Business of Medicine
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Docs misdiagnose aneurysm and patient dies; must pay $29M; more
“If you just treat people based on what the likelihood is, statistically, you’re going to miss a lot of life-threatening conditions.”
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International rights group calls out United States for allowing hospitals to push millions into debt
About a third of U.S. adults with health care debt owed money for hospitalization.
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New bill would provide greater length of time to sue doctors
Without a statute of limitations, people could bring claims many years after the fact, which makes it harder to obtain and preserve evidence.
Opinion
Protecting your practice data
You may think that your computer vendor is responsible for safeguarding your data, but third parties can only do so much.
Feature
Is ChatGPT a friend or foe of medical publishing?
Experts agree that the use of AI tools is here to stay. “This is going to become a common tool. I don’t think there’s a way out of that at this...
Feature
When could you be sued for AI malpractice? You’re likely using it now
A record that clearly outlines how the physician incorporated the AI is critical if a claim later arises in which the doctor is accused of AI-...
Livin' on the MDedge
The enemy of carcinogenic fumes is my friendly begonia
Also: Driving the gastrointestinal highway and pulling the plug on an unsupervised chatbot.
Commentary
How can we make medical training less ‘toxic’?
“It is not just surgery. It is definitely not just one specialty and it is not just one school. It is an endemic problem in medicine.”
Feature
MDs with chronic illness live in a different medical world
Along with the physically demanding schedule of medical practice, they must cope with what many call a “culture of invincibility” within medicine...
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As Medicaid purge begins, ‘staggering numbers’ of Americans lose coverage
The majority of people who have lost coverage were dropped because of technicalities, such as not completing paperwork, not because state...
Feature
States move to curb insurers’ prior authorization requirements as federal reforms lag
Doctors and patients in several states would get some relief from burdensome prior authorization requirements if reform legislation becomes law....