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Confronting bias against obese patients

■ Medical educators are starting to raise awareness about how weight-related stigma can impair patient-physician communication and the treatment of obesity.

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Diabetes prevention: Set on a course for lifestyle change

■ The YMCA's evidence-based program is helping prediabetic patients eat right, get active and lose weight.

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Physician liability: Your team, your legal risk

■ When health care team members drop the ball, it's often doctors who end up in court. How can physicians improve such care and avoid risks?

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Primary care case study: Quality at every step

■ From the first phone call to the care plan, primary care doctors at one health system are reimagining patient-centered care.

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Redesigning the patient experience for safer care

■ Implementing processes that improve how patients feel about the care they receive can have another upshot: better quality outcomes.

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Illustration by Mario Zucca / www.mariozucca.com

5 reasons to fire your attorney

■ Positive physician and lawyer relations are key to a successful case resolution. But when does an attorney's behavior cross the line?

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� American Medical News ceases publication after 55-year run - Sept. 2
� Confronting bias against obese patients - Sept. 2
� Column: Doctors need delicate touch when children are over-scheduled - Sept. 2
� Resident work-hour limits don’t increase patient mortality - Sept. 2
� Conflict-of-interest scorecard expands to teaching hospitals - Aug. 28
� Study details how primary care diagnoses get delayed - Aug. 26
� Liability fears drive doctors to defensive medicine, study reaffirms - Aug. 21
� Small doctor groups using IPAs to deliver care management - Aug. 19
� Patients improve test compliance by considering health impact - Aug. 19
� Leapfrog unveils way to gauge cost of medical errors - Aug. 19
� Care for back pain often out of sync with medical guidelines - Aug. 14
� Diabetes prevention: Set on a course for lifestyle change - Aug. 12
� Doctor-assisted suicide laws pose hospice care dilemmas - Aug. 12
� Quality initiative nets modest drop in readmissions - Aug. 5
� Buddy programs link med students, Alzheimer’s patients - Aug. 5
� Vaccine opt-outs higher in states where exemptions are easier - July 31
� Physician liability: Your team, your legal risk - July 29
� Column: How medical care teams can keep patients at the center of their work - July 29
� More hospitals earn good grades for LGBT-friendly policies - July 29
� Better patient safety is goal of confidential EHR error reports - July 24
� Patient location and condition signal odds of drug compliance - July 22
� Column: Elder abuse claim adds new liability risk for doctors - July 22
� Checklist helps staff properly disinfect dialysis centers - July 22
� Primary care shortfall could be worse than predicted - July 17
� Medical liability: Missed follow-ups a potent trigger of lawsuits - July 15

