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To Minimize Patient 'Note Bloat,' Cut to the Chase

Repeating data over and over just adds noise that buries the signal

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AMA Delegates Divided on Federal Ban of the Corporate Practice of Medicine

"We need to move forcefully against the barbarians at the gate," one physician said

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Risk, Value, and 'Doublethink' in Healthcare

The only value in healthcare should be the value of a healthy citizenry

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Your Hospital Is Like a Modern Airport. That's Not Good

AI will revolutionize how healthcare is delivered; how is yet to be determined

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What's the No. 1 Cause of NP Burnout?

It's probably not what you think

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Policymakers Must Balance Innovation With Patient Safety for AI in Healthcare

Emerging technology presents an opportunity to right past wrongs, Senator says during hearing

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Senate Committee Advances Bill on Mental Health, PBMs, and 'Ghost Provider' Networks

Measure would also lessen the cut to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in 2024

Envision Healthcare Bounces Back After Bankruptcy

But is the clinician staffing firm out of the woods completely?

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Want Your Patients to Be More Independent? The Answer Is Simple: More Simplicity

Let's make it easier for patients to schedule flu shots and do other routine tasks

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For Health AI to Fulfill Its Potential, Regulation Is Paramount

There's little value in a tool that can't be trusted

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Medicine Has Become the McDonald's of Healthcare

The focus shouldn't be on quantity over quality

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Medicare Finalizes 3.4% Payment Cut for Physician Fees in 2024

Specialty groups decry "untenable" payment cuts

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From Hallucinations to Clinical Reasoning: The Evolution of AI in Medicine

I believe ChatGPT will revolutionize healthcare

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How Can the U.S. Achieve Universal Coverage? With a Two-Part Plan, Expert Says

Automatic basic coverage plus an optional supplement is the answer, says MIT professor

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Burnout, Poor Mental Health on the Rise for Healthcare Workers, CDC Says

"To label our current and long-standing challenge a 'crisis' is an understatement"

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The 'Encounter Notes' Revolution: Can AI Help Rather Than Hurt?

Considerations for verbalized and generative content in the EHR

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Forget AI: What Do You Think, Doc?

Patients don't seem satisfied with responses written by artificial intelligence

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House Members Mull Bills to Cut Red Tape and Improve Docs' Medicare Pay

But Democrats say they weren't given enough input in many of the measures

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Have a Story About Private Equity Ownership? The FTC Wants to Hear From You

The agency wants to even the healthcare playing field, says FTC chair Lina Khan

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Are Pirates Coming for Your Medical Meeting?

Scam sites pretending to be various medical and professional societies pop up every year

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Malpractice Suits Involving NPs and PAs Can Spell Trouble for Supervising Docs Too

Doctors often included even if they didn't see or hear about the patient involved, study finds

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Seven C's That Can Help on Your Next ED Shift

These tips can help overcome the brain's two major design flaws, says psychologist Helena Boschi

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Need to Answer a Routine Question From a Patient? AI Might Come to Your Rescue

Artificial intelligence could lighten our load, if we can figure out how to use it wisely

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Should 'Site Neutrality' Be Used to Set Payments? MedPAC Members Disagree

"I don't think 'site-neutral' is neutral," one commissioner says

Who Should Report Serious Medical Errors? And to Whom?

A startling study reports that many state medical boards are doing a "dangerously lax job"

Treating Systemic 'Moral Injury' in Medicine

On uniting providers, administrators, and patients to find solutions together

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California Misinfo Law Is Dead

Repeal bill also strengthens consumer protections and raises doctors' license fees

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A Promising New Approach to Reducing Burnout and Workforce Depletion

Change a "vicious cycle" to a "virtuous cycle," an expert suggests

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ABIM CEO Retirement Comes Amid Wave of Criticism

Richard Baron, MD, plans to step down as pushback against MOC grows

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Want to Improve the Patient Experience? Let's Start With Discharge Planning.

Endless paper summaries don't cut it, it's time to try something new

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First Dual MD/AI Degree; Mayo's Chief AI Officer; ChatGPT Citations Pass 1K

A monthly roundup of AI innovation and research in healthcare

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States Face Challenges With Medicaid and CHIP 'Redeterminations'

CMS officials flag problem with states' auto-renewal systems

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Two Large Medical Groups Shun Medicare Advantage Plans

San Diego doctor groups latest to withdraw, citing low pay, prior authorization problems

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IG Live September 25: When the Healers Need Healing

Instagram live event will shed light on a silent struggle

The Cost of Corporatized Medicine

Worse outcomes, increased burnout, and higher costs linked to corporate influence

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AI Has an Image Problem in Healthcare, Expert Says

Yes, it needs guardrails, but it also offers big opportunities, notes former Microsoft executive

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Please, Higher-Ups, We Know What to Do. Let Us Do It.

We can improve our practice workflow, if only you'll let us

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The Wrath Toward Contract Management Groups Is Right Where It Needs to Be

Emergency medicine is facing a reckoning

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Stuck in the Sticking Place

If you want primary care doctors to fix what's ailing our patients, give us the resources we need

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Physician Assistants Also Feel Post-Pandemic Burnout

Symptoms had some PAs saying they intended to leave their clinical posts sooner rather than later

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