Anesthesia Outside of the OR: Cause for Patient Safety Concerns? Studies have shown harms for non-OR anesthesia (NORA); experts say changes are needed Jan 13, 2023
Healthcare Closely Watching FTC's Proposed Ban on Non-Competes A newly proposed rule would impact healthcare staffing woes, physician employment contracts Jan 12, 2023
Nursing Exam Pass Rates Dropped in Recent Years. Why? Most experts agree the pandemic played a role, but regulators don't plan to make the test easier Jan 12, 2023
Healthcare-Related Injury Found in Nearly One-Fourth of Hospitalizations Study suggests "disturbing" rate of potentially preventable errors Jan 11, 2023
Legal Loophole Lets Faulty Devices Maintain Their Legacy Harlan Krumholz on how devices subject to Class I recalls are used as predicates for new devices Jan 11, 2023 video
Surgeons Will Probably Want to Avoid This Scrub Color Some survey respondents said black scrubs were deathlike or resembled a mortician Jan 11, 2023
The Uncomfortable Truth About Comfortable Scrubs Do they contribute to gender inequality in the healthcare profession? Jan 10, 2023
Yet Another Issue Is Disrupting the Healthcare Workplace Responding to portal messages in "real time" is just the latest assault Jan 10, 2023
New York Nurses Strike for Better Staffing It's not about the money, but patient safety, nurses say Jan 09, 2023
Black Medical Residents Saddled With More Debt Than Other Groups Debt disparities start long before postgrad training; debt forgiveness could provide relief Jan 09, 2023
Less Restrictive Pre-Surgical Fasting Guidelines Supported by Study Allowing fluid intake closer to procedure increased patient well-being Jan 05, 2023
Fixing Heart Failure Workforce Issues: Baby Steps Start This Year Pay, curriculum changes proposed to attract more doctors Jan 05, 2023
Damar Hamlin's Cardiac Arrest: A Cardiologist's Perspective Commotio cordis has rarely been described as the result of a tackle in football Jan 03, 2023 video
Hospitals More to Blame Than the Pandemic for Nurse Staffing Woes? Study illuminates how much burnout, work environment issues predate COVID-19 Dec 30, 2022
Despite Rising Violence Against Healthcare Workers, Legislative Fixes Have Stalled During a 3-month period this year, 57 nurses were assaulted on average each day Dec 30, 2022
Are U.S. Healthcare Workers Better Off Unionized? Study finds higher earnings and benefits, but unionization still stalled Dec 28, 2022
Physician Wants Hospital CEO Pay Capped at $800K Call follows executive pay scandal at Cleveland health system Dec 28, 2022
Families Push Research Forward in Rare Diseases The field has a unique funding model. While fruitful, some question if it needs to change. Dec 26, 2022
Nurse Accused of Sexually Assaulting Unconscious Patients; Doc's Trip-and-Fall Plot A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 22, 2022
Healthcare's Biggest Half-Lie, and What Docs and Nurses Can Do About It Ron Harman King questions the "compassion and humanity" advertised by large healthcare systems Dec 18, 2022 video
Study Adds Fuel to Debate Over Nurse Practitioners' Scope of Practice VA paper will be the focus of a panel discussion during the AMA state advocacy meeting in January Dec 16, 2022
Nurse Practitioners Need Support Now More Than Ever AANP President April Kapu, DNP, discusses association priorities and opportunities Dec 13, 2022 video
A Medical Take on the Word of the Year: Gaslighting Doctors are trying to function in a very broken system Dec 13, 2022
Nurses No Longer Employed After Viral 'Icks' Video on TikTok The trend didn't sit well when applied to the patient/provider relationship Dec 12, 2022
Cape Cod Cardiologist Sues Hospital, Alleging Retaliation for Whistleblowing Richard Zelman, MD, also alleges that Cape Cod Hospital breached his contract Dec 09, 2022
Fauci Slams 'Lowlife' Trolls; More Superbugs; Celine Dion's Stiff-Person Syndrome Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ·¬ΗΡΙηΗψ staff Dec 09, 2022
Not So Fast for NSAID Closure of Heart Defect in Preterm Newborns Trial results favor waiting for patent ductus arteriosus to close on its own Dec 07, 2022
Infliximab Maintenance Home Infusion Appears Safe Few serious adverse events occurred in patient-friendly settings Dec 07, 2022
For True Cultural Change for Women in Surgery, More Work Is Needed Qualitative aspects of survey get at heart of gender disparities in practice Dec 07, 2022
Status Epilepticus Hospitalizations Climb Black patients twice as likely to be hospitalized with prolonged seizures Dec 06, 2022
I'm a Neurologist, Hear Me Roar If I wasn't believed when seeking care, what chance do non-physicians have? Dec 06, 2022
A New Tool to Report Medical Trainee Mistreatment Reveals Thorny Issues Small group of Mount Sinai faculty were responsible for half of unprofessional behavior reports Dec 02, 2022
Looming Physician Pay Cut 'Unprecedented' and 'Unconscionable,' AMA President Says Number of doctors who take Medicare patients could dwindle without Congressional action Dec 02, 2022
Hospitals Can Help Patients 'Get Connected' The Affordable Connectivity Program enables telehealth access for vulnerable patients Dec 02, 2022
Healthcare's Unspoken Sick-Day Rules Unchanged by the Pandemic Workplace COVID policies have changed, but attitudes toward coming into work sick have not Dec 01, 2022
FDA Greenlights First Fecal Microbiota Product Rebyota approved for preventing recurrence of C. difficile infection Dec 01, 2022
Confronting the Growing Violence Against Staff in the Emergency Department Alex Skog, MD, on physician anxiety, enforcing consequences, and creating a safer environment Nov 30, 2022 video
Life and Death in 12 Hours ICU nurse Christin Thankachan on providing comfort during life's darkest moments Nov 29, 2022 podcast
An Affirmative Action Ban Would Be Devastating to Patient Care A pending Supreme Court decision could erode progress on improving diversity in medicine Nov 26, 2022
