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Part of Patient Care is Staying Profitable
There’s providing good patient care, and then there’s operating a successful practice.
Hazards of E-Cigarettes to Children
Do you use e-cigarettes, aka “vape”?
Stem cell treatment halts MS progression in 91% of patients
I hope this treatment for Multiple Sclerosis is as good as it sounds
Read the article in ScienceAlert.com
Best Hospitals in Los Angeles
If you are moving your practice to Southern California – or anywhere in the U.S., you can now view the latest ranking of hospitals by U.S. News. You can drill down by state, city and metropolitan area. Children’s hospitals are ranked separately.
The Guide for Physicians to Stay Independent
If you are considering whether to start or purchase a practice versus the (noxious) possibility of hospital employment, please read this article.
“Although independent physicians often opine that the independent practice is no longer sustainable, recent data from the AMA shows that more than 60 percent of physicians continue to work in practices with ten physicians or fewer and their practice size did not really change all that much between 2012 and 2014.”
Read the original article in Physicians Practice.
Life before the era of antibiotics and the rise of superbugs
Imagine life before the discovery of antibiotics: 9 out of 1,000 women die in childbirth and up to 30% of children die during childbirth.
Read this fascinating article on KevinMD.
21st Century Cures Act passes House of Representatives
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted 344-77 to fund the 21st Century Cures Act. The Act would help speed the development and regulatory approval of new medical treatments.
If passed, there would be an additional $9.3 billion in mandatory funding over the next five years to fund the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and establish a Cures Innovation Fund to support work toward pioneering biomedical research.
Read the original article in ModernHealthcare.