Taking Care of Patients Beyond the Confines of the Traditional Office Visit
(MedPage Today) -- Built into the heart of the patient-centered medical home is the idea of extending care beyond the limits imposed by an in-person office visit.
I've written before about how 20 minutes just isn't enough, either for us or for... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 15, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Anesthesiologist Convicted; Oldest Conjoined Twins Die; 'Donald Trump Did This'
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Dallas anesthesiologist Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr., MD, was convicted for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into IV bags, leading to a coworker's death... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 15, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Reports of Unauthorized Obamacare Plan-Switching and Sign-Ups Trigger Concern
(MedPage Today) -- Federal and state regulators aren't doing enough to stop the growing problem of rogue health insurance brokers making unauthorized policy switches for Affordable Care Act (ACA) policyholders, say consumers, agents, nonprofit... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 15, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Congress Can Take Action to Prevent Older Adult Falls and Associated Opioid Use
(MedPage Today) -- A common scenario we have all seen: an older person, after experiencing a fall, faces a long, hard, and frustrating road to recovery. But these individuals are not just statistics; they are our patients, parents, grandparents... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 14, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Federal Probes Need to Look Beyond Private Equity-Owned Healthcare for Alleged Abuse
(MedPage Today) -- At least three federal agencies have jointly announced a cross-government investigation into the growing role of private equity (PE) and other corporate firms in American healthcare.
In this video, healthcare marketing consultant... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 14, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
You Need to Talk to Your Patients About Money
(MedPage Today) -- A non-compliant patient arrives at the emergency department (ED) for evaluation of high blood pressure. Why isn't she taking her medication? It costs $300 per month, and she can't afford it. Has she talked to her doctor about... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 13, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
CMS Officials Pressed on Catheter Fraud Issue at Accountable Care Meeting
(MedPage Today) -- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) officials speaking on a panel at an annual gathering of accountable care organizations (ACOs) in Baltimore were prepared to discuss their efforts to increase participation... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 12, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
FDA Chief Blasted for Infant Formula Crisis Response, COVID Vaccines
(MedPage Today) -- Republican lawmakers tore into FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, over the agency's handling of everything from the infant formula shortage crisis to the authorization of COVID-19 vaccines during a hearing of the House Committee... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 12, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
'I'm Dying, You're Not': Terminally Ill Ask More States for Physician-Assisted Death
(MedPage Today) -- On a brisk day at a restaurant outside Chicago, Deb Robertson sat with her teenage grandson to talk about her death.
She'll probably miss his high school graduation. She declined the extended warranty on her car. Sometimes she... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 12, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Francis Collins Discloses His 'Aggressive' Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
(MedPage Today) -- Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, a renowned physician-geneticist and former director of the NIH, revealed he has prostate cancer.
In a perspective piece published in the Washington Post, Collins said he went public to "share lifesaving... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 12, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Let's Fix Maintenance of Certification
(MedPage Today) -- When Americans are asked to list their top concerns about the U.S. healthcare system, they are likely to focus on their worries on insurance and out-of-pocket costs.
Affordability is certainly a huge issue, but there is another... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 12, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
A Fourth of People Dropped From Medicaid Still Aren't Insured
(MedPage Today) -- Almost a quarter of people who were dropped from Medicaid during the post-pandemic eligibility reviews are still uninsured, and high costs are preventing them from getting on another plan, a new KFF survey showed Friday.
At... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 12, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
MedPod Today: Anti-DEI Rep at Med Meeting; Private Equity Probe; Delayed Rankings
(MedPage Today) -- The following is a transcript of the podcast episode:
Rachael Robertson: Hey everybody, welcome to MedPod Today, the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week's biggest healthcare stories... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 12, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Are Hospital Websites Upfront About User Privacy and Data Sharing?
(MedPage Today) -- Nearly all hospital websites transferred user information to third parties, and almost one-third did not have a privacy policy, an analysis of hospital websites showed.
Of the 100 hospital websites analyzed, 96 transferred user... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 12, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
The Dark Side of AI in Mental Health
(MedPage Today) -- With the rise in patient-facing psychiatric chatbots powered by artificial intelligence (AI), the potential need for patient mental health data could drive a boom in cash-for-data scams, according to mental health experts.
A... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 11, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
