More and more physicians are employing medical scribes to decrease their clerical burden.
Integration & Physician Issues
Cleveland Clinic fired a resident physician after she shared anti-Semitic comments on social media, according to The Hill.
In its annual roundup of the best and worst physicians of the year, Medscape recognizes medical professionals who represented the brightest and darkest of their profession, and made news for these reasons in 2018.
The National Practitioner Data Bank records malpractice payments, physician disciplinary action and hospital privilege restrictions, but a recent journalistic investigation reveals the system "can be gamed," keeping crucial information from patients, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The appointment date has been circled on his calendar for weeks. He spends nearly an hour with his eyes on the door of the waiting room until, finally, his physician emerges. She bears the promise of relieving his unrelenting pain…
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The number of physicians excluded from participation in Medicare and state public insurance reimbursement due to fraud, waste and abuse increased between 2007 and 2017, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
New technologies are making it easier for providers to reach patients wherever they are and empower them to continually improve their health outcomes.
Warning letters sent by the Food and Drug Administration to physicians who are providing potentially harmful services are now monitored by California's medical board, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Waterloo-based Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-Iowa will end certain reproductive services to meet Catholic guidelines, according to local news station KWWL.