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Working From Home: Doctors’ Options Are Not Limited to Classic Telemedicine
Remote patient monitoring, management of NPs and PAs and on-call phone consults are a few options of home-based roles.
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Is Axillary Surgery in Early Breast Cancer on Its Way Out?
Trial randomizes more than 2,000 patients to receive either axillary lymph node dissection or sentinel-node biopsy only.
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How Medicare Reimbursement Trends Could Affect Breast Surgeries
A new study showed a decline in Medicare reimbursements for breast cancer surgery by more than 20% from 2003 to 2023.
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Are You Ready for AI to Be a Better Doctor Than You?
Several recent examples of AI-backed diagnoses have bested doctors’ accuracy in diagnoses, and many clinicians have expressed concern.
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EHR Copy and Paste Can Get Physicians Into Trouble
Physicians have lost hospital privileges and paid fines for copying and pasting information into EHRs, say sources.
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Telemedicine Reduces Rehospitalization, Revascularization in Post-PCI ACS Patients
“The TELE-ACS protocol provided a significant reduction in readmission rates post-ACS and other adverse events.”
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Researchers Seek to Block Use of FDA-Approved OUD-Risk Test
Physicians move to stop genetic test aimed at identifying those at risk for opioid addiction.
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Myomectomy best for avoiding reintervention after fibroid procedures
Of the four uterus-preserving treatments for leiomyoma, myomectomy is also the most common.
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Surgeon Claims Colleague Made False Board Complaints to Get Him Fired
Kaiser Permanente surgeon claims colleague made claims within the hospital and to medical board that harmed his reputation.
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Bone Infections Increase After S. aureus Bacteremia in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
The 90-day cumulative incidence of osteoarticular infections was nearly double in patients with RA and was higher in those on tumor necrosis...
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Why Do So Many Doctors Embrace Superstitions and Rituals?
“Rituals and superstitions are an acknowledgment that forces external to ourselves exist.”