By Joanne Finnegan | Physicians have a major impact on the country’s job market and economy, according to a new AMA report. Physicians don’t just improve the health of their patients, they also help keep the economy healthy, according to a report out this morning from the American Medical Association. Physicians across the country create and support […]
Read MoreFROM BMJ publish date: January 4, 2018 Authors: Gregory Twachtman and Frontline Medical News Hospital pay-for-performance programs are not leading to significant improvements in clinical process scores or 30-day mortality rates for Medicare beneficiaries, according to an analysis of Medicare claims data. “No evidence that hospitals [that were] operating under pay for performance programs for more than […]
Read MoreBy DONALD PLUMLEY I remember the day I realized that parents could be a positive presence in the trauma room where their child is being treated. The car in which a couple and their young daughter were riding was involved in a terrible accident. While the mother sustained only minor injuries, the father was taken to […]
Read MoreAuthor: Ralph Orlowski / Reuters This moment was inevitable. It just wasn’t supposed to happen so soon. Due to the inexorable aging of the country—and equally unstoppable growth in medical spending—it was long obvious that health-care jobs would slowly take up more and more of the economy. But in the last quarter, for the first […]
Read MoreAuthors: Shah R et al. Ann Intern Med 2018 Jan 9. But questions about appropriate patient selection and the potential impacts of atrial fibrillation risks associated with the procedure remain. Initial trials of patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure devices for cryptogenic stroke failed to consistently demonstrate clear superiority to medical management, but two recent clinical trials have […]
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