Yearning for the Old-Fashioned Progress Note In these days of templates and hashtags, figuring out a patient's status isn't always easy Jul 29, 2024
North Korean Charged in Cyberattacks on American Hospitals Military intelligence operative accused of targeting of 17 entities across 11 U.S. states Jul 25, 2024
PTSD Ran High Among Physicians During COVID-19 Pandemic Female physicians, trainees more likely to develop the condition Jul 24, 2024
Dr. SCOTUS Will Now See Your Next Patient Ron Harman King fears our healthcare lies with those in black robes, not white coats Jul 24, 2024 video
Are Doctors Missing Cases of H5N1 Bird Flu in People Who Drink Raw Milk? What would the infection look like, and would doctors recognize it and test for it? Jul 23, 2024
Sepsis Alerts in Emergency Departments Linked to Lower Mortality False positives, alarm fatigue complicate their use, experts say Jul 22, 2024
Global IT Outage Hobbles EHR Systems, Leaving Docs Scrambling Surgeries, medical appointments canceled across the U.S. after bungled software update Jul 19, 2024
Nurse Survey Signals Improvements, Though Retention Still a Problem Efforts to "recruit more nurses are akin to fueling a car with a leaking gas tank," one RN says Jul 19, 2024
These 'Zebra' Cases Were Cracked by People Other Than Doctors Popular Reddit thread captures rare diagnoses made by patients, lab techs, first responders Jul 18, 2024
How Unionization Changed Surgery Residency Programs Residents, program faculty, and staff discussed benefits and unintended consequences Jul 17, 2024
Rural Hospitals Built During Baby Boom Now Face Baby Bust Hospitals struggle to keep staff and facilities as births dwindle Jul 16, 2024
U.S. News Rolls Out 'Best Hospitals' Under Updated Ranking System Medicare Advantage data, equitable access info are now in the mix Jul 16, 2024
Do People Buy Into Hospital-at-Home Care?; Nicotine Pouch Use Also in TTHealthWatch: preventing kidney transplant rejection Jul 13, 2024 podcast
Don't Try ARBs for Severe COVID, Trial Indicates Harms seen without any compensating survival benefit Jul 12, 2024
More Physicians at Washington Hospitals File to Unionize The group was motivated by recent efforts of other physicians nearby Jul 11, 2024
Houston Hospitals Backed Up; Nurses Vote to Strike; Dengue Spreading in NY, NJ Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jul 11, 2024
These Six Have the Highest Rates of Burnout Annual AMA survey shows declines for all specialties, but many still above 50% Jul 10, 2024
New Name for Familiar Phenomenon: 'Administrative Harm' Increasing scrutiny on the lack of accountability, evaluation of administrators Jul 10, 2024
Extended-Infusion Antibiotics Tied to Reduced Mortality From Bloodstream Infections Benefit limited to patients with severe illness or elevated minimum inhibitory concentrations Jul 04, 2024
Nurse Shows Kids How to 'Stop the Bleed' Born of a nurse mom's concern about gun violence, program teaches kids life-saving skills Jul 02, 2024
Nurse Anesthetists Fire Back at Scope-of-Practice Citations CRNAs in California argue "Immediate Jeopardy" citations have it wrong Jul 01, 2024
Louisiana Limits Scope of Noncompetes for Physicians New legal restrictions go into effect for all physician contracts starting in January Jul 01, 2024
Sen. Durbin's Surgery; Dangerous Bacteria on Apple Watches? Princess Anne Discharged Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jun 28, 2024
SCOTUS Allows Emergency Abortions to Continue in Idaho, for Now Case will go back down to the lower courts for further adjudication Jun 27, 2024
Are Higher Initial Oxygen Concentrations Better for Very Preterm Infants? Yes, meta-analysis suggests, but the findings need to be confirmed in larger studies Jun 26, 2024
Surgeon Ousted for Speaking Up; Steward Corruption in Malta? Misleading Clinic Names This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 26, 2024
U.S. Hospitals Prone to Cyberattacks Like the One at Ascension, Experts Say Clinicians describe harrowing lapses Jun 23, 2024
Cannabis Use Tied to Increased Risk of Severe COVID Hospitalization risk 80% higher versus nonusers Jun 21, 2024
Texas Doc Accused of Illegally Accessing Child Health Records Eithan Haim, MD, reportedly outed hospital for continuing gender-affirming care program Jun 19, 2024
Drug Shortages Keep Growing. Older, Injectable Agents Are Among the Most Vulnerable. A Q&A with Erin Fox, PharmD, MHA, on the record-breaking shortages Jun 19, 2024
CMS Star Ratings Unreliable for Surgical Quality? Higher ratings tied to better surgical outcomes, but variability was high even within star groups Jun 18, 2024
Treating the Trauma of Bullet-Related Injuries "Retained bullets are one of the most malignant forms," of bullet-related injury, says LJ Punch Jun 18, 2024 video
Health System Eliminates Noncompetes for Primary Care Physicians Policy change follows new rules from state and federal players Jun 17, 2024
Hospital Stops PAs From Performing Invasive Procedures Move follows a pause of its open heart surgery program after immediate jeopardy citation Jun 12, 2024
Oprah Hospitalized; Senator in Car Crash; Oldest American Man Dies Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jun 12, 2024
Google Translate, ChatGPT Good Enough for Translating Kids' Discharge Instructions? Online tools performed as well as professionals in two languages, but not in a third Jun 11, 2024
After Delay, U.S. News Sets Tentative Timing for Med School Rankings Release This year's rankings were delayed for a second year in a row Jun 10, 2024
Inside the Fight to Keep a Labor Ward Open at a Los Angeles Hospital Across the country, communities are scrambling to save maternity care Jun 10, 2024
Paxlovid Trial Flops for COVID Pneumonia Small study found no decrease in mortality among inpatients in three countries Jun 06, 2024
Surgeons, Trainees Experience Distress After Medical Errors Female and racial minority trainees reported more negative emotions, self doubt Jun 05, 2024
