Business of Medicine
Feature
Would a national provider directory save docs’ time, help patients?
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is asking for comment on its proposal for the first-ever nationwide directory of health care...
Feature
‘Financial toxicity’: Harsh side effect of cancer care
High costs of cancer treatment can induce more anxiety and distress than the treatment itself.
Opinion
The lives of drug users are more important than stopping drug use
For too long, doctors, nurses, caregivers, and the broader American public have favored abstinence only treatment.
Feature
COVID lawsuits have arrived: Which doctors are at risk?
One factor may be that physicians were doing the best they could at the time but that the pandemic affected the extent of care they could provide...
Opinion
Rules for performing research with children
“Historically, children were not included in clinical trials because of a misperception that excluding them from research was in fact protecting...
News
FDA panel recommends withdrawal of Makena for preterm birth
Several FDA advisers said withdrawal of the controversial medicine would be critical to allowing a future study to try to determine whether this...
From the Journals
Rapid point-of-care test could help avoid inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
A 10-minute fingerstick test failed to receive FDA clearance but has been okayed for sale outside the United States.
From the Journals
Insulin rationing common, ‘surprising’ even among privately insured
Americans with private insurance are more likely to ration insulin than are those with public health insurance and the insulin-treated diabetes...
The Optimized Doctor
The ‘root cause’ visit
“How did we miss out on that?” “What?” my physician friend replied as we stood in line at the coffee cart. “Root cause. I mean, we invented this...
Latest News
Are doctors savers or spenders?
Medscape polled 468 U.S. physicians and 159 living outside of the United States.
Opinion
Since when does providing pediatric care require courage?
Failing to have the courage to elicit sensitive information may delay the correct diagnosis, result in inappropriate tests or treatments, or miss...