Last week’s announcement by Kaiser Permanente that it plans to open its own medical school in Southern California has attracted a lot of attention in the health ...
Read More »Credentialing is a big pain for doctors
We all know how hard it is to recruit a physician these days. No matter the specialty, finding a compatible physician with the right skills ...
Read More »Medical students consider supervising docs “fiendish, foul-mouthed monsters”
How stressful is medical training? So bad that in a class encouraging medical students to express emotion by drawing comics, nearly half depicted their supervisors ...
Read More »Telemedicine grows despite uncertain financial prospects
Say you’re a rural Midwestern farmer in bed recovering from a major illness at your local hospital. It’s time for nurse’s check in, but there’s ...
Read More »Should doctors make end-of-life medical decisions?
The good news is that we are living longer. The bad news is that the longer we live, the more likely it is that we ...
Read More »Medicare Plans to Pay Physicians for End-of-Life Discussions
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Wednesday that physicians will soon receive reimbursement for providing end-of-life care advice to their patients. The ...
Read More »Why Almost All Physicians Work While They Are Sick
Patients may not be the only sick people in the room when they go to see the doctor. According to a study published in JAMA ...
Read More »Indoor Tanning Down, but Millions Still Use the Cancer Causing Beds
The tanning industry was not very happy when Obamacare imposed a new 10 percent tax on salon revenues. However, that tax, combined with increased awareness ...
Read More »Second Opinion: Obamacare Ruling Will Have ‘Devastating Effect’ on Medicine
By Richard Amerling, M.D. As I predicted back in March, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the administration in King v. Burwell. So I was not surprised ...
Read More »Medical Marijuana Has Too Few Benefits, Too Many Restrictions
Medical Marijuana is legal in 23 states and Washington, D.C. Many of the remaining states have proposals on the books for legalization. Marijuana is a ...
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