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CMS hikes telephone visit payments during pandemic
May 1, 2020
Physician groups praised the move to increase payments for telephone visits.
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Primary care physicians reshuffle their work, lives in a pandemic
May 1, 2020
“Our knowledge of this disease is five steps behind, and changing at lightning speed,” said Dr. MaryAnn Dakkak.
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Continuity rules
May 1, 2020
Hospital medicine outcomes are often hampered by suboptimal continuity of care.
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New tetracycline antibiotic effective in acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections
May 1, 2020
Is omadacycline, a new tetracycline-class antibiotic, as effective as linezolid in the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin-structure infections?
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POPCoRN network mobilizes pediatric capacity during pandemic
April 30, 2020
The Pediatric Overflow Planning Contingency Response Network has worked like medical crowd sourcing.
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New tetracycline antibiotic effective in community-acquired bacterial pneumonia
April 30, 2020
Is omadacycline, a new tetracycline-class antibiotic, as effective as moxifloxacin in the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia?
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Acetaminophen plus ibuprofen cut patient-controlled morphine after total hip arthroplasty
April 29, 2020
Is the perioperative/early postoperative use of acetaminophen-ibuprofen associated with less patient-controlled morphine administration after total hip arthroplasty?
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COVID-19: Employers cut doc pay and bonuses: What’s your recourse?
April 29, 2020
Two physician contract attorneys describe actions that employers are taking and provide advice on how physicians can deal with changes that may violate their contracts.
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More doctors used digital tools in 2019
April 29, 2020
Adoption of digital tools grew between 2016 and 2019, with telehealth visits and remote patient monitoring showing the greatest increases.
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COVID-19 spurs telemedicine, furloughs, retirement
April 28, 2020
Physicians are considering different types of practice as they feel the financial impact of COVID-19.