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� Medical liability reform quick to trigger legal challenges - July 15
� Palliative care's role grows in solving end-of-life conflicts - July 15
� New pain management CME addresses opioid complexities - July 10
� Patients average only C+ on drug compliance - July 8
� Court gives hospital narrow win on peer review - July 8
� Emergency department relief? Keep doctor offices open late - July 8
� Marked decline in Medicare patients who spend final days in hospital - July 3
� Primary care case study: Quality at every step - July 1
� Facebook grapples with rules for patients seeking organ donors - July 1
� Column: When a patient shuns care, doctor checklist includes compromise - July 1
� Med school grants aim to strengthen geriatric care - June 26
� Redesigning the patient experience for safer care - June 24
� Column: Ruling slows out-of-network doctors’ fight for fair pay - June 24
� Flu shot mandate yields results without scaring off health workers - June 24
� Study tallies cost of growing reliance on emergency care - June 19
� Payout limits upheld for birth-related brain injuries - June 17
� Ruling jeopardizes authority of state medical boards - June 17
� Mentoring project aims to increase minorities in medicine - June 12
� Tort reform challenge threatens medical liability premiums - June 10
� 3 more states require photo ID proof of medical credentials - June 10
� 5 reasons to fire your attorney - June 10
� Research uncovers formula for enhancing informed consent - June 5
� Clinical guidelines often not so precise when it comes to cost - June 3
� Serious work put into making primary care fun again - June 3
� Column: Doctors have duty to examine ads that will use their names - June 3
� State takes first-ever path to approve assisted suicide - May 29
� Multimillion-dollar verdict for doctor hailed as victory against insurer tactic - May 27
� Cancer prevention: Jolie's choice creates patient demand for tests - May 27
� A time to apply lessons learned - May 27
� Federal action sought to curtail drug noncompliance - May 22
� VA tries quality improvement approach to medical ethics - May 20
� Unwanted price to hospitalists’ growth -- more liability suits - May 20
� Column: Learn when it’s safe for doctors to say they’re sorry - May 20
� Medical ethics language doesn’t stick with students - May 15
� Pediatricians offer newborn care standards for home births - May 13
� Qualifications of medical expert witnesses come under fire - May 13
� Patient safety push boosts flu shots among hospital workers - May 13
� Doctors often miss nonmedical clues in patient visits - May 8
� Diagnostic errors are lead cause of medical liability payouts - May 6
� Doctors strike back at EHR vendor with class-action suit - May 6
� Column: Caregivers have boundaries when speaking for patients - May 6
� Doctors warned on traveling to practice in Emirates - May 1
� Doctors troubled by FTC's role in scope-of-practice issues - April 29
� Calming a hospital culture clash - April 29
� AMA targets 2 diseases to improve outcomes in multiyear initiative - April 29
� Joint Commission alerts hospitals to “alarm fatigue” - April 24
� Column: Staff slipups on patient privacy can get doctors sued - April 22
� Med schools improve grades on cutting links to pharma - April 22
� Cancer center goes public with assisted-suicide protocol - April 22
� Emergency doctors promote patient handoff checklist - April 17
� Top 10 ways to improve patient safety now - April 15
� Hospitals teach being “conversation-ready” for end-of-life care - April 15
� Insurers spend little from premiums on quality improvement - April 10
� Column: Should flu shots for health professionals be required? - April 8
� Cardiac treatment improves after taking page from Toyota playbook - April 8
� Residents doubt work-hour limits benefit patient safety - April 8
� Court upholds same-specialty expert witness requirement - April 3
� Quality effort yields big drop in death rate at hospitals - April 1
� Is your EHR ready for the ADA? - April 1
� Hospitals found lacking in patient satisfaction efforts - March 27
� Primary care's Match Day rebound still comes up short - March 25
� Doctor-pharma ties defended on eve of pay reporting mandate - March 25
� Column: Medical charting errors can drive patient liability suits - March 25
� 2 state court rulings rebuff challenges on liability caps - March 20
� Warning sounded on demoralized health care work force - March 18
� How to talk about hospice care - March 18
� New app gives readers access across entire JAMA Network - March 18
� Column: ACA limits what happens after patient guns discussion - March 11
� Primary care time squeeze explains errors in diagnosis - March 11
� Personality fit trumps finances in medical specialty choice - March 11
� 2 cases test power of medical staff bylaws claims - March 6
� Campaign to fight unneeded tests targets “more is better” mindset - March 4
� Physician liability: When an overdose brings a lawsuit - March 4
� Drawing the line on racially motivated patient demands - March 4
� Toolkit offers new ideas for preventing hospital falls - Feb. 26
� Column: When to consider suing an insurer for underpayment - Feb. 25
� Black men increasingly hard to find in medical schools - Feb. 25
� Ways EHRs can lead to unintended safety problems - Feb. 25
� Harm of hospital “July effect” further cast into doubt - Feb. 19
� Pharma gift bans for budding doctors have long-term impact - Feb. 18
� Motivating patients to make wise choices - Feb. 18
� Patient respect drops when doctors diagnose with computer - Feb. 12
� Do missing mental health notes undermine EHRs? - Feb. 11
� Column: Conversation skills key when treating truculent teens - Feb. 11
� Physicians entangled in tainted drugs lawsuits - Feb. 11
� EHRs: “Sloppy and paste” endures despite patient safety risk - Feb. 4
� New tort reform law a “tremendous win” for doctors - Feb. 4
� How doctors can spot patients likely to sue - Feb. 4
� Column: Firing hinges on employed doctor's medical judgment - Feb. 4
� Disparities in care for blacks linked to segregation, unconscious bias - Jan. 28
� AMA pledges millions to jump-start innovation in medical education - Jan. 28
� Medical boards keep wary eye on doctors' social media posts - Jan. 28
� Unresolved liability suits cast long shadow over physicians - Jan. 23
� Surgical errors: In ORs, “never events” occur 80 times a week - Jan. 21
� Death certificates present final medical complication - Jan. 21
� New GME model strives to keep doctors in underserved areas - Jan. 21
� VA finds shorter stays don't lead to readmissions - Jan. 16
� Column: Chronic pain medicines should come with behavioral pacts - Jan. 14
� EHR-related errors soar but few harm patients - Jan. 14
� Stem cell research center needs overhaul, IOM panel says - Jan. 8
� Using mindfulness to soothe physician stress - Jan. 7
� Pairing checklists with teamwork improves patient outcomes - Jan. 7

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Research uncovers formula for enhancing informed consent

Research uncovers formula for enhancing informed consent

■ Combining several comprehension-aiding techniques yields documents that are vastly superior to traditional forms, but legal fears still impede changes that could improve patient understanding.

Cancer prevention: Jolie's choice creates patient demand for tests

Cancer prevention: Jolie's choice creates patient demand for tests

■ The actress's story is connecting with women concerned about breast cancer risks. Primary care doctors must be ready for their questions.

A time to apply lessons learned

A time to apply lessons learned

■ As AMA president, Ardis Dee Hoven, MD, says she will listen to physicians' concerns and help pave the way for new payment and delivery of care models.

VA tries quality improvement approach to medical ethics

VA tries quality improvement approach to medical ethics

■ Tools to evaluate how health care facilities perform ethically are in their infancy. The VA Health Care System hopes others can benefit from its experience.

Calming a hospital culture clash

Calming a hospital culture clash

■ Bridging communication gaps between medical staffs and hospitals can prevent unnecessary lawsuits.

Top 10 ways to improve patient safety now

Top 10 ways to improve patient safety now

■ A comprehensive evidence review narrows the field of targets to prevent harm. These are things hospitals should be doing to protect patients.

Is your EHR ready for the ADA?

Is your EHR ready for the ADA?

■ Physicians risk lawsuits if they fail to make electronic resources accessible to disabled patients.

