Practice Management
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What the FTC’s proposed ban on noncompete agreements could mean for physicians, other clinicians
Employers often include noncompete clauses in physician contracts because they want to avoid having patients leave their health care system.
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A remote mountain bike crash forces a doctor to take knife in hand
An emergency medicine doctor stops mountain biking to help a man lying on a trail, not moving but occasionally breathing.
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What to do when patients don’t listen
The reasons behind a patient’s nonadherence are multifaceted.
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Age competency exams for physicians – yes or no?
Almost one-third of licensed doctors in the United States were 60 years of age or older, according to a survey conducted in 2020.
From the Journals
Advanced Primary Care program boosts COVID-19 results
Better outcomes were seen in higher vaccination rates and fewer infections, hospitalizations, and deaths from COVID-19.
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ED doctors call private equity staffing practices illegal and seek to ban them
Companies have successfully sidestepped bans on owning medical practices by buying or establishing local staffing groups that are nominally owned...
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Study of beliefs about what causes cancer sparks debate
The authors set out to evaluate “the patterns of beliefs about cancer among people who believed in conspiracies, rejected the COVID-19 vaccine, or...
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Medicare pay cuts partly averted in massive budget bill
The bill also authorizes new policies regarding accelerated drug approvals.
From the Journals
Problematic alcohol use on the rise among physicians?
Investigators found the prevalence of self-reported problematic alcohol use varied widely, but could affect up to one-third of physicians.
Commentary
A doctor saves a drowning family in a dangerous river
The doctor performed CPR on a boy he found floating, face down, and motionless.
From the Journals
Researchers probe ‘systematic error’ in gun injury data
Recently discovered coding inaccuracies could distort our understanding of gun violence in the United States.