Oct 08, 2021

According to a study from the leading recruitment firm Jackson Physician Research, 54% of physicians say that COVID-19 prompted them to change careers. In that group, 50% plan to switch employers, 21%...

Oct 04, 2021

The latest installment of the #PWChat series focused on communicating about complex, pandemic-related issues with the public. Below are the highlights from the chat. You can read the full transcr...

Sep 30, 2021

In a recent article for The Associated Press, “US hospitals hit with nurse staffing crisis amid COVID,” it’s stated that the COVID-19 pandemic has created a nurse staffing crisis that is forcing...

Sep 30, 2021

Up To Us recently partnered with INTRVL, the data science team that discovered the Red Mirage last fall, to determine reasons for vaccine hesitancy and resistance down to a county level. If you're int...

Sep 28, 2021

During the COVID-19 public health emergency, the federal government has encouraged healthcare providers to use telehealth to see patients via virtual appointments. Of course, potential uses of telehea...

Sep 27, 2021

In a recent International Compensation Report, earnings for physicians in the US, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, and Italy were compared. The report focused on salary, job satisfaction, d...

Sep 17, 2021

Medical practices and hospitals, like so many other businesses, are now using platforms such as Zoom and Google Meet to screen potential job candidates. With a fourth pandemic wave rising before us, t...

Sep 16, 2021

With COVID-19’s appearance, healthcare’s financial footing has been losing grip, frequently leading to frightening and harmful outcomes for physicians. A California Medical Association survey foun...

Sep 16, 2021

The pandemic has forced everyone into a new normal. Medical practices perhaps more than any other business, have had to adjust their practices with an unprecedented regard for safety and due diligence...

Sep 14, 2021

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, many telehealth providers had already designed systems that could be integrated with leading EHR platforms to allow patient information to pass easily from one interface ...

Sep 14, 2021

The AMA recently published the 2022 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set. Knowledge of the changes is important to ensure accurate billing of outpatient and office procedures, as medical co...

Sep 14, 2021

Mismatch between federal and state data early in the pandemic to blame Federal data from the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) understated total Covid-19 cases and deaths in nursi...

Sep 13, 2021

It is well known that the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted physician compensation across many specialties, especially as many physicians’ offices temporarily closed and nonurgent care an...

Sep 13, 2021

’We have the tools, we just need to finish the job’ As Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to spike, President Joseph R. Biden unveiled a new plan to combat the pandemic that now...

Sep 13, 2021

Findings add to evidence indicating safety of Covid-19 during pregnancy Further analysis of data from the CDC’s v-safe Covid-19 vaccine pregnancy registry team showed no increased risk for firs...

Sep 10, 2021

Older adults were highly protected, CDC analysis found The real-world efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines for preventing hospitalization and death has been shown in study after study, and now new research ...

Sep 02, 2021

The latest installment of the #PWChat series centered the latest impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare professionals. Below are the highlights from the chat. You can read the full transc...

Sep 01, 2021

Almost 70% of US physicians now work as employees of a hospital, health system, or private corporation, a 12% increase from before the COVID-19 pandemic. This finding from a June 2021 Avalere Health r...

Sep 01, 2021

States that lifted eviction bans earliest had higher hazard, study finds Lifting Covid-19-related eviction moratoriums may have contributed to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the rising Covid-...

Aug 31, 2021

By September 15, 2021, 15.5% of US counties are anticipated to experience hospital workforce staffing strains because of COVID-19 hospitalizations, with an estimated 320 counties needing to implement ...