Primary care's Match Day rebound still comes up short

Primary care's Match Day rebound still comes up short

■ A 5% increase in medical school seniors choosing primary care residencies will make little headway in the predicted shortage of 46,100 such doctors by 2020.

How to talk about hospice care

How to talk about hospice care

■ The discussions are trying for everyone involved. But there are concrete strategies to make these end-of-life care talks go more smoothly.

Physician liability: When an overdose brings a lawsuit

Physician liability: When an overdose brings a lawsuit

■ Doctors often face blame after injuries and deaths by prescription drugs. But taking proactive steps can help spot risky situations and reduce liability.

Motivating patients to make wise choices

Motivating patients to make wise choices

■ Patients are often the biggest obstacle to their own health. Physicians are exploring new communication techniques to help patients make lasting changes.

Physicians entangled in tainted drugs lawsuits

Physicians entangled in tainted drugs lawsuits

■ Doctors often are sued after medical product disasters, such as a recent meningitis outbreak linked to a compounding pharmacy. How can they reduce their risks?

How doctors can spot patients likely to sue

How doctors can spot patients likely to sue

■ Knowing what types of patients are more lawsuit prone can help reduce physicians' liability risks.

AMA pledges millions to jump-start innovation in medical education

AMA pledges millions to jump-start innovation in medical education

■ Applicants will compete for funds in an initiative aimed at transforming undergraduate medical education.

Death certificates present final medical complication

Death certificates present final medical complication

■ Signing the documents can pose challenges for physicians in determining the cause of death. Inaccuracies can have widespread consequences.

Using mindfulness to soothe physician stress

Using mindfulness to soothe physician stress

■ Doctors find relief from burnout symptoms in relaxation techniques designed to keep them focused on factors they control, such as patient communication.

Adopted children greeted by doctors who specialize in their needs

Adopted children greeted by doctors who specialize in their needs

■ Physicians specializing in adoption medicine are experienced at identifying and helping to care for the unique medical, mental and developmental needs of adoptees.

Patient satisfaction: When a doctor�s judgment risks a poor rating

Patient satisfaction: When a doctor�s judgment risks a poor rating

■ Patients sometimes demand inappropriate care. Saying no could lead to unhappy patients, bad survey scores and even financial penalties. Some doctors see an ethical conundrum.

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� CMS mulls how to unseal Medicare doctor pay data - Aug. 19
� Court bars collecting fees beyond Medicaid pay - Aug. 16
� Brief: Appellate court blocks ban on supersized sodas - Aug. 12
� Groundwork laid for lawsuits over deaths from tainted steroids - Aug. 12
� EHR transition causes its own headaches - Aug. 5
� High court gene patent ruling doesn’t end legal battles - July 29
� Physician liability: Your team, your legal risk - July 29
� Landmark medical liability cap survives court challenge - July 22
� Medical credit card agreement requires interest rate transparency - July 16
� Physicians ensnared by litigation over pain pump complications - July 15
� Court gives hospital narrow win on peer review - July 8
� Connected Coverage: A high-impact year for doctors at the high court - July 8
� Brief: Patient can’t sue generic drugmaker over labeling — high court - July 8
� Brief: Judge indicates birth control mandate violates religious freedom - July 8
� How high court bias rulings will affect medical workplace suits - July 8
� Medicine scores several U.S. Supreme Court wins - July 1
� Column: An unwarranted antitrust risk for state medical boards - July 1
� Brief: High court rules HIV funding ban unconstitutional - July 1
� Genes safe from patents, but industry finds hope in ruling - June 24
� Drug pay-for-delay deals declared fair game for FTC lawsuits - June 24
� Column: Ruling slows out-of-network doctors’ fight for fair pay - June 24
� High court defines when physicians can unite against insurers - June 24
� Payout limits upheld for birth-related brain injuries - June 17
� Brief: Doctor denied more damages from medical association - June 17
� Brief: White House drops appeal on Plan B contraceptive access - June 17
� Will Medicare pay disclosure ruling be last straw for doctors? - June 17
� Ruling jeopardizes authority of state medical boards - June 17
� Appeals court OKs Medicaid pay cuts on eve of expansion - June 10
� Tort reform challenge threatens medical liability premiums - June 10
� 5 reasons to fire your attorney - June 10
� Brief: Embattled Dr. Karabus returns home safely to South Africa - June 3
� Court upholds local medical marijuana bans on dispensaries - June 3
� Appeals court to decide if Plan B can be sold to all ages - May 27
� Multimillion-dollar verdict for doctor hailed as victory against insurer tactic - May 27
� Unwanted price to hospitalists’ growth -- more liability suits - May 20
� Column: Learn when it’s safe for doctors to say they’re sorry - May 20
� Qualifications of medical expert witnesses come under fire - May 13
� Doctors strike back at EHR vendor with class-action suit - May 6
� Doctors warned on traveling to practice in Emirates - May 1
� Doctors troubled by FTC's role in scope-of-practice issues - April 29
� Brief: High court refuses to consider graphic cigarette warnings - April 29
� Medicare ban on gender reassignment surgeries challenged - April 29
� Calming a hospital culture clash - April 29
� Brief: Doctor wins in expert witness case against medical society - April 29
� Column: The dangers inherent in gene patents - April 29
� Freestanding emergency department growth creates backlash - April 29
� Column: Staff slipups on patient privacy can get doctors sued - April 22
� Ruling redefines state take of medical liability awards - April 22
� Brief: States try to restrict which doctors can do abortions - April 22
� Brief: Court orders morning-after pill available to all - April 15
� Connected Coverage: Serving the medical needs of LGBT patients - April 8
� Strictest anti-abortion laws in U.S. face court challenge - April 5
� Court upholds same-specialty expert witness requirement - April 3
� Working poor lose round in Medicaid court fight - April 1
� Is your EHR ready for the ADA? - April 1
� High court briefed on health impact of same-sex marriage ruling - March 25
� 2 state court rulings rebuff challenges on liability caps - March 20
� Doctors may lose potent legal tactic against insurers - March 18
� Column: Serving as legal champion for the medical profession - March 18
� Brief: Drug company to pay $45 million for misbranding AIDS drug - March 18
� Brief: Court blocks law banning Planned Parenthood funding - March 11
� 5 steps for employed physicians to resolve contract disputes - March 11
� 2 cases test power of medical staff bylaws claims - March 6
� High court ruling opens hospital mergers to more scrutiny - March 4
� Column: A voice for medicine before the nation’s high court - March 4
� Brief: Judges to decide whether pot dispensaries can be banned - March 4
� Physician liability: When an overdose brings a lawsuit - March 4
� Drawing the line on racially motivated patient demands - March 4
� Column: When to consider suing an insurer for underpayment - Feb. 25
� Physicians entangled in tainted drugs lawsuits - Feb. 11
� AMA urges Supreme Court to ban pay-for-delay deals - Feb. 11
� Brief: FDA will not seek Supreme Court review in off-label promotion case - Feb. 11
� Brief: High court to review HIV funding ban - Feb. 4
� Supreme Court closes door on late appeals of Medicare underpayments - Feb. 4
� How doctors can spot patients likely to sue - Feb. 4
� Column: Firing hinges on employed doctor's medical judgment - Feb. 4
� Connected Coverage: Flu complications go beyond illness - Jan. 28
� Fetal endangerment ruling could criminalize prescribing - Jan. 28
� Brief: Judge bars prompt-pay law at insurers’ request - Jan. 28
� Unresolved liability suits cast long shadow over physicians - Jan. 23
� Legal showdown over gay conversion therapy waged in 2 states - Jan. 21
� Brief: Court denies Planned Parenthood state funding - Jan. 21
� Brief: Supreme Court won’t hear stem cell funding suit - Jan. 14
� First state flu shot mandate at center of legal battle - Jan. 14

