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May 2019 Briefing – Family Practice

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Family Practice for May 2019. This roundup includes the...

May 2019 Briefing – Internal Medicine

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Internal Medicine for May 2019. This roundup includes the...
Providing assistance for physician impairment and rehabilitation is addressed in a position statement issued by the American College of Physicians and published online June 4 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

ACP Issues Position on Response to Physician Impairment

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Rehabilitated doctors should be reintegrated into practice as long as patient safety not compromised
The U.S. pathologist workforce decreased in both absolute and population-adjusted numbers from 2007 to 2017

2007 to 2017 Saw Decline in Number of U.S. Pathologists

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At the same time, the cancer-related diagnostic workload rose 42 percent per pathologist
High costs are associated with physician turnover and reduced clinical hours attributed to burnout

High Costs Associated With Physician Burnout in U.S.

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Nationally, about $4.6 billion in costs are related to physician turnover, reduced clinical hours
There is minimal variation in readmission rates among primary care providers

Readmission Rates Vary Little Among Primary Care Doctors

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One of 4,230 PCPs had readmission rate that was significantly above the mean
Health professionals are generally supportive of medicinal cannabis use but report a lack of knowledge about its use

Health Professionals Supportive of Medicinal Cannabis

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However, across medicine, pharmacy, and nursing, providers need more information
In 2018

2018 Saw More Employed Physicians Than Self-Employed

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Proportion of physicians working in practices wholly owned by physicians dropped to 54 percent in 2018
Cardio-oncology is an emerging discipline and subspecialty in response to the rapidly growing number of patients with comorbid cardiovascular disease and cancer and the complexity of these conditions

Cardio-Oncology Services Growing in Number and Demand

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Need for subspecialists increased due to more cancer survivors, aging population

April 2019 Briefing – Family Practice

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Family Practice for April 2019. This roundup includes the...