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Could your practice be more profitable if you outsource?
Some practices have used outsourcing to solve problems like high staff turnover, tight budgets, and inefficient use of staff.
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Free teledermatology clinic helps underserved patients initiate AD care
The program "is meant to be a stepping point for initiating care ... to set someone up for success for recurrent telehealth visits in the future...
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Hospital guards snoop through patient records, cost hospital $240K
“I think the problem is absolutely growing.”
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Pain mismanagement by the numbers
Pain is a complex, multifaceted phenomenon. Distilling a person’s pain experience to a single number doesn’t make sense, nor does reflexly...
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Physician not held liable for child’s necrotizing pancreatitis, jury finds
Absent the “classic” symptoms of pancreatitis, the jury saw that his client “was working with a reasonable diagnosis until [the child’s] clinical...
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Pediatric dermatologists encouraged to counter misinformation on TikTok, other social media sites
Dr. Landriscina urges medical professionals to become active on TikTok and other social media platforms because they have a potentially critical...
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Chaperones for physical exams? Doctors and patients weigh in
How, specifically, should a chaperone perform their duty during an exam? Where should the chaperone stand? What about legal and ethical...
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Rising patient costs tied to private equity ownership
The report provides “convincing evidence that incentives to put profits before patients have grown stronger with an increase in private equity...
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Nurse practitioners sue state over right to use ‘doctor’ title
The case highlights ongoing scope-creep battles.
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Want to add a new partner to your practice? Here’s what to consider
“Just like with marriage, it can be very difficult, traumatic, and expensive to break up with a partner. So, do your due diligence and take your...
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Doc’s lawsuit tests new crackdown on noncompete clauses
“When you have physicians who are unable to work in their community, it creates a barrier for access to care for patients.”