Physicians are dealing with burnout at record rates, brought on by a number of factors, including increased administrative burdens, inadequate support to mitigate obstacles and the “archaic” prior authorization process, according to a recent article by…
About 87 percent of physicians support the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed rule that would ban employers from imposing noncompete contracts, according to a March Doximity poll of 4,853 practicing physicians.
Nursing is a family affair for Maureen Kenney, MSN, and her 26-year-old twin daughters, Emily Kenney, BSN, RN, and Elizabeth Kenney, BSN, RN.
For patients whose treatment requires prior authorization, the process delays access to necessary medical care from physicians 94 percent of the time, according to a March 14 survey of 1,001 physicians conducted by the American Medical Association.
Sixteen drugs have a high risk of supply disruption after an Illinois drugmaker ceased all operations in February, according to a March 15 report from the End Drug Shortages Alliance.
Self-employed cardiologists consistently outearn their employed counterparts, according to Medscape’s physician salary explorer.
The FDA updated its fact sheet for healthcare providers about Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine to include warnings of myocarditis and pericarditis.
Staffing woes surgery centers have experienced since March 2020 when the pandemic began may finally be turning around as travel nursing stabilizes and people are more comfortable returning to in-person work.
Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai is celebrating the fifth anniversary of a $50 million gift, the then largest gift in the health system’s history which established the Smidt Heart Institute, according to a March 12 report from the Beverly Hills Courier.
The FDA reviewed Pfizer’s mid-to-late stage clinical trials of Paxlovid and found “no evidence of a higher rate of symptom rebound or moderate symptom rebound.”
