Here are 11 things to know about diabetes in the United States based on information from the Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker: "How has diabetes care in the U.S. changed over time?"
Practice Management
Physician practices that are acquired by hospitals tend to increase their use of techniques that help manage chronic illnesses, according to a study published in the American Journal of Managed Care.
Medline signed a $25 million group purchasing agreement with Stratum Med.
A new Medicare policy may offer some comfort to physicians struggling to hold advanced care planning conversations with their patients, according to MedCity News.
The Midwest Orthopaedic Institute Spine Center now includes radiofrequency ablation procedures with the Venom Technology.
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The highest-paid surgeons by CMS bill five times higher than the lowest paid surgeons, according to a study published in Surgery.
Difficult patients are less likely to receive accurate diagnoses, based on Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands research, according to Medscape. Difficult patients were defined as those demonstrating disruptive behaviors. BMJ Quality and Safety published the studies online on March…
According to Rappler, 483 out of 1,044 students passed the Physician Licensure Examination given by the Board of Medicine in the cities of Manila, Baguio and Cebu in March 2016.
According to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers found physicians and specialists may be overwhelmed by large numbers of notifications from commercial EHR systems, as reported by EHR Intelligence.
Physicians: ignore social media at your own risk.