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Feds May End Hospital System’s Noncompete Contract for Part-Time Docs
NLRB issued a complaint against Mount Sinai Health System for contracts that request confidentiality, bar docs from poaching.
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CMS Announces End to Cyberattack Relief Program
Payments from the Accelerated and Advance Payment program will close for application in July.
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Is This Journal Legit? Predatory Publishers
Physicians discuss various publishing models, and what journal characteristics to look out for as predatory.
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US Hospitals Prone to Cyberattacks Like One That Impacted Patient Care at Ascension, Experts Say
Cyberattacks led to delays in lab results, medication errors, and other system issues that could have cost lives.
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Doctors Endorsing Products on X May Not Disclose Company Ties
Researchers review posts by physicians on X, looking for key words that might indicate that the posts were intended as endorsements of a product...
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DEA Training Mandate: 8 Hours of My Life I’d Like Back
Dr. Walton-Shirley describes changes needed to renew DEA licenses so that others who prescribe very few narcotics do not have to spend so much...
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Follow-Up Outcomes Data Often Missing for FDA Drug Approvals Based on Surrogate Markers
As the FDA’s use of surrogate endpoints in the drug approval process is increasing, researchers are concerned important postapproval or validation...
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Docs Vent As Feds Investigate Private Equity, Consolidation in Medicine
“One in four ERs is now (under-)staffed by private equity firms. This is leading to longer wait times, deterioration in patient care, and higher...
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Prospect of Better Hours, Less Burnout Fuels Locum Tenens
Improving work hours and burnout were leading reasons why physicians and advanced practice professionals turned to locum tenens assignments,...
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This Tech Will Change Your Practice Sooner Than You Think
Drone deliveries, AI scribes, 3D printers, virtual reality, and others are technologies that are accessible for use today.
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Working Hard or Work Addiction — Have You Crossed the Line?
HCPs may be at risk for work addiction, a nonclinical behavioral addiction to excessive hours, tasks, and responsibility at work.