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Norovirus Cases Are Up. Here’s How To Protect Against ‘Stomach Flu’

Forbes Healthcare

Outbreaks of the highly contagious "winter vomiting bug" are at their highest recorded level in years in the U.S. Here's how to reduce your chances of catching it.

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Top stories 2024: Payer Scorecard results

Physicians Practice

The verdict is in for how practice's feel about their payers, and it isn't good.

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How To Boost Your Brain Power In The New Year, From A Neurologist

Forbes Healthcare

2025 is officially the year of the brain and following these 5 key strategies will supercharge your brain so you can be the best version of yourself in the years to come.

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Burnout and consolidation: Feelings of frustration may be moderating a bit

Medical Economics

The president of The Physicians Foundation discusses consolidation in health care and how it contributes to burnout.

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By 2040, Over 62.4 Million People In India Might Have Tuberculosis: Study

Forbes Healthcare

While the Indian government had set an ambitious target of making India tuberculosis (TB)-free by 2025, a new study says the ground realities might be extremely bleak.

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Burnout and consolidation: Physician burnout is not abating

Medical Economics

The president of The Physicians Foundation discusses consolidation in health care and how it contributes to burnout.

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Burnout and consolidation: Smaller, independent practices are gone, and so is joy of being a doctor

Medical Economics

The president of The Physicians Foundation discusses consolidation in health care and how it contributes to burnout.

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Mystery Disease In Congo Caused By Acute Respiratory Infections, Says WHO

Forbes Healthcare

New report by WHO states that mystery disease affecting Kwango Province in the Congo probably caused by respiratory viruses exacerbated by malaria, malnutrition.

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Best of 2024: Physician politicians: Why doctors choose to serve -- and how you can too

Medical Economics

Understanding the process of campaigning and why more doctors need to get involved in politics.

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Future Fellows Reflect on “The Match”

Sensible Medicine

During my years in medicine, I’ve been privileged to give advice to undergrads, medical students, residents, fellows, and junior faculty as they consider future positions. I have heard myself dispense two pieces of pith again and again: “At some point, you’ll stop going to the ‘best place’ you get into. You just have to decide if this is that point.” “Ten years from now, the program you end up at will seem like it was destined to be your program.”

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Private equity investment can help independent doctors, health care quality, AIMPA says

Medical Economics

There are different types of PE involvement in health care, and not all are bad, says group of independent practitioners.

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PMI Shorts #7 - Dave Jakielo on Time Management

Practice Management Institute

An Interview with David Womack, Jan Hailey, and Dave Jakielo David Womack: Another episode of the PMI Shorts. There you go. Today, Jan and I are joined by Dave Jakielo. Any of you that are part of the PMI family have probably known Dave from working with us in the past. Dave's actually talked at several of our conferences and been a part of the PMI family now for a number of yearsI won't say exactly what number, Dave.

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Burnout and consolidation: Incentives for health systems to grow

Medical Economics

The president of The Physicians Foundation discusses consolidation in health care and how it contributes to burnout.

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Yes, the US should withdraw from the World Health Organization

Sensible Medicine

Last week, Reuters reported that Trump plans on US withdrawal from the World Health Organization as soon as he takes office. Let me be clear: this is a good thing. The WHO repeatedly failed during the covid pandemic. Moreover, these errors are not just in retrospect, there were specific scientific studies that they could have coordinated that they chose not to.

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