When my father was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, I made him a promise. I told him I would not let him die in a hospital. I knew what dying in a hospital looked like. The fluorescent lights. The strangers in scrubs. The machines making noise at 3 a.m.
The preliminary cause of death for Sen. Lindsey Graham has focused attention on aortic dissection, a rare but often fatal condition that can resemble other medical emergencies.
Among Millennial physicians, 42% reported their happiness has remained the same over the past three years, compared to 46% of earlier generations. However, physicians older than 40 reported their overall happiness had worsened.
Under fire from MD or DO anesthesiologists who claim their job title is being misappropriated, the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) has withdrawn applications to register trademarks for two variations on its name.
Electrophysiology is one of the fastest-growing subspecialties across the nation, hospital leaders said, thanks to a number of factors that are changing the field. Electrophysiology is a unique specialty within cardiology due to how many areas of patient care it addresses.
Physicians would receive a 1.68% pay cut -- or a 1.19% pay cut for those participating in advanced alternative payment models -- in 2027 under the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule released Tuesday by the Trump administration. The proposal also includes a provision to sunset in 2029 the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), which rewards physicians for improvements on certain quality measures, and move clinicians "toward more clinically meaningful specialty-focused MIPS Value Pathways," CMS said in a press release.
When Goldsboro, N.C.-based Southeastern Medical Oncology Center recruits a new physician, it no longer leads with a single number. That wasn’t always the case, said Nagesh Jayaram, MD, who has spent most of his 14-year career at the independent practice, which partnered with Nashville, Tenn.-based OneOncology about a year and a half ago while keeping its own business operations intact.
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