Business of Medicine
Commentary
How PCPs are penalized for positive outcomes from lifestyle change
For this change to be successful, it is vital that lifestyle behavior interventions ... become the foundation of universal quality measures.
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Repetitive primary care screenings may miss depression and anxiety
Screening for anxiety and depression at regular intervals rather than each clinical encounter could improve reliability.
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Analysis spotlights economic burden of vitiligo in the U.S.
All-cause total healthcare costs for patients with vitiligo were significantly higher than those of matched controls.
Commentary
RVUs: A fair measure of your productivity?
You want to have a sense of the pros and cons of working in an RVU system and how this relates to your specialty, your practice, and your schedule...
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Burnout in medical profession higher among women, younger clinicians
A burned-out physician is most likely a young woman practicing in primary care.
Feature
From scrubs to screens: Growing your patient base with social media
“What we can do for society at large is to provide our input into issues, add informed opinions where there’s controversy, and address...
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USPSTF should reconsider recommendation to lower mammogram age: Experts
The benefit is arguably small, while the harms appear quite significant.
Feature
What’s right and wrong for doctors on social media
“You have to hold yourself back when posting. Doing things like dancing in the OR are out of whack with the profession.”
From the Journals
Transgender patients report stigma, voyeurism in medical care
In focus groups, participants say they fear poor treatment if they’re open and inadequate care if they’re not.
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Florida nurse practitioner convicted in $200 million+ Medicare scheme
The case is part of an ongoing effort by federal prosecutors to target schemes alleged to have defrauded Medicare of billions of dollars in...
From the Journals
ACP addresses ethical issues for ‘grateful patients’ physician fundraising
“Physicians who directly solicit funds from their own patients do risk interfering with the physician-patient relationship, which is supposed to...