Probiotics in the ICU Linked to Higher Risk of Central Line Infections, Death Powder formulations associated with highest risk of infection Oct 19, 2022
Emergency Nurse 'Drowning' in Patients, Calls Fire Department to Assist In last-resort effort, two firefighters aid understaffed ED in Washington state Oct 14, 2022
Doctors With Disabilities Mistreated More Often by Patients, Coworkers About 25% report physical harm by peers versus only 2% of physicians without disabilities Oct 13, 2022
Uptick in COVID-Related Blood Clots: Is It Real? What experts say about concerning social media posts from the U.K. Oct 13, 2022
Isn't It a Seller's Market for Healthcare Professionals? Competition for a scarce resource (providers) could improve the workplace Oct 12, 2022
Male Surgery Residents Get Better Evaluations Senior male trainees at one program had better scores on essential skills in the specialty Oct 12, 2022
Nurse Protests Her Firing Over Refusal to Take Implicit Bias Training "I objected to a mandatory course grounded in the idea that I'm racist because I'm white" Oct 07, 2022
UCSF Residents Avert Strike; Reach Tentative Deal With Children's Hospital Oakland Proposed contract includes better pay and benefits for housing, meals, and relocation Oct 07, 2022
'Not an Easy Villain': Documentary Tackles Healthcare's Big Hospital Problem The human cost of tax-exempt hospitals is a hard pill to swallow, says "InHospitable" director Oct 06, 2022 video
Salt Pills During Diuresis: Acute HF Patients Neither Helped Nor Harmed Small randomized trial challenges conventional thinking about sodium Oct 05, 2022
Women Doctors More Likely to Be Called by First Name in Patient Portal Messages Primary care and DO physicians also more likely to be greeted informally in EMR messages Oct 05, 2022
What Killed the First Gender-Affirming Surgery Clinic in the U.S.? Powerful people, prejudice, and politics, according to a review of its history Oct 03, 2022
Emergency Medicine Docs Bemoan Patient Satisfaction Surveys Critics at ACEP call them biased, unfair, and exclusionary Oct 03, 2022
Growing Calls to Marry HF Specialists With Cardiac Critical Care Cardiac ICU staffing issues require a multidisciplinary team approach, some say Oct 02, 2022
More Emotional Exhaustion; Where to Work for 'Humanizing' Experience Must-reads about the latest news and trends in healthcare careers Oct 02, 2022
Healthcare Workers Unhappy With New CDC Mask Guidance Some hospital leaders say they'll continue to follow state recommendations for universal masking Sep 28, 2022
The Future Looks Bleak for Surgical Residents Like Me Looming Medicare cuts will force surgeons to do more with less, undermining trainee success Sep 28, 2022
The Oft-Forgotten Team Members: Health Unit Coordinators They should be recognized in their presence rather than by their absence Sep 24, 2022
Toxicologist From 'The Good Nurse' on Catching a Killer Steven Marcus, MD, on following through with suspicions and calling out a flawed system Sep 22, 2022
Violence in Emergency Departments on the Rise Around 85% of emergency physicians say violence has increased, poll shows Sep 22, 2022
It's High Time for Broader Access to Non-Opioid Pain Medication Limited Medicare coverage poses barriers, but bipartisan legislation offers a solution Sep 22, 2022
Teaching Climate Change in Med School Gains Momentum Climate-and-health training is "fundamental to the mission of medicine," expert says Sep 21, 2022
Does Poor Air Quality Send More Kids With Autism to the Hospital? South Korean study looked at effects of short-term exposure on ASD-related outcomes Sep 21, 2022
In Wake of Philips Recall, Patients Still Waiting for Sleep Apnea Devices Effects of recall reverberate through sleep medicine community Sep 21, 2022
Oral Capsule or Colonic Fecal Transplant for C. Diff: Is One Superior? Real-world data showed no difference in cure rates at 1 and 2 months Sep 20, 2022
Fauci: COVID Lives On; Doc's Burnout Broke Her Heart; Don't Cook Chicken in NyQuil Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Sep 20, 2022
Early Tamiflu Linked to Better Outcomes for Kids Hospitalized for the Flu Early use of antiviral associated with shorter length of stay, lower odds of 7-day readmission Sep 19, 2022
Radiation Oncology Residents Report Deficits in Training During the Pandemic About half worry about job prospects Sep 19, 2022
Health Workers Unlikely to Catch Monkeypox From Infected Patients Even with low adherence to PPE guidelines, no workers contracted the virus, Colorado data show Sep 16, 2022
Texas Doc Charged With Compromising IV Bags That Led to Colleague's Death 10 other incidents in which patients experienced unexpected cardiac emergencies also occurred Sep 16, 2022
Appointment Wait Times Continue to Rise Amid Concerns of Physician Shortages New survey finds that wait times increased by 8% across four specialties since 2017 Sep 16, 2022
Physician Burnout Tied to Job Disengagement, Worse Care "It's really important to consider both factors in tandem," says lead author of meta-analysis Sep 15, 2022
Children's Hospital Accused of Sexual Abuse; AMA Joins Class-Action Against Cigna A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Sep 15, 2022
House Bill Would Fix Glitch in Medicare Non-Emergency Ambulance Transport Program Measure would require states to help some "dual eligibles" who have trouble accessing the benefit Sep 15, 2022
Hospital Admins Knew Star Surgeon Was Dangerous; Warned Before 'Summer of Death' This past week in healthcare investigations Sep 14, 2022
Violence Against Nurses Worse Than Ever, Analysis Finds Over 3 months in 2022, two nurses were assaulted every hour, on average Sep 13, 2022
Texas Doc's License Suspended After Colleague's Death 'Compromised' IV bags tied to serious complications in another patient as well Sep 13, 2022
Health System Warns Exemptions to COVID Vaccines May Expire With New Options Holdouts who used religious exemptions to avoid vaccination can get Novavax now Sep 09, 2022
Pharmacist-Led Hypertension Clinics Able to Lower BP Within Weeks Broader implementation of programs hinges on state policies Sep 09, 2022