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Education

� Resident work-hour limits don’t increase patient mortality - Sept. 2
� Brief: New online portal for residents focuses on safety, quality care - Sept. 2
� Confronting bias against obese patients - Sept. 2
� Conflict-of-interest scorecard expands to teaching hospitals - Aug. 28
� Bill to empower nurse practitioners divides professional organizations - Aug. 26
� Buddy programs link med students, Alzheimer’s patients - Aug. 5
� IMGs: Linchpin to the future of U.S. health care - July 29
� Brief: Shorter shifts mean big cuts in interns' operating experience - July 22
� Primary care shortfall could be worse than predicted - July 17
� Letter: Seminars provide needed career advice for life after residency - July 15
� New pain management CME addresses opioid complexities - July 10
� Brief: Burnout, depression common among anesthesiology residents - July 8
� Physicians get many job overtures and should brace for more - July 8
� Column: What residents can show attendings about online search - July 1
� Brief: Study pinpoints primary care physician shortages - July 1
� News How med schools will spend innovation grants - July 1
� Boom predicted for retail clinics after years-long lull - July 1
� Med school grants aim to strengthen geriatric care - June 26
� Hospital jobs turning into a doctors’ market - June 24
� Brief: A third of med students show bias against obese patients - June 17
� News AMA meeting opens with recap of year of promoting changes in health care - June 15
� News 11 medical schools earn AMA grants for education innovation - June 15
� Mentoring project aims to increase minorities in medicine - June 12
� Brief: Pressured medical residents produce faulty death certificates - June 3
� Doctors find gift of health IT comes with a dose of reality - June 3
� Brief: Medical society seeks solutions to physician shortage - May 27
� Medical ethics language doesn’t stick with students - May 15
� Brief: Med schools on track to hit 30% enrollment growth target - May 13
� 2014 predicted to mark faster decline in primary care access - May 6
� Interns spend little time with patients - May 6
� Immigration bill aims to ease doctor shortage - April 29
� Med schools improve grades on cutting links to pharma - April 22
� Brief: Fill rate for 2013 Match hits new high - April 15
� Connected Coverage: Serving the medical needs of LGBT patients - April 8
� Residents doubt work-hour limits benefit patient safety - April 8
� Brief: Doctor shortage leads to greater use of PAs and NPs as temps - April 1
� Brief: AMA picks finalists for $10 million medical education initiative - April 1
� Primary care's Match Day rebound still comes up short - March 25
� Column: Medical schools signal readiness for revolution - March 18
� Brief: Pharma gifts to med students and residents still common - March 11
� Personality fit trumps finances in medical specialty choice - March 11
� Brief: Study forecasts state physician shortage in 2014 - March 4
� Brief: AMA medical education grant initiative garners huge response - March 4
� Black men increasingly hard to find in medical schools - Feb. 25
� Brief: ACA starts repaying some medical student loans for primary care - Feb. 25
� Harm of hospital “July effect” further cast into doubt - Feb. 19
� Pharma gift bans for budding doctors have long-term impact - Feb. 18
� Brief: House approves $1.7 billion children’s hospital GME bill - Feb. 18
� Column: AMA medical education grants: an idea whose time has come - Feb. 18
� Medical students urge Congress to preserve GME - Feb. 15
� Connected Coverage: The making of the modern physician - Feb. 11
� Lawmakers warned primary care can't absorb ACA expansions - Feb. 11
� Column: Uncap GME funding to break a dangerous training bottleneck - Feb. 4
� Brief: Residency shuffle makes no dent in primary care shortages - Jan. 28
� AMA pledges millions to jump-start innovation in medical education - Jan. 28
� New GME model strives to keep doctors in underserved areas - Jan. 21
� Economists outline strategy to counter primary care shortage - Jan. 18
� Using mindfulness to soothe physician stress - Jan. 7

