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Non–health care municipal services cut severe maternal morbidity rates
Services that affect nonmedical determinants of health broadly affect how people live their daily lives - healthfully or not.
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Patient whips out smartphone and starts recording: Trouble ahead?
“The worry is that there’s a small subset of patients with an ulterior motive.”
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CDC unveils mental health protection plan for health care workers
“It’s long past time for us to care for the people who care for all of us and address burnout in our health care workers,” said U.S. Surgeon...
From the Journals
Beware of private equity–owned nursing homes: study
You can expect a somewhat lower level of quality in a PE-owned nursing home than in other for-profit facilities.
Conference Coverage
How to deal with offensive or impaired doctors
She recalls a doctor who called a female doctor “an entitled bitch” and the administrator “incompetent” in front of other staff.
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California plans for a post-Roe world as abortion access shrinks elsewhere
Abortion clinics are already girding themselves for a surge in demand.
Med Tech Report
Medical technology should keep patient in mind
While the stethoscope has literally distanced us from patients, it is such an important tool that we no longer think about this distancing.
From the Journals
Text-based COVID monitoring system could reduce deaths, relieve ED in winter surge
The new program could play a role in decreasing disparities in COVID outcomes, says an investigator.
The Optimized Doctor
Words from the wise
When there’s time, consider asking for advice from those elders who happen to have an appointment with you.
Managing Your Practice
Embezzlement: It can happen to you
In November, the office manager of a San Antonio dermatology practice was ...
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Biden seeks to return Califf as FDA chief
President Joe Biden said on Nov. 12 that he’ll nominate Robert Califf, MD, to be commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration once again...