What is professional behavior for a physician? It depends on whom you ask, but the bottom line is that a lack of professionalism not only reflects on you personally, it can affect the care of patients. Those issues were discussed during “Tired Of Not Being Taken Seriously? Professionalism And How It Affects You.” “Professionalism is […]
Read MoreThe time has come to stop talking change and start leading change. U.S. health care is at a crossroads, and physician anesthesiologists are poised to take a leading role. “Health care is changing at an astounding, even alarming, rate,” said Karen Domino, M.D., M.P.H., Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University […]
Read MoreA coalition of more than 15 consumer advocacy groups and medical experts wants new leadership at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), charging that the agency’s opioid policies are exacerbating the nation’s epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose deaths. In a letter sent to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell […]
Read MoreI wanted to share this with our readers because some of them practice in a critical access hospital. Many supplemental insurance policies for the elderly pick up the tab, but one in seven Medicare recipients lacks such a policy Many Medicare beneficiaries treated at primarily rural “critical access” hospitals end up paying between two and […]
Read MoreSuggestions for using the extra year wisely Even though the deadline for ICD-10 implementation is just a year away, many healthcare entities report not being ready. The freshest evidence: A survey by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), revealed that less than 11 percent of healthcare organizations are fully ready for the transition […]
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