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Ethics

� Column: Doctors need delicate touch when children are over-scheduled - Sept. 2
� Conflict-of-interest scorecard expands to teaching hospitals - Aug. 28
� Do physician social media guidelines need updating? - Aug. 27
� Doctor-assisted suicide laws pose hospice care dilemmas - Aug. 12
� Judge puts hold on strictest abortion law to date - Aug. 5
� Column: How medical care teams can keep patients at the center of their work - July 29
� Brief: Injunction bars hospital admitting privilege requirement for abortions - July 22
� Palliative care's role grows in solving end-of-life conflicts - July 15
� Brief: JAMA changes editorial policy on trial-data analysis - July 15
� Brief: NIH will retire most research chimpanzees - July 8
� Marked decline in Medicare patients who spend final days in hospital - July 3
� News Low morale a problem at every physician career stage - July 1
� Column: When a patient shuns care, doctor checklist includes compromise - July 1
� Column: Health reform puts doctors' professionalism on the line - July 1
� Brief: Doctor denied more damages from medical association - June 17
� Brief: Dialysis patients, doctors often out of sync on prognosis - June 10
� Research uncovers formula for enhancing informed consent - June 5
� Column: Doctors have duty to examine ads that will use their names - June 3
� State takes first-ever path to approve assisted suicide - May 29
� Brief: Cloning method yields embryonic stem cells - May 27
� Column: Improvements needed for reports on industry gifts to doctors - May 27
� VA tries quality improvement approach to medical ethics - May 20
� Brief: Slight drop reported in pharma pay to doctors - May 20
� Brief: Guidelines for end-of-life care get update - May 20
� Medical ethics language doesn’t stick with students - May 15
� Pentagon warned against use of physicians in forced feeding - May 13
� AMA: Drug company gift reports need physician comments - May 6
� Column: Caregivers have boundaries when speaking for patients - May 6
� Brief: Doctor wins in expert witness case against medical society - April 29
� Med schools improve grades on cutting links to pharma - April 22
� Cancer center goes public with assisted-suicide protocol - April 22
� Brief: States try to restrict which doctors can do abortions - April 22
� Brief: AMA online seminar to cover Sunshine Act’s impact on doctors - April 22
� Hospitals teach being “conversation-ready” for end-of-life care - April 15
� Column: Should flu shots for health professionals be required? - April 8
� Strictest anti-abortion laws in U.S. face court challenge - April 5
� Court upholds same-specialty expert witness requirement - April 3
� Brief: Ban on abortions after 12 weeks becomes law - March 25
� Doctor-pharma ties defended on eve of pay reporting mandate - March 25
� Brief: 2 in 3 patients who get CT scans aren’t told about risks - March 18
� How to talk about hospice care - March 18
� Brief: Court blocks law banning Planned Parenthood funding - March 11
� Brief: Pharma gifts to med students and residents still common - March 11
� Drawing the line on racially motivated patient demands - March 4
� Pharma gift bans for budding doctors have long-term impact - Feb. 18
� Aggressive care faulted for delayed moves to hospice - Feb. 18
� Column: Conversation skills key when treating truculent teens - Feb. 11
� Public can see pharma payments to doctors starting in 2014 - Feb. 11
� Brief: White House contraceptive coverage plan faces opposition - Feb. 11
� Fetal endangerment ruling could criminalize prescribing - Jan. 28
� Medical boards keep wary eye on doctors' social media posts - Jan. 28
� Legal showdown over gay conversion therapy waged in 2 states - Jan. 21
� Brief: Court denies Planned Parenthood state funding - Jan. 21
� Column: Chronic pain medicines should come with behavioral pacts - Jan. 14
� Brief: Supreme Court won’t hear stem cell funding suit - Jan. 14
� Brief: Emails prompt doctors to note patients’ end-of-life choices - Jan. 14
� Stem cell research center needs overhaul, IOM panel says - Jan. 8

