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Patients can read your clinical notes starting Nov. 2
“Open notes” mandates immediate patient access to inpatient and outpatient notes and testing and imaging results.
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Popularity of virtual conferences may mean a permanent shift
Within a half hour of the ACC’s opening session of its virtual conference, nearly 13,000 people had logged on from around the world.
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Outpatient visits rebound for most specialties to pre-COVID-19 levels
Visits began to rise again around Labor Day, but some specialties are still hard hit.
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Is patient suicide in psychiatry a medical error?
Mental health professionals prevail in up to 80% of suicide-related malpractice cases, but such events are still emotionally devastating for...
Opinion
Mastering mask communicating
For those specialties not accustomed to wearing a mask all day, it’s frustrating: How many times have you had to repeat yourself today?
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Medicare faces calls to stop physician pay cuts in E/M overhaul
A chart in the draft physician fee schedule shows reductions for many specialties that do not routinely bill for office visits.
Opinion
Access to care: A nurse practitioner’s plea
COVID-19 hospital policies are resulting in detrimental access-to-care issues.
Opinion
Full-time, part-time, FTE: Know the differences
While rules vary from state to state, some generalizations can be made.
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Primary care isn’t bouncing back
The latest survey responses confirm what researchers had suspected.
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Trump signs Medicare loan relief bill delaying repayments
It includes provisions to delay repayment by physicians of pandemic-related Medicare loans and to reduce the loans’ interest rate.