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Physicians should consider their retirement and plan ahead at all stages of their career

Tips Provided to Help Physicians Plan for Retirement

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Strategies to save for retirement should be adapted through different stages of physicians' careers
The decline in the number of Americans without health insurance stalled in 2016 after five years of progress

CDC: Slowing of Decline in Number of Uninsured Adults

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Uninsured rate was 9 percent in 2016, compared with 9.1 percent in 2015
If certain targets are met

AIDS Epidemic Could End in U.S. by 2025

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Infection rate could be as low as 12,000 people a year by 2025, researchers report
Hospitalized patients 65 and older may face a slightly higher risk of dying within a month of their admittance when treated by an older versus younger physician

Treatment in Hospital by Older Doctors Tied to Higher Mortality

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Older patients' hospital survival slightly higher when physician is younger, researchers say
Health care costs can be reduced

Plan Suggested for Reducing Health Care Costs

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Nine-point plan includes streamlining in billing, reduction in high facility fees, reducing drug costs
Hackers are increasingly targeting hospitals

Hospitals Need to Be Prepared for Ransomware Attacks

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Medical information a vulnerable target for those planning ransomware attacks, doctor warns
Medicaid patients have slightly longer waits at medical appointments than those with private insurance

Outpatient Wait Times Are Longer for Medicaid Recipients

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Researchers suggest lag time might be due to providers having larger caseloads
High-price practices have higher scores on certain measures of care coordination and management

Practice Prices Linked to Some Measures of Care Coordination

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But no differences in overall care ratings, receipt of preventive services, acute care use
Young adults with HIV who get treatment are living longer in North America and Europe

Life Expectancy for HIV+ Patients Up Since Introduction of ART

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Physicians need to focus on encouraging patients to take their drugs consistently
From 2001 to 2010

Postmarket Safety Events for 32 Percent of Novel Therapeutics

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Thirty-two percent of 222 FDA approved novel therapeutics from 2001 to 2010 were affected