Toothbrushing Linked to Lower Risk of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Brushing also tied to decreased ICU mortality, need for mechanical ventilation Dec 18, 2023
How to Prevent Violence Against Healthcare Workers "We have to tell our stories, because this has to be a priority," emergency physician says Dec 15, 2023 video
Another Medical Society Turns Up the Heat on MOC IDSA president pens letter to ABIM, arguing MOC is costly, time-consuming, and ineffective Dec 15, 2023
Ditch Sterile Gloves When Treating Wounds? Meta-analysis suggests nonsterile ones may work just as well in certain settings Dec 14, 2023
How Violence Has Become the Status Quo in the Emergency Department "My patient actually tried to strangle me with my stethoscope," nurse reveals Dec 14, 2023 video
Baby Delivered From Rare Abdominal Ectopic Pregnancy Both the mother and neonate survived, making the case extra rare Dec 13, 2023
No Good Time? Medical Students Fret Over Family Planning Having children during medical training, especially surgery, perceived as difficult, taboo topic Dec 13, 2023
Nurse Wins $41M Retaliation Suit; Patients Worry About AI Use; Who Should Get CPR? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Dec 13, 2023
Texas Emergency Medicine Residency Program Won't Shut Down A petition with more than 2,000 signatures prompted the county medical board to act Dec 11, 2023
Giving Oropharyngeal Surfactant at Birth Is No Help to Preemies Increased rates of pneumothorax emerged among newborns treated prophylactically Dec 11, 2023
Would You Take Out a $200k Loan With No Real Returns for a Decade? The federal government must address medical school affordability Dec 11, 2023
Nurses, Resident Slashed; Deadly Tick Disease Outbreak; COVID Vax After Infection Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Dec 11, 2023
Corporate Ownership Worsens Patient Care, Surveyed Docs Say Reduced autonomy, focus on financial incentives among top negative impacts cited by doctors Dec 08, 2023
ChatGPT Flubbed Drug Information Questions Researchers say the AI tool is not yet accurate enough for consumer or pharmacist questions Dec 06, 2023
Transplant Advocates Sound Alarm Over Proposed Medicare Test Coverage Policy Proposed rules would decrease early detection of organ rejection, they say Dec 06, 2023
Conservative Oxygenation Outperforms Liberal Targets for Critically Ill Kids Oxy-PICU is the first randomized trial to compare different SpO2 targets in these patients Dec 05, 2023
See Which States Have the Most High-Performing Hospitals for Maternity Care Top state had 63 high-performing hospitals, according to annual U.S. News list Dec 05, 2023
Early Surgery for Kids' Mild Sleep Apnea Doesn't Boost Executive Function Other outcomes like blood pressure levels, however, were better than with watchful waiting Dec 05, 2023
RaDonda Vaught Loses Appeal to Get Her Nursing License Back Tennessee court rejects former nurse's appeal to overturn nursing board's 2021 decision Dec 05, 2023
Psych Nurses Sound the Alarm on Patient Violence at Pediatric Hospital Seattle Children's PBMU staff "work in a persistent state of fear," says state nurses union Dec 04, 2023
Northwestern Medicine Residents Latest to Seek Union Status "This is about having a seat at the table," says ob/gyn resident Dec 04, 2023
IG Live December 6: Code Gray! Responding to Violence in Healthcare Experts discuss how to create a safer workplace Dec 04, 2023
Travel Nurse Practitioner Who Disappeared on Hike Found Dead No foul play suspected in death of Ann Herford Dec 04, 2023
COVID Hospitalizations Rise; DeSantis Targets Obamacare; Why Docs Are Unionizing Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Dec 04, 2023
FTC Chief Gears Up for a Showdown With Private Equity Researchers and employer groups encouraged by FTC's action Dec 03, 2023
Prone Positioning Falls Flat for Weaning COVID Patients Off ECMO Similar ECMO duration, mortality compared with supine position in randomized trial Dec 01, 2023
Doctor 'Wage Theft' Is Not Without Consequences Uncompensated time harms healthcare professionals at the very least Nov 30, 2023
Insurer Now Has Ties to 10% of Doctors UnitedHealth's Optum division added 20,000 doctors this year alone Nov 30, 2023
Safer to Hold Off on Intubating Comatose, Intoxicated Patients, Trial Finds French centers showed faster discharge, fewer adverse events Nov 29, 2023
CDC Advisors' Infection Control Guidance Leaves Us Unprotected The guidelines will lead to unnecessary infections and deaths if approved Nov 29, 2023
Medical Staff Credentialing Case Heads to New Jersey Supreme Court Neurosurgery practice claims hospital skipped due process to orchestrate its ouster Nov 28, 2023
Hospitals Say Some Medicare Advantage Plans Are Skirting CMS Rules Groups lament stress to enrollees and billions in hospital losses from coverage delays, denials Nov 27, 2023
Handguns From Home Account for Most Adolescent School Shootings Study of school shootings up to 2016 finds high-powered guns less commonly used by youths Nov 27, 2023
Male vs Female Surgeons; China Beefs Up Fever Clinics; C. Diff Survives Disinfecting Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Nov 27, 2023
Will Tomorrow's Medical Students Ever Practice Medicine? A quarter of aspiring physicians in the U.S. said they were considering quitting their studies Nov 26, 2023
What's Going on at Mission Health? Physicians pen letters, narrowly vote against bylaws that would have silenced them Nov 22, 2023
Devastating Medication Error; FDA's Recall Weakness; Insurers Break State Laws This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 22, 2023
A Medical Student, a Dying JFK, and ‘Destiny’: What a Young Doctor Saw 60 Years Ago A look back at a conversation with one of the last surviving witnesses from Trauma Room One Nov 22, 2023
Who's Deejaying in the OR? And What Are They Playing? The ins and outs of listening to music while operating Nov 21, 2023
