Family Medicine/Primary Care

There can be conflict between employer and employee regarding how patients find out where their clinician has gone. Medscape Reader Polls

Caroline Gérin-Lajoie, vice president of physician health and wellness, a rare position in Canada, whose name, Lajoie, translates from French to the word joy, has a message about burnout. Medscape Medical News

In the latest debate, the Democratic candidates disagreed on how best to cover more Americans with health insurance but agreed on the need to protect women’s reproductive rights. Medscape Medical News

Medical practices say prior authorization and value-based initiatives create more burden than benefit for them and their patients, according to a new survey. Medscape Medical News

If physicians want to make changes in healthcare, they need to get more involved to make it happen, says Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD. Medscape Medical News

Study found modest increases in physical activity in cardiometabolic patients, especially with pedometers and interface with healthcare facilitators. Medscape Medical News

A new survey shows that the majority of healthcare organizations have implemented AI strategies; administrative uses are more highly ranked than clinical applications so far. Medscape Medical News

Federal officials seek to ease restrictions that clinicians have said hamper efforts to better coordinate care of patients. A proposed rule would allow for more donations of cybersecurity programs. Medscape Medical News

Federal officials seek to ease restrictions that clinicians have said hamper efforts to better coordinate care of patients. A proposed rule would allow for more donations of cybersecurity programs. Medscape Medical News

The number of naloxone prescriptions in the United States increased from 2017 to 2018, but far too little of the opioid overdose–reversing drug is being dispensed, Medscape Reader Polls

Surgical staplers, point-of-care ultrasound, and sterile processing procedures top the ECRI Institute’s annual list of top tech hazards. Medscape Medical News

Inconsistent assessment of the association between burnout and quality-of-care measures has made it difficult to tease out the magnitude of effects. Medscape Medical News

In today’s consumer-driven healthcare environment, patients have lots of options for care. Are your patient bonds strong or are they hanging on by a thread? Medscape Reader Polls

Members of Congress join specialty groups in asking CMS to reconsider its plan to overhaul payment for office visits. Medscape Medical News

Differences may be because of "hidden curriculum" that places women at a disadvantage, study authors say. Medscape Medical News

An executive order signed Thursday adds to an expanding reconsideration of how Medicare pays different kinds of healthcare professionals. Medscape Medical News

Ada Stewart, MD, an HIV specialist in Columbia, South Carolina, enlisted in the army after 9/11 and rose to the rank of colonel. Medscape Medical News

CMS tucked a proposal for new authority to remove clinicians from Medicare into the draft 2020 physicians fee rule. Medscape Medical News

The resolution put forward by the New York chapter came amid intense focus on the subject from Democratic presidential candidates and repeated attempts to revamp the Affordable Care Act. Medscape Medical News

‘Docs should be credentialing docs,’ delegates heard here at the American Academy of Family Physicians Congress. But some delegates say they welcome input from nonphysician clinicians. Medscape Medical News