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Pandemic Foreshadows Crisis in Mental Health Services Grassroots initiatives are addressing shortcomings in psychiatry. But Dr Jeffrey Lieberman argues that we need top-down change.
Medscape Psychiatry, March 25, 2020
The Business Case for Hiring a Nurse Practitioner How might hiring a nurse practitioner affect your practice's bottom line?
Medscape Business of Medicine, March 24, 2020

Who Are Those Clinicians? ICUs Look to PAs, NPs
Medscape Critical Care, March 23, 2020
Emergency Rule: How to Bill for Telehealth and COVID-19 Tests
Medscape Business of Medicine, March 20, 2020
Doctors and Dark Money: A Bad Prescription for Health Reform
Medscape Business of Medicine, March 6, 2020
So Wrong That Trump Is Blocking the Gate to Coronavirus Info, Says Ethicist
Medscape Business of Medicine, February 28, 2020

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Greece Suggests EU Buy Patent Rights for Vaccines and Coronavirus Tests - FAZ Greece has suggested EU member states jointly buy patent rights for vaccines against COVID-19 and rapid tests under development to help ensure that if they are effective they are quickly distributed to those in need across the bloc.
Reuters Health Information, April 7, 2020
Ibrutinib Interruption Tied to Worse Outcomes in CLL In a retrospective analysis, patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) treated with ibrutinib had worse outcomes if the dosing was interrupted for any reason.
Medscape Medical News, April 1, 2020

Call for Social Media to 'Rewrite' Neurosurgery's Gender Imbalance
Medscape Medical News, March 31, 2020
ASRS Guidance on Managing COVID-19 Risk in Retinal Procedures
Medscape Medical News, March 30, 2020
Pharmacies Set Policies to Stop U.S. Hoarding of Potential Coronavirus Treatments
Reuters Health Information, March 26, 2020
Gilead Asks FDA to Revoke Orphan Drug Status for Potential Coronavirus Drug
Reuters Health Information, March 26, 2020

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CVS Ramps Up Drive-Through Coronavirus Testing Sites With Faster Kits
Reuters Health Information, April 7, 2020
Pressed by Trump, US Pushed Unproven Coronavirus Treatment Guidance
Reuters Health Information, April 7, 2020
Canada's Largest Province Says US Blocked Delivery of 3 Mln Masks
Reuters Health Information, April 7, 2020
CMS to Front Medicare Payments to Physicians for 3 Months
Medscape Medical News, March 30, 2020
Under Coronavirus Strain, U.S. Doctors Decry Shortages of Medicine, Equipment
Reuters Health Information, March 30, 2020

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