Business of Medicine News

• Global Return of Cardiac Testing Uneven, Staff Stress a Factor The recovery of diagnostic testing differed across the globe in a new survey that also revealed 'alarming' rates of burnout and stress among testing staff.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Gilead Settles With Defendants in HIV PrEP Fraud Lawsuit Gilead settled its lawsuit alleging a $68 million scheme took advantage of its program to supply free HIV prevention drugs.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• ACOG 2022 Race Difference Seen in Prenatal Pot Screens Urine drug screening of pregnant people for marijuana use can result in reports to child protective service agencies and may discourage some from seeking prenatal care.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Writing Out Common Medical Terms Boosts Patient Knowledge: Study Research published in JAMA Network Open shows that patients are more likely to understand their health conditions when healthcare providers avoid abbreviations and acronyms in written communications.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Radiologists Feeling the Effects of Contrast-Media Shortage The current global shortage of iodinated contrast media is forcing radiologists to make changes in diagnostic imaging to conserve contrast without affecting patient health.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Alert RaDonda Vaught Sentenced to Probation for Patient Death The 38-year-old nurse received 3 years of supervised probation and was permanently stripped of her nursing license. She also apologized for the first time to the family of Charlene Murphey.
  News Alerts, May 13, 2022
• Are Physician White Coats Becoming Obsolete? The white coat has been the traditional physician garb. But since the pandemic, more have been wearing scrubs or more casual clothing. What's best for physicians to wear?
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Patient Attitudes Toward AI in Healthcare: It Depends A new survey looks at what patients think about AI playing a role in their healthcare diagnosis and management.
  WebMD Health News, May 12, 2022
• Early-Onset Colon Cancer Projected to Double by 2030 “We’re seeing a lot of younger people with this disease. It’s rather alarming,” says the author of a review that predicts further increases.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022
• ED Staff Speak Out About Workplace Violence, Ask for Mitigation How much is workplace violence contributing to the great resignation in healthcare and what might be done to make clinicians feel more supported? ED doctors and nurses have some ideas.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• CARRA 2022 Prior Authorizations Delay TNF Inhibitors for Children With JIA Many patients newly diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) at one academic center over a year had delays in care due to unnecessary prior authorization denials.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• Global Contrast Media Shortage Blamed on COVID Lockdown in China The shortage is expected to last 6 to 8 weeks, and US hospitals are working to minimize the effect of limited supplies on patient care.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• Cardiologist Hit With Additional Sexual Assault Charges been charged with four additional counts as more victims have come forward, police confirm.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• Civil Rights Lawsuit Alleges Racism Caused Mother's Death A Black widower claims Cedar-Sinai ignored his wife's medical distress after her cesarean delivery because of the color of her skin.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• AAD 2022 Dermatology Residency Focuses on Rural Placement of Graduates The structure of the residency, which involves 3-month–long rotations at rural clinics in Mississippi, is designed to address the shortage of rural-based dermatologists in the United States.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• COPD Screening for Asymptomatic Adults? USPSTF Weighs In, Again “In addition to potential treatment harms, there are opportunity costs to screening.”
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• Telemedicine Increases Black Patients' Primary Care Access: Study A recently released Penn Medicine study finds the appointment completion gap between Black and non-Black patients narrowed considerably after telehealth visits became widely available.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• 'Goodie Bag' Pill Mill Doctor Sentenced to Two Decades in Prison Regardless of the patients' complaints, internist gave them tote bags with prescription drugs, including muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatories, and controlled substances, according to federal officials.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• Colorado Law Would Lift Veil of Secrecy on Sperm Donations First-of-its-kind legislation would make identities and medical histories of sperm donors available to offspring and limit the number of families that can emanate from a single donor.
  Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2022
• Medical Education Programs Tell How Climate Change Affects Health Medical schools are educating the next generation of doctors on one of the most widespread, insidious health threats of our time.
  Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2022