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EULAR over a photo of Vienna Exhibition Center in Vienna, Austria.

SpA Patients Do Just Fine Managing Their Own Follow-Up Care

Randomized trial suggests usual practice is wasteful

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Are We Ready for AI-Assisted Surgery?

Some may be reluctant to let this technology into the training and treatment settings

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Where Are All the Male Nurses?

Gender stereotypes may be exacerbating the nursing shortage

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MGMA: Docs 'Defy Gravity' of Inflation, Staff Shortages by Working Harder

Report shows which of 23 specialty groups and primary care practices earned more in 2023

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Springsteen's Health; Minimum Staffing Rule Challenged; Probiotic Sodas Probed

Health news and commentary gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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The Truth About Employee Turnover

It's inevitable (and OK!)

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The Lure of Specialty Medicine Pulls Nurse Practitioners From Primary Care

Increasingly, NPs are broadening their skills and income

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Psych Staffing Linked to Shorter Stays in Pediatric Emergency Observation Unit

Observational study suggests a path to ease "unprecedented demands" for psychiatric care

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Cardiologists Float Idea of Unionization Among Ways to Protect Employee Physicians

Even senior physicians are being threatened, according to forum at SCAI

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House Republicans Bash New Nursing Home and Home Care Rules at Hearing

"This approach simply won't work," said chair of the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee

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CMS Pushes Back on Criticism of Nursing Home Staffing Rule

Rule is needed because many nursing home patients don't get needed care, CMS administrator says

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Here's Why Nurses Are Exiting Healthcare

Aside from planned retirement, burnout, insufficient staffing, and family all cited in survey

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Hospitals Cash In on a Private Equity-Backed Trend: Concierge Physician Care

Pricey membership fees for easier access to doctors becoming more common

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Probe Into Private Equity in Healthcare Launched

Federal agencies invite public comments

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How Many Docs Are Feeling Burned Out? Almost All of Them, Survey Finds

More than half have considered taking a non-patient-facing job or leaving the field entirely

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The Perennial Problem of No-Show Appointments

Instead of overbooking, let's focus on why patients aren't showing up

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Is Burnout Destroying Emergency Medicine?

It doesn't have to: here are four unique ways to address the issue

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Multistate Licensure for Docs, Others Continues to Gain Steam

More state legislatures consider joining licensure compacts

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Collaboration Between Local Oncologists and Academia Is Crucial

Greater partnerships can optimize cancer care outcomes

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Emotional Intelligence Must Guide Artificial Intelligence

Together they can ensure quality and holistic patient care

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Students of Shuttered Nursing School Sue State Officials for Overreach

Connecticut requested license applicants of Stone Academy program complete a "refresher course"

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Doctor 'Wage Theft' Is Not Without Consequences

Uncompensated time harms healthcare professionals at the very least

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Compensation Is Key to Fixing Primary Care Shortage

Along with the punishing workload, pay is affecting the pipeline of primary care physicians

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IG Live November 15: Is 'Pharmageddon' Here?

Pharmacist speaks on recent walkouts, calling for more resources and safer conditions

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AMA Delegates Divided on Federal Ban of the Corporate Practice of Medicine

"We need to move forcefully against the barbarians at the gate," one physician said

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What's the No. 1 Cause of NP Burnout?

It's probably not what you think

Envision Healthcare Bounces Back After Bankruptcy

But is the clinician staffing firm out of the woods completely?

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Private Equity, For-Profit Interests Hurt Medicine, Conference Speakers Say

Authorities have not done enough to crack down on the problem, physicians and academicians noted

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Yes, It Matters Who Manages Sedation During Interventional Radiology Procedures

Study finds outcomes differ according to providers' training

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Experts on AI Tell Nurses: 'You Need to Embrace This'

And no, you will not be replaced by a robot

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A Promising New Approach to Reducing Burnout and Workforce Depletion

Change a "vicious cycle" to a "virtuous cycle," an expert suggests

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What if the Doctor Is Out?

Strikes can lead to important changes for interns and residents

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Kaiser Permanente's National Expansion Faces Wide Skepticism

Health system is promising better, cheaper care

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Questions You Should Be Asking About How Your Physician Group Works

Some of the wrath toward CMGs may be misdirected

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Big Bump in Starting Salaries for Specialists

Aging population, rise of 'market disruptors' usher in double-digit jumps for some docs

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Shouldn't Nurses Run the Business of Healthcare?

We need more nurses on the front line, but we also need them leading change in business

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No-Shows Have Got to Go!

We need to improve no-show rates, but overbooking is not the answer

APP Is Latest Physician Staffing Firm to Fold

It follows Envision, and physicians consider further consequences of difficult market

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AI Won't Replace Doctors. But It May Help With Burnout.

Technology can help keep clinicians in the workforce

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Dealing With a 24/7/365 World

We need to find better ways to address patients' after-hours concerns

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