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Professional regulation

� Bill to empower nurse practitioners divides professional organizations - Aug. 26
� Brief: Injunction bars hospital admitting privilege requirement for abortions - July 22
� Brief: JAMA changes editorial policy on trial-data analysis - July 15
� Medicare Physician Compare website undergoes overhaul - July 8
� Court gives hospital narrow win on peer review - July 8
� Connected Coverage: A high-impact year for doctors at the high court - July 8
� News Study to gauge impact of recertification process on doctors - July 1
� Column: An unwarranted antitrust risk for state medical boards - July 1
� News Pharmacists warned on intruding into prescribing decisions - July 1
� Ruling jeopardizes authority of state medical boards - June 17
� 3 more states require photo ID proof of medical credentials - June 10
� Brief: Doctors and NPs sharply divided over scope of practice - May 27
� Column: Hospital bylaws can trip up employed physicians - May 13
� Doctors troubled by FTC's role in scope-of-practice issues - April 29
� Calming a hospital culture clash - April 29
� Column: An advocate for patients and physicians, state by state - April 15
� Unseen and online: What are the limits for patient care? - April 8
� 2 cases test power of medical staff bylaws claims - March 6
� Letter: AANP president: Editorial presented outdated view of care delivery - Feb. 4
� Medical boards keep wary eye on doctors' social media posts - Jan. 28
� Column: Much must happen for team-based care to succeed - Jan. 21
� Economists outline strategy to counter primary care shortage - Jan. 18
� Column: Health care teams must be led by physicians - Jan. 7

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Slide show: Peer support helps prevent diabetes

■ The YMCA’s diabetes prevention program teaches patients healthier eating and exercise habits to shed pounds. A big part of the learning process comes from sharing the experience with other program participants.

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Slide show: Step-by-step guide to quality care

■ Wisconsin’s ThedaCare health system is committed to integrating new ideas for patient-centered care into all of its 22 primary care clinics.

Liability

� Liability fears drive doctors to defensive medicine, study reaffirms - Aug. 21
� Data breach insurance goes mainstream in health care - Aug. 19
� Groundwork laid for lawsuits over deaths from tainted steroids - Aug. 12
� Connected Coverage: 3 noteworthy drivers of lawsuits against physicians - Aug. 5
� Physician liability: Your team, your legal risk - July 29
� Landmark medical liability cap survives court challenge - July 22
� Column: Elder abuse claim adds new liability risk for doctors - July 22
� Medical liability reform quick to trigger legal challenges - July 15
� Medical liability: Missed follow-ups a potent trigger of lawsuits - July 15
� Payout limits upheld for birth-related brain injuries - June 17
� Brief: Doctor denied more damages from medical association - June 17
� Column: Health reform medical liability shield a model of good sense - June 10
� Tort reform challenge threatens medical liability premiums - June 10
� 5 reasons to fire your attorney - June 10
� Letter: Liability protection would ensure Medicare and Medicaid access - May 27
� Unwanted price to hospitalists’ growth -- more liability suits - May 20
� Column: Learn when it’s safe for doctors to say they’re sorry - May 20
� Letter: When liability rests on guidelines, care is needed in defining terms - May 13
� Qualifications of medical expert witnesses come under fire - May 13
� Diagnostic errors are lead cause of medical liability payouts - May 6
� Brief: Doctor wins in expert witness case against medical society - April 29
� Ruling redefines state take of medical liability awards - April 22
� Doctors win first safe harbor against ACA use in liability suits - April 15
� Column: An advocate for patients and physicians, state by state - April 15
� Court upholds same-specialty expert witness requirement - April 3
� Column: Medical charting errors can drive patient liability suits - March 25
� 2 state court rulings rebuff challenges on liability caps - March 20
� Physician liability: When an overdose brings a lawsuit - March 4
� Physicians entangled in tainted drugs lawsuits - Feb. 11
� New tort reform law a “tremendous win” for doctors - Feb. 4
� How doctors can spot patients likely to sue - Feb. 4
� Unresolved liability suits cast long shadow over physicians - Jan. 23
� Surgical errors: In ORs, “never events” occur 80 times a week - Jan. 21

