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Mega Malpractice Verdicts Against Physicians on the Rise
Multimillion-dollar verdicts against hospital centers are on the rise, according to reports.
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US Board Discloses Cheating, Grads Say Problem Is Rampant
USMLE invalidates scores following an investigation into anomalous exam scores.
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Federal Bill Seeks AI Tools to Stop Medicare Fraud
The legislation would direct the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to test the use of predictive risk-scoring algorithms in finding fraud...
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Why Everyone Needs Their Own Emergency Medicine Doctor
From telemedicine consults covered by insurance to concierge care that is not, many can connect with non–emergency department emergency care.
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In Search of the Nation’s Primary Care Providers
"If we don't know who is doing what kind of care -- and where -- then there is no way for us to equitably manage the patient-to-clinician ratio...
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Doctors With Limited Vacation Have Increased Burnout Risk
Those who took less vacation and worked during their time off displayed higher emotional exhaustion and reported feeling less fulfilled in their...
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PCPs Increasingly Chained to EHRs
The motivation for conducting the current study was that PCPs have reported an increase in their workload, especially EHR tasks outside of work (“...
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The Emerging Physician-Scientist Crisis in America
Compared to 30 years ago when 4.7% of American doctors worked as physician-scientists, only 1.5% currently work in this capacity now.
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Dana-Farber Moves to Retract, Correct Dozens of Cancer Papers Amid Allegations
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute retracts six papers and corrects more than 30 after data changes found.
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Licensing Hurdles Keep Foreign-Trained Docs in Nonphysician Roles
Doctors who immigrate to the US often do not find employment in comparable roles after entering the US.
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More Cardiologists Failing the Boards: Why and How to Fix?
Passage rates of cardiovascular boards down 10%, likely due to COVID impact.