Business of Medicine
Latest News
Match Day: Record number of residencies offered
Match Day resulted in a record number of residency positions offered, most notably in primary care, which “hit an all-time high.”
The Optimized Doctor
How to become wise
Wise is more than being brilliant at bullous diseases or knowing how to sleep train a baby.
Feature
EPA seeks to limit ‘forever’ chemicals in U.S. drinking water
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a new rule that would greatly limit the concentration of endocrine-disrupting ‘forever’ chemicals...
From the Journals
What do I have? How to tell patients you’re not sure
More than one-third of patients are discharged from an emergency department without a clear diagnosis, one analysis estimates.
Opinion
Notes on direct admission of pediatric patients
Whether our local situation favors direct admission or ED preadmission evaluation, it is our job to make the communication flow with the patient’s...
Managing Your Practice
Firing patients
One might assume that, just as patients are free to accept or reject their doctors, physicians have an equal right to reject their patients; to a...
Commentary
The 2023 ‘Meddy’ awards
When did the best ‘is there a doctor in the house?’ moment occur in a motion picture?
Latest News
DEA proposals on telehealth for controlled substances draw fire
Both proposals would allow providers to prescribe a 30-day supply of a controlled substance or buprenorphine, but then require a face-to-face...
Commentary
Clinician violence: Virtual reality to the rescue?
Workplace violence is affecting so many providers in hospital emergency departments but also throughout other parts of the hospital.
Feature
Who can sue docs for wrongful death? Some states are trying to expand that group
Plus, the types of emotional damage that physicians can be sued for is expanding in pockets across the nation.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA strengthens mammography regulations: Final rule
A final rule requires that mammography facilities notify patients about the density of their breasts.