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Medical profession

� Confronting bias against obese patients - Sept. 2
� Writing your way to a bigger physician brand - Sept. 2
� Bill to empower nurse practitioners divides professional organizations - Aug. 26
� Study details how primary care diagnoses get delayed - Aug. 26
� Column: Leadership roles allow physicians to make a difference - Aug. 12
� Some primary care doctors still lack 2013 Medicaid pay boost - Aug. 12
� IMGs: Linchpin to the future of U.S. health care - July 29
� Brief: Drug-use data aid emergency doctors with opioid prescribing - July 22
� Primary care shortfall could be worse than predicted - July 17
� Will House follow Senate on physician immigration reform? - July 15
� Brief: Burnout, depression common among anesthesiology residents - July 8
� Primary care case study: Quality at every step - July 1
� Brief: Study pinpoints primary care physician shortages - July 1
� News Low morale a problem at every physician career stage - July 1
� Hospital jobs turning into a doctors’ market - June 24
� Independence comes at price many doctors still willing to pay - June 24
� Mentoring project aims to increase minorities in medicine - June 12
� Column: How to help medical practice staff avoid burnout - June 10
� Serious work put into making primary care fun again - June 3
� Column: Doctors have duty to examine ads that will use their names - June 3
� AMA stands for much more than just one leader - May 27
� VA tries quality improvement approach to medical ethics - May 20
� Column: Reflections on ourselves, our patients, our profession - May 13
� Infectious diseases weigh on primary care (ACP annual meeting) - May 13
� Pentagon warned against use of physicians in forced feeding - May 13
� Immigration bill aims to ease doctor shortage - April 29
� Emergency doctors promote patient handoff checklist - April 17
� Brief: Foundation gives $1.5 million to physician leadership programs - April 8
� Overweight doctors lose credibility on health advice - April 1
� Primary care access a key to health disparities among counties - April 1
� Primary care's Match Day rebound still comes up short - March 25
� Connected Coverage: The prevalence and impact of physician stress - March 25
� Warning sounded on demoralized health care work force - March 18
� Medicine remembers legacy of C. Everett Koop, MD - March 11
� Connected Coverage: Race and medicine: the struggle to improve care for African-Americans - March 11
� Brief: Follow-up contact means more satisfied ED patients - March 11
� Primary care still waiting on ACA Medicaid pay raise - March 11
� Column: Deal with physician impairment before it's a safety risk - March 11
� Letter: Choose wisely where to slow down to relieve your stress - March 4
� How much can a rural doctor do? Ask Neil Nelson, MD - Feb. 25
� Black men increasingly hard to find in medical schools - Feb. 25
� AMA details plan for cutting hospital readmissions - Feb. 18
� Lawmakers warned primary care can't absorb ACA expansions - Feb. 11
� Brief: AMA honors 5 doctors for charity care in U.S. and abroad - Feb. 4
� Brief: Union membership declines among health care professionals - Feb. 4
� Letter: ED a safety net that patients should understand better - Jan. 21
� Death certificates present final medical complication - Jan. 21
� Using mindfulness to soothe physician stress - Jan. 7
� New physician faces in Congress - Jan. 7
� Column: Your health is important for you and your patients - Jan. 7

