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<乌鸦传媒 class='mpt-top_cat_title_description'>News, opinions and meeting coverage in hospital-based medicine.

A photo of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

<乌鸦传媒>U.S. News Releases 'Best Hospitals' Rankings Amid Changes

This year's Honor Roll no longer includes numerical rankings

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<乌鸦传媒>For-Profit Virginia Nursing School Shuts Doors Abruptly

Broken mannequins, fired janitors, grade inflation all signaled a sinking ship

A photo of a mature female physician comforting her mature male patient.

<乌鸦传媒>Could AI Cause Burnout in Medicine?

Some concern that new technology could be more of a problem than a solution

A photo of Stuart Bloom performing in How to Avoid Burnout in 73 Minutes

<乌鸦传媒>Oncologist Turns Burnout Into a Musical

Writing musicals is a "way to get back in touch with why we all went into medicine"

A photo of a tired looking female with her hand on her head sitting on stairs in a hospital.

<乌鸦传媒>Female Physicians Often Face Infertility, Delays in Childbearing, Surveys Show

Two new studies illustrate how time-intensive, stressful training changes family building

A photo of a tired-looking female healthcare worker taking a break in a hospital hallway.

<乌鸦传媒>How Much Anguish Must Residents Experience?

Residency programs must work to improve physicians' mental well-being

Photo of Loma Linda University Medical Center.

<乌鸦传媒>Loma Linda Residents Vote to Unionize, but Still Face Pushback

Medical center says it "will not be bargaining" with union as it continues "legal objections"

A photo of a man wearing headphones and reading a magazine in an infusion clinic.

<乌鸦传媒>Insulin Infusion Clinics Claim to Treat Just About Anything

But evidence is scant, and "treatment" resembles one done by company that went bust

<乌鸦传媒>APP Is Latest Physician Staffing Firm to Fold

It follows Envision, and physicians consider further consequences of difficult market

A photo of a young male physician rubbing his eyes in an examination room.

<乌鸦传媒>AI Won't Replace Doctors. But It May Help With Burnout.

Technology can help keep clinicians in the workforce

A photo of a young woman wearing headphones on an airplane adjusting the window shade.

<乌鸦传媒>'Strike Nurse' or 'Scab'? Nurse Faces Backlash After 'Day-in-the-Life' Video

Resounding criticism of nurse crossing picket line reflects larger workplace issues

<乌鸦传媒>TeamHealth Emergency Docs, Nurses in Detroit Vote to Unionize

31 counted ballots were all in favor of unionization

A photo of a senior man threatening a female nurse with a crutch.

<乌鸦传媒>I Didn't Sign Up for Violence When I Became a Nurse

Caregivers must have the support they need to feel safe at the bedside

A close up photo of a hospital patients interlocked hands and IV port taped to their wrist.

<乌鸦传媒>Machine Learning Model Accurately Identifies High-Risk Surgical Patients

New tool more accurate than existing risk calculator

AHNS over a photo of the Montreal Convention Center in Quebec, Canada.

<乌鸦传媒>Positive Surgical Margins More Likely Among Black Men With Oral Cancer

Post-operative treatment, long-term survival may be affected

AHNS over a photo of the Montreal Convention Center in Quebec, Canada.

<乌鸦传媒>Oral Cancer Patients Face Worse Outcomes With Delayed Radiation Therapy

Failure to initiate adjuvant radiation therapy within 6 weeks tied to survival rates

A photo of a senior male ophthalmologist examining the eyes of a little girl.

<乌鸦传媒>Retirement Projections Suggest Looming Pediatric Eye Doc Shortage

Compounded by fewer residents and higher retirement rates

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<乌鸦传媒>Stepping Into the Unknown: Reflections of an Intern

Six things I wish I did better when starting residency

A photo of a group of medical residents around a patient鈥檚 bed.

<乌鸦传媒>Dear New Residents, Medicine Is a Hard and Beautiful Gift

Welcome to the adventure

A photo of a senior man in a hospital bed wearing a high flow nasal cannula.

<乌鸦传媒>Economical Epoprostenol Good Enough After Major Cardiac Surgery

Randomized trial compared two inhaled pulmonary vasodilators

A photo of two mature female physicians and a male nurse walking down a hospital hallway.

<乌鸦传媒>Who's Afraid of Physician-Owned Hospitals?

It's high time to lift the restrictions

<乌鸦传媒>A Call to Unionize Healthcare Workers

Eric Reinhart, MD, on tearing down "exploitative labor practices" in the U.S. healthcare industry

A photo of a frowning woman eating a meal in her hospital bed.

<乌鸦传媒>Hospital Food 'Not Fit for a Dog'

After receiving that feedback, we knew it was time for a change

A photo of a mature woman working on a laptop late at night.

<乌鸦传媒>What's the Matter With For-Profit Nursing Programs?

Promise of a flexible nursing degree is sometimes too good to be true

A photo of Madonna in the press room at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards

<乌鸦传媒>Madonna's ICU Stay May Have Been Due to Sepsis

Despite being life-threatening, sepsis can be easy to miss

A photo of a male patient and surgeons in the operating room

<乌鸦传媒>ASA: Hold GLP-1 Agonists Before Elective Surgery

Or else run the risk of aspirating under anesthesia due to delayed gastric emptying

A scanning electron micrograph of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria.

<乌鸦传媒>New Guidance to Stem the Tide of MRSA Spread in Hospitals

Detecting asymptomatic infections and decolonization among new recommendations

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Biden Put on CPAP; Madonna in ICU; Mandatory Masks Back at Boston Hospital

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>CDC Director Post Will Require Senate Confirmation Starting in 2025

Change will increase the position's status but also has its downsides, experts say

A computer rendering of a variety of differently colored COVID viruses.

<乌鸦传媒>What Do We Know About the EU.1.1 COVID Variant?

It's a descendant of XBB.1.5, but it "isn't setting off any red flags for me," expert says

A photo of an OUTPATIENT sign on a hospital building.

<乌鸦传媒>Should Hospitals Get Paid More Than Physician Practices for the Same Service?

Yes, because of their higher costs, said speakers at a hospital association event

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<乌鸦传媒>Penn Medicine Pulls Out of U.S. News Hospital Rankings

The health system announced its decision after this year's medical school exodus

A photo of microbes inside the bladder.

<乌鸦传媒>Shorter Antibiotic Course Not as Effective for Children With UTIs

But despite more treatment failure, short-course therapy suggested as a "reasonable option"

A photo of a male nurse checking a patient鈥檚 IV medication in a hospital intensive care unit

<乌鸦传媒>Clinicians Aren't Always to Blame for Medical Errors

Organizational culture plays a central role in patient safety

A photo of a nurse comforting her patient during childbirth.

<乌鸦传媒>Maternal Outcomes at Rural Hospitals Hinge on Delivery Volume

Excess severe maternal morbidity in lower-volume rural hospitals

A photo of the controls of a ventilator.

<乌鸦传媒>Ventilator Settings Linked to Success of Catheter Ablation for Afib

Low tidal volumes associated with improved 12-month clinical outcomes

A photo a helicopter flying over a children鈥檚 hospital.

<乌鸦传媒>U.S. News Releases 'Best Children's Hospitals' Amid Ongoing Criticism

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu questioned the outlet's financial relationships this week

<乌鸦传媒>What's Changed Since HCA's Takeover of Mission Health?

Panelists raise concerns about profits over patients, explore legislative solutions

A photo of an intubated male patient in the intensive care unit.

<乌鸦传媒>Sepsis Outcomes No Different With Prolonged Beta-Lactam Antibiotic

Death and drug resistance unchanged no matter the duration of treatment

A photo of a frustrated looking male physician at his desk.

<乌鸦传媒>How Excessively Regulating Doctors Can Harm Patients

Rethinking maintenance of certification

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