Business of Medicine
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Doctors Win $7 Million Settlement in EEOC Forced Retirement Case
“This policy was put in place to enhance patient safety,” Scripps said.
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Systemic Bias in AI Models May Undermine Diagnostic Accuracy
Clinicians’ accuracy decreased by 11.3% after viewing systematically biased AI model predictions compared with baseline.
The Optimized Doctor
Is It Time to Air Grievances?
Ostensibly, we complain to effect change: Something is wrong and we expect it to be different. But that’s not the whole story.
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Debate grows over facility fees as lawmakers urge greater transparency
There are two connected battles ahead regarding facility fees: Efforts to restrict these additional charges for many medical services and fights...
Feature
10% of US physicians work for or under UnitedHealth. Is that a problem?
The company added 20,000 physicians in the last year alone, including a previously physician-owned multispecialty group...
Commentary
Supercharge your medical practice with ChatGPT: Here’s why you should upgrade
Imagine a well-informed and competent trainee working with you, ready to tackle tasks from handling patient inquiries to summarizing intricate...
Managing Your Practice
Electronic Health Records — Recent Survey Results
The lack of information sharing among different EHR systems has been the technology’s greatest unmet promise, according to the survey.
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New KDIGO guideline encourages use of HCV-positive kidneys for HCV-negative recipients
The update was triggered by the transplant of HCV-infected kidneys into uninfected recipients and the evolution of the viewpoint on the role of...
Opinion
Technology for primary care — terrific, terrifying, or both?
We need to be sure that technologies are tested and calibrated for children and different racial groups and genders in order to provide safe and...
Commentary
Are you sure your patient is alive?
Of all the people who should know whether someone is alive or dead, shouldn’t their doctor be at the top of the list?
Feature
Eight wealth tips just for doctors
Four out of 10 physicians have a net worth below $1 million...and many of those doctors are over age 65, “which means they essentially can’t...