Practice Management
Feature
Patient-focused precautions, testing help blunt pandemic effects on heme-onc unit
Multiple factors helped keep the anticipated COVID-19 surge manageable at the hematologic oncology service of Levine Cancer Institute.
Expert Commentary
Respiratory particles generated by speech can remain airborne for up to 14 minutes
Latest News
Hazard pay included in new COVID-19 relief bill
A few states and hospital systems are already offering this kind of compensation.
Latest News
COVID-19 will likely change docs’ incentive targets, bonuses: Survey
Productivity benchmarks for physicians are likely to be lowered in light of plunging patient numbers from COVID-19, and bonuses are expected to...
Latest News
COVID-19: What will happen to physician income this year?
Opinion
Practice During the Pandemic
I have nothing but sympathy for those who are not emeritus, who have practices to sustain and families to feed.
News from the FDA/CDC
Operation Quack Hack: FDA moves to stop fraudulent COVID-19 products
Some companies are selling fraudulent products with claims to prevent, treat, mitigate, diagnose or cure coronavirus.
Commentary
Volunteering during the pandemic: What doctors need to know
Just as others helped me achieve my goal of volunteering, I hope I can guide those who would like to do similar work by sharing details about my...
Feature
COVID-19: Eight steps for getting ready to see patients again
You may need to hire temporary workers if your staff tests positive.
Clinical Review
Telemedicine: A primer for today’s ObGyn
Ready or not, you should be embracing the technology. Here’s how to get started.
If telemedicine had not yet begun to play...
From the Journals
COVID-19 death rate was twice as high in cancer patients in NYC study
The overall case fatality rate was 28% for cancer patients with COVID-19 and 14% for noncancer COVID-19 patients.