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<乌鸦传媒>How New Doctors Can Crush Their First Contract

Three strategies to financial success

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<乌鸦传媒>Researchers' Sexual Misconduct; 'Parkinson's on Steroids'; Need Surgery? Pay Upfront

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Medical Residents Are Increasingly Avoiding States With Abortion Restrictions

Some concerned this will exacerbate the shortages of physicians in rural and underserved areas

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<乌鸦传媒>Steward Health Care Is Selling the 30-Plus Hospitals It Operates Nationwide

Massachusetts Attorney General said her office has authority to review any proposed sale

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<乌鸦传媒>Urologist Convicted of Sex Abuse; Doc Accused of Rape; Man Sentenced for HIV Spread

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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<乌鸦传媒>Are Health Workers More Prone to Alcohol-Related Death?

No, and physicians appear to have the lowest risk

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<乌鸦传媒>Pre-Approval Plan Proposed for Medicare Advantage Insurers

"No prior authorization without prior authorization," Senate Budget Committee chair says

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<乌鸦传媒>Sexual Harassment Rampant in Ob/Gyn Field, Despite Majority Female Workforce

Researchers suggest that power dynamics may be more critical than gender

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<乌鸦传媒>100 Million Scripts Came Through Illegal Online Pharmacies Last Year

Figure represents 2% of all U.S. prescriptions, according to IQVIA report

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<乌鸦传媒>The Green Elephant in Medical School Classrooms

Climate change should be weaved into the very fabric of health education

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<乌鸦传媒>As Steward Ship Was Sinking, CEO Bought $40M Yacht

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>Doc Who Said COVID Vax Can Magnetize People Has License Reinstated

Sherri Tenpenny, DO, had her license suspended indefinitely last summer

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<乌鸦传媒>Celebrating Nurses Week: Hats Off to All the RNs

Here are some facts about my invaluable colleagues

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<乌鸦传媒>Hospital Operator Steward Health Care Files for Bankruptcy Protection

Day-to-day operations expected to continue as usual through Chapter 11 process

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<乌鸦传媒>Survey: Virtually All Healthcare Providers Meet Criteria for Nomophobia

Researcher recommends physicians take a "digital detox" on days off

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<乌鸦传媒>Fed Up With Prior Auths? What if Insurers Had to Pay You for Submitting Them?

NYC urologist is seeking approval for a prior authorization CPT code

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<乌鸦传媒>The Plight of the Late-Boomer Physician

Does anyone besides me feel like we got the short end of the financial stick?

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<乌鸦传媒>Cardiologists Float Idea of Unionization Among Ways to Protect Employee Physicians

Even senior physicians are being threatened, according to forum at SCAI

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<乌鸦传媒>We're All Concierge Doctors Now

We've unknowingly accepted all of the responsibilities and expectations, but without any benefits

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<乌鸦传媒>'Evil Personified': Nurse Gets Life Sentence for Murdering Patients With Insulin

17 patients under the care of Heather Pressdee died following excessive doses

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<乌鸦传媒>MedPod Today: Bird Flu Rundown; EMTALA at the Supreme Court; NEJM Embargo Changes

乌鸦传媒 reporters offer further insights into these recently covered topics

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<乌鸦传媒>Halle Berry's Menopause; Orangutan Treats Wound; Most Influential People in Health

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>A Look Inside the Exorbitant Costs of Applying to Residency

The expense creates a barrier to equity and excellence

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<乌鸦传媒>'Psychotic Break' in Doc's Tesla Cliff Crash? Doc Wins $4M in Discrimination Case

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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

<乌鸦传媒>NYC Doc Arrested in Protest; Ozzy Osbourne's Stem Cell Tx; Metformin and COVID

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Kentucky First State to Decriminalize Medical Errors

Legacy of RaDonda Vaught case still looms over nursing profession

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<乌鸦传媒>Intervention Mostly Flops for Health Workers' Well-Being During the Pandemic

Younger workers did gain significant benefit from the peer-to-peer program

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<乌鸦传媒>UnitedHealth CEO Slammed at Senate Hearing on Change Healthcare Cyberattack

"A comprehensive scrub" of company's anti-competitive practices is long overdue, senator says

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<乌鸦传媒>Doc Blows Whistle on Cigna; Longevity Doc Blasted; Fertility Clinic Accidents

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>Clinician Union Sounds Alarm on Working Conditions at Unity Health

Recently-formed union expressed concern about safety and continuity of care for patients

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<乌鸦传媒>CDC: Premature Mortality for Top Causes of Death Higher in Rural Areas

Death rate vs urban areas continues to widen for cancer, heart disease, lung disease, and stroke

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<乌鸦传媒>Medical Mystery Got You Stumped? You May Be Making These Mistakes.

Consider backtracking, rather than zooming out

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<乌鸦传媒>Chinese Scientist Who First Published COVID Sequence Locked Out of Lab

Virologist stages protest: "I won't leave, I won't quit, I am pursuing science and the truth"

<乌鸦传媒>TikTok at Work: Why Some Healthcare Workers Can't Access It

Bans have been prompted by federal and state security concerns

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<乌鸦传媒>Clinicians Not Great at Distinguishing Abstracts Written by Chatbot

Healthcare providers recognized when an AI chatbot wrote an abstract less than half the time

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<乌鸦传媒>FTC Chief Says Tech Advancements Risk Healthcare Price Fixing

Algorithms have ushered in a new era of pricing

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<乌鸦传媒>What I Learned From My Unconventional Career Path in Medicine

Don't be afraid to let your medical career meander

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<乌鸦传媒>Closing Gender-Based Disease Disparities Starts in the Lab

Women must have a seat at the table in deciding what type of research to pursue

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<乌鸦传媒>Dozens of Deaths Show Risks of Injecting Sedatives Into People Restrained by Police

The practice has spread but is built on questionable science

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<乌鸦传媒>CVS Pharmacy Location Becomes the First to Join New National Union

Pharmacists and technicians at CVS stores in Rhode Island have also made moves to unionize

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