During Super Bowl week and on the big day, this New Orleans health system will use cutting-edge tech to help fans get the medical attention they need. With the buzz building ahead of Super Bowl LIX in ...

Twenty-seven. That’s how many potential sources of error can falsely raise or lower a patient’s blood pressure reading. Eight of these potential errors involve ...

This AMA FAQ helps medical students get off to a strong start by answering some of their most common questions. From an M1’s white-coat ceremony though graduation day several years later, medical ...

Eighty-four percent of all state Medicaid plans now cover (PDF) home or self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) monitoring devices. But 25 of those states go beyond covering home BP monitors to also ...

Physicians often spend their days doing the wrong work for their patients. Under the prevalent care-delivery model, physicians are required to do both “solution shop” work—solving unstructured ...

If you are pondering a major change in geography for physician residency, consider this expert advice on how to balance location preferences and future goals. The residency-application process is all ...

What are top stressors for doctors? How common is physician burnout? What are the most stressful medical specialties? Is administrative burden in health care fixable? Christine Sinsky, MD, a general ...

Vaccines save millions of lives each year. Two infectious diseases physicians discuss the key role they should play for the loved ones in your family. Immunizations have prevented countless cases of ...

Taking vacations and paid time off (PTO) are key restorative activities in the general population. The same can be said for physicians. But the problem is many physicians think of PTO as “pretend time ...

As many health systems and organizations work on advancing value-based care to prioritize patient outcomes and cost efficiency, a new tool has emerged as a partner: augmented intelligence (AI), often ...

What’s the news: A bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives—233—has signed onto a letter that urges House leadership to “expeditiously pass legislative fixes” that stop a “harmful” 2.8% ...

Don’t be afraid to talk with patients 65 or older about safer sex practices. Vaccination options also can help prevent STIs. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for adults 65 or older have more ...