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Author: Caitlin Owens Doctors bring in a lot of money for hospitals Data: Merritt Hawkins; Table: Axios Visuals Doctors are generating a lot of revenue for hospitals — much more than those doctors receive in salary, according to a recent survey by physician staffing firm Merritt Hawkins. Why it matters: It’s easy to see why hospitals view acquiring physician practices […]
Read MoreBy Maria Cohut Medical News Today Recent research on the health risks that people undergoing cancer treatment face warns that there is a lack of awareness about the risks that some of these therapies can pose to heart health. Not enough cancer patients are aware of the potential adverse effects of cancer treatment on their heart. […]
Read MoreBy STEPHEN SOUMERAI and KIP SULLIVAN STAT Healthcare Tech Federal programs designed to cut costs and improve health by penalizing doctors and hospitals are failing at an alarming rate. Some of them actually harm patients, and many don’t cut costs. One in particular, the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), may have caused thousands of deaths instead of preventing them, and probably hasn’t […]
Read MoreMN Medical Association In a case that could have wide-reaching implications for medical practice in Minnesota, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued a ruling on April 17 in the case of Warren v. Dinter holding that the existence of a physician-patient relationship is not a prerequisite for a medical malpractice action. Rather, a person may sue a physician […]
Read MoreAuthors: Mary M. McDermott, MD et al JAMA. 2019;321(17):1715. Each year, approximately 130 million infants are born worldwide, and there were 3.8 million births in the United States in 2017.1 Rates of maternal mortality and adverse pregnancy outcomes in the United States are increasing, and abnormal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and abnormal gestational weight gain […]
Read MoreAuthor: Chase Doyle Anesthesiology News Age may be just a number, as the saying goes, but when it comes to patients undergoing open thoracic lobectomy, the higher the number the greater the risk for postoperative urinary retention. In a retrospective review of 38 patients undergoing open lobectomy using patient-, anesthesia- and surgery-specific variables, age was […]
Read MoreAuthor: Kim Mander Anesthesiology News An enhanced recovery pathway consisting of an evidence-based clinical care pathway significantly improved outcomes in patients undergoing esophagectomy, including reducing hospital length of stay (LOS) and increasing the rate of ambulation on day 1. Discussing the basis of their program, researchers from Stanford School of Medicine and Stanford Hospital and […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Persisting neuromuscular blockade may play a role in as much as 75% of patients needing immediate postoperative reintubation, a study has found. However, the investigators noted that since train-of-four data were not available and the patient sample was not necessarily representative, the findings should be viewed as speculative. “In looking […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology News Almost half of 42,249 opioid-related overdose deaths in 2016 involved fentanyl, according to a research letter published in JAMA (2018;319[17]:1819-1821). Synthetic opioids, most notably illicit fentanyl, have surpassed prescription opioids to become the most common drug associated with overdose deaths in the United States. Among opioid-related deaths in 2016, 19,413 (45.9%) included fentanyl, 17,087 (40.4%) […]
Read MoreBy Maria Cohut Medical News Today Some researchers argue that there may be a direct link between having diabetes and exposure to an increased risk of metastasis in cancer. New research validates this idea, explaining how diabetes can elevate this risk. New research investigates how diabetes may promote the spread of cancer. Hundreds of millions of people […]
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