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Organized medicine

� AMA readies campaign for Medicare SGR repeal - Sept. 2
� American Medical News ceases publication after 55-year run - Sept. 2
� Column: Goodbye - Sept. 2
� Era of excellence in health journalism draws to a close - Sept. 2
� Do physician social media guidelines need updating? - Aug. 27
� Organized medicine groups line up against proposed Stark law changes - Aug. 26
� Doctors shortchanged by insurers’ shift to credit card payments - Aug. 26
� Medicare sticks to clock-watching on hospital observation policy - Aug. 19
� Diabetes prevention: Set on a course for lifestyle change - Aug. 12
� Column: Spotlighting 5 medical treatments that may be overused - Aug. 12
� Column: Leadership roles allow physicians to make a difference - Aug. 12
� Medicare SGR reform bill passes key House committee - Aug. 12
� AMA pushes for more accurate Medicare Physician Compare - Aug. 5
� AMA-convened expert panel benefits Medicare - Aug. 5
� Doctors, hospitals unite to improve meaningful use stage 2 - Aug. 5
� Column: A multipronged approach to opioid safety - July 29
� IMGs: Linchpin to the future of U.S. health care - July 29
� Landmark medical liability cap survives court challenge - July 22
� Brief: Injunction bars hospital admitting privilege requirement for abortions - July 22
� Victories against childhood obesity, but harder to find among poor - July 19
� Column: The power of organized medicine makes a difference - July 15
� Column: AMA takes aim at type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease - July 15
� Will House follow Senate on physician immigration reform? - July 15
� New pain management CME addresses opioid complexities - July 10
� Programs deliver success for overweight, diabetic patients - July 8
� Medicare Physician Compare website undergoes overhaul - July 8
� News Study to gauge impact of recertification process on doctors - July 1
� Medicine scores several U.S. Supreme Court wins - July 1
� Column: An unwarranted antitrust risk for state medical boards - July 1
� News What’s next now that the AMA has declared obesity a disease? - July 1
� News Leaders speak to efforts on behalf of patients and physicians - July 1
� News Doctors seek payment models to replace Medicare SGR - July 1
� News Call for tougher rules to stop misleading medical device ads - July 1
� News Pharmacists warned on intruding into prescribing decisions - July 1
� News Guidance offered on effective EHR use - July 1
� News Federal payment sought for Medicaid organ transplants - July 1
� News More oversight seen as needed for compounding pharmacies - July 1
� News Low morale a problem at every physician career stage - July 1
� News Insurer report card points to patient collection hassles - July 1
� News How med schools will spend innovation grants - July 1
� Column: Health reform puts doctors' professionalism on the line - July 1
� Genes safe from patents, but industry finds hope in ruling - June 24
� Drug pay-for-delay deals declared fair game for FTC lawsuits - June 24
� Medicare advisers critical of both SGR and hospital pay - June 24
� Doctor safe harbor on free hospital EHRs nears expiration - June 24
� High court defines when physicians can unite against insurers - June 24
� States get creative to meet Medicaid specialty care shortfall - June 21
� Payout limits upheld for birth-related brain injuries - June 17
� Brief: Doctor denied more damages from medical association - June 17
� Will Medicare pay disclosure ruling be last straw for doctors? - June 17
� Ruling jeopardizes authority of state medical boards - June 17
� A forum for the nation's physicians - June 16
� News AMA meeting opens with recap of year of promoting changes in health care - June 15
� News 11 medical schools earn AMA grants for education innovation - June 15
� Brief: Organized medicine seeks info on Medicaid primary care pay boost - June 10
� 3 more states require photo ID proof of medical credentials - June 10
� How well do physicians know the ACA? - June 10
� GOP at odds with public in South over Medicaid expansion - June 7
� Serious work put into making primary care fun again - June 3
� Major medical organizations join CDC's anti-tobacco campaign - May 31
� Brief: Medical society seeks solutions to physician shortage - May 27
� Column: Improvements needed for reports on industry gifts to doctors - May 27
� Physicians sound an urgent call to retool stage 2 EHR program - May 27
� The toll of Medicare's unfunded mandates - May 27
� A time to apply lessons learned - May 27
� AMA stands for much more than just one leader - May 27
� House hearing focuses on quality’s role in SGR reform - May 20
� States wade into disclosure rules on biosimilars - May 17
� Brief: No Medicare cuts from IPAB in 2015 - May 13
� Brief: House bill would stop ICD-10 mandate - May 13
� Letter: When liability rests on guidelines, care is needed in defining terms - May 13
� Column: Reflections on ourselves, our patients, our profession - May 13
� Infectious diseases weigh on primary care (ACP annual meeting) - May 13
� CMS: Do EHRs lead to upcoding? - May 13
� Pediatricians offer newborn care standards for home births - May 13
� Qualifications of medical expert witnesses come under fire - May 13
� PSA screening not advised for most men 54 and younger - May 13
� Brief: Sharp rise predicted in heart failure cases, costs - May 6
� AMA: Drug company gift reports need physician comments - May 6
� Medicare incentives seen as crucial to coordinated EHRs - May 6
� Doctors warned on traveling to practice in Emirates - May 1
� Doctors troubled by FTC's role in scope-of-practice issues - April 29
� Brief: Doctor wins in expert witness case against medical society - April 29
� AMA targets 2 diseases to improve outcomes in multiyear initiative - April 29
� Private practice's future in a changing time for medicine - April 29
� Column: The dangers inherent in gene patents - April 29
� House SGR reform authors receive physician feedback - April 26
� Brief: AMA online seminar to cover Sunshine Act’s impact on doctors - April 22
� Column: AMA stays on course in our turbulent times - April 15
� Doctors win first safe harbor against ACA use in liability suits - April 15
� House GOP floats new details of SGR reform plan - April 15
� Column: An advocate for patients and physicians, state by state - April 15
� Brief: Physician organizations get grants to reduce unneeded tests - April 15
� Brief: AMA reaffirms support for Medicare private contracting - April 15
� Brief: Foundation gives $1.5 million to physician leadership programs - April 8
� Brief: AMA picks finalists for $10 million medical education initiative - April 1
� Column: Tools for physicians to reduce hospital readmissions - April 1
� Column: Renewed focus on mental health comes at the right time - April 1
� AMA pushes for better insurance exchange networks - March 29
� High court briefed on health impact of same-sex marriage ruling - March 25
� Doctors may lose potent legal tactic against insurers - March 18
� Column: Medical schools signal readiness for revolution - March 18
� Brief: House bill aims to keep doctors in Medicare quality groups - March 18
� New app gives readers access across entire JAMA Network - March 18
� Column: Serving as legal champion for the medical profession - March 18
� AMA, McKesson partner on molecular pathology coding project - March 11
� Brief: Abandon Medicare fee for service, commission says - March 11
� 2 cases test power of medical staff bylaws claims - March 6
� High court ruling opens hospital mergers to more scrutiny - March 4
� CMS: No more delays with move to ICD-10 - March 4
� Column: A voice for medicine before the nation’s high court - March 4
� Brief: AMA medical education grant initiative garners huge response - March 4
� Column: Help for physicians facing an evolving health care system - March 4
� Patient experience is next measurement in value-based care - March 4
� 2% Medicare pay cut set under sequestration - March 1
� Federal rules eased for opioid addiction treatment drug - Feb. 25
� AMA details plan for cutting hospital readmissions - Feb. 18
� Medicare SGR repeal price tag plummets - Feb. 18
� Column: Fast could lead to furious over EHR meaningful use - Feb. 18
� Column: AMA medical education grants: an idea whose time has come - Feb. 18
� Medical students urge Congress to preserve GME - Feb. 15
� Connected Coverage: The making of the modern physician - Feb. 11
� Medical societies back assault weapons ban - Feb. 11
� AMA urges Supreme Court to ban pay-for-delay deals - Feb. 11
� Lawmakers warned primary care can't absorb ACA expansions - Feb. 11
� Summit focuses on alternatives to Medicare pay system - Feb. 11
� Column: Uncap GME funding to break a dangerous training bottleneck - Feb. 4
� Brief: AMA honors 5 doctors for charity care in U.S. and abroad - Feb. 4
� Column: It's well past time to eliminate health care disparities - Feb. 4
� ACA multistate plans must not fly under regulatory radar, AMA says - Jan. 29
� Brief: Judge bars prompt-pay law at