019
Barriers to Telehealth Adoption Remain, Survey Finds Internists struggling to fit telehealth into daily workflow Apr 12, 2019
Yes, I Signed That Form. No, I Didn't Have Time to Read It All doctors sign forms they haven't read. But maybe there's a better solution. Apr 07, 2019
Can Virtual Reality Head Off Pre-Op Anxiety? Promising results from randomized trial in colorectal cancer patients Apr 05, 2019
When 'Take Medicine With Food' is a Problem -- But Not the Way You'd Think Food insecurity needs more attention from clinicians Mar 31, 2019
Are Patients Better Off With Image-Guided Bone Marrow Biopsy? Prospect of sedation has some going to interventional radiology Mar 29, 2019
At Michigan Rally, Trump Boasts of Healthcare Accomplishments "We're going to get rid of Obamacare," he tells cheering crowd Mar 29, 2019
Why Isn't Interventional Radiology More Appealing to Women, Minorities? Med student survey offers clues for increasing diversity in specialty Mar 28, 2019
More States Moving to Ban Early Abortions Two have enacted 6-week bans in the last three months Mar 28, 2019
