Nurse Practitioners News

• MOA 2020 'Dr Pimple Popper' Shares Her Social Media Tips The way Sandra Lee, MD, sees it, establishing a presence on Instagram, Twitter, and other social media channels may not float your boat, but its potential influence deserves your attention.
  Medscape Medical News, October 09, 2020
• California Joins Movement to Give NPs Practice Autonomy The California Medical Association and the American Medical Association strongly oppose the new law, saying it will lead to a two-tiered system of care; up to 30 states now have similar statutes.
  Medscape Medical News, October 02, 2020
• Nonphysicians May Optimize Heart Failure Drugs Remotely Remote optimization of drugs for heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction could support implementation of guideline-directed medical therapy, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, September 22, 2020
• Pandemic-Led Changes in Healthcare Delivery Will Last: Experts Panelists at a Mayo Clinic forum argue that patient demand, hospital needs, and economics will drive growth in telehealth, remote monitoring, and hospital at home.
  Medscape Medical News, September 04, 2020
• Sent Home to Die Before they died, about two dozen patients first sought care at a hospital, which then discharged them, in many cases sending them home to die with hospice care. All were Black.
  ProPublica, September 03, 2020
• Long-Fought Nurse Practitioner Independence Bill Heads to Newsom "Where we are with the pandemic and the craziness of the world today, it highlights why there's a need for this," said Andrew Acosta. "The doctor shortage isn't going away anytime soon."
  Kaiser Health News, September 01, 2020
• Georgia Officials Knew of Shortage of PPE for Health Workers According to public data on the Georgia Department of Public Health's website, at least 80 Georgia health care workers have died from COVID-19, including after the state reopened its economy.
  Kaiser Health News, August 19, 2020
• Diversity, Not Test Scores, Equals Quality in Medicine A recent paper arguing against affirmative action is further evidence that medicine needs to get its house in order to become a force for good in the fight against racism, says Quinn Capers IV, MD.
  Medscape Medical News, August 17, 2020
• Who Is Tracking Health Care Workers Lost to COVID-19? Anesthesiologist Claire Rezba instinctively started tracking lost health workers. Researchers and industry professionals say the lack of official data is 'scandalous' and is putting lives in danger.
  ProPublica, August 04, 2020
• Addiction Specialist Charged in $681 Million Treatment Fraud Case The Florida addiction medicine specialist used unnecessary urine tests as a linchpin in a scheme to defraud Medicare and private insurers, the federal government alleges.
  Medscape Medical News, August 03, 2020
• Patients Usually Understand and Agree With Physicians' Notes Nearly all patients understood their physicians' notes and agreed with them, a study found.
  Medscape Medical News, July 17, 2020
• Palliative Team Helps Clarify COVID-19 Patients' Care Goals An emergency department-based palliative-care program can help clarify treatment goals for COVID-19 patients and their families, according to new findings.
  Reuters Health Information, July 16, 2020
• Urologists Pivot to COVID-19, but Struggle With the Aftermath When the call went out for volunteers to help with the crush of COVID-19 patients in March in New York, the urology department stepped up to help.
  Medscape Medical News, July 16, 2020
• COVID-19 Update: Intubation Boxes, Patients Refusing Masks The coronavirus stories Medscape's editors around the globe think you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, July 10, 2020
• Bringing Andrology -- and Male Infertility -- Out of the Shadows Infertility can have a profound emotional impact on men. Why aren't more medical and mental health treatments available?
  Undark, July 02, 2020
• Nurses' Lawsuit Claims 'Fabricated' COVID-19 Tests at Georgia Hospital A group of nurses at Landmark hospital have accused their CEO of a COVID-19 cover-up involving the improper collection of test samples to reduce positive tests of the virus and downplay its spread.
  Georgia Health News, June 22, 2020
• How Rich Investors, Not Doctors, Profit From Marking Up ER Bills TeamHealth, a medical staffing firm owned by private-equity giant Blackstone, charges multiples more than the cost of ER care. The money left over after covering costs goes to the company, not the doctors.
  ProPublica, June 12, 2020
• Mother and Daughter Graduate Med School, Match Together Cynthia Kudji and her daughter, Jasmine, got their MDs within weeks of each other. Theirs is a story of dreams deferred — and a future in residency together where they hope to make a difference.
  Medscape Medical News, June 11, 2020
• ASCO 2020 'Hospital at Home' Cuts ED Visits and Costs for Cancer Patients An oncology hospital-at-home model was associated with a reduction in hospitalizations, ED visits, and costs.
  Medscape Medical News, June 11, 2020
• Excess Risks of Hypertension Greatest With Younger Age at Onset Although their lifetime cardiovascular disease risk is considerably higher, younger people with hypertension tend to overlook its health hazards.
  Medscape Medical News, June 08, 2020