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Pandemic weighing on physicians’ happiness outside of work: survey
Work-life balance is an important, if elusive, goal for physicians, and not just females.
Opinion
When the patient wants to speak to a manager
The level of incivility from patients is at an all-time high.
Opinion
Should you dismiss that patient?
Contrary to what seems to be the popular opinion, there are no statutory laws that I am aware of that directly apply to patient dismissal, beyond...
News
Hypertension protocols curb racial bias in therapeutic inertia
Racial disparities in treatment intensification were not seen within the strict confines of blood pressure management in the SPRINT trial, a new...
Commentary
NPs, PAs say stop attacks and support health care colleagues
Let us be clear about one thing: What patients really want and deserve is access to high-quality care delivered by the health care provider of...
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Physicians react: Should docs lose their licenses for spreading false COVID information?
State licensing boards have mostly refused to discipline these doctors for making false and/or misleading claims.
Commentary
PA name change bad for patients and the profession
NPs have been more successful than PAs at persuading legislators to allow them independence – but that doesn’t make it right for either group.
News
As pandemic regs expire, states get tougher on telehealth: report
Among the restrictions that have been reinstated in some states are those barring requirements for insurers to cover telehealth.
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FDA agrees that mifepristone is safe enough to dispense by mail
In light of COVID-19, the FDA in April said women didn’t have to pick up the pills in person. Now the agency is making the rule permanent. After a...
News
Califf plans work on opioids, accelerated approvals on return to FDA
In emphasizing the need for continued efforts to address risks of painkillers, Biden’s FDA nominee cites his relatives’ experience in getting 30-...