Business of Medicine
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More telemedicine shifts to system-wide models
As telemedicine gains momentum, more health providers are moving from stand-alone programs to system-wide approaches.In a survey of 436 U.S....
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Physician-created APMs: Early recommendations offer insight
Greater risk can reap greater rewards in the new value-based health care climate. Does your group have what it takes to be an advanced APM?
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Republicans race the clock on health care, but the calendar is not helping
Back in January, Republicans boasted they would deliver a “repeal and replace” bill for the Affordable Care Act to President Donald Trump’s desk...
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Speedy sepsis care slows in-hospital mortality
WASHINGTON – Sepsis and septic shock patients treated within 3 hours had lower in-hospital mortality rates than those treated between hours 3 and...
Conference Coverage
HPV vaccine training video improved provider knowledge, confidence
SAN FRANCISCO – How can watching a video improve pediatric providers' ability to counsel patients about the HPV vaccine?
News from the FDA/CDC
Few states fully back HCV prevention, treatment
Seven states have twice the national rate of hepatitis C incidence, but only three have comprehensive prevention laws and permissive treatment...
From the Journals
One-third of drug postmarket studies go unpublished
Why are postmarket studies with relevant findings nowhere to be found?
From the Journals
Adult vaccination is low, with minimal improvement in recent years
Only minimal improvement in adult vaccination coverage has been made in recent years.
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House barely passes ACA repeal/replace bill
The bill passed May 4 by a 217-213 margin, with one Republican member not voting
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Executive order aims to reform specialized visa program
The executive order will have no immediate effect on foreign physicians, according to experts.
Conference Coverage
For bone and joint infections, oral antibiotics match IV, cost less
For bone and joint infections, oral antibiotics are as good as IV antibiotics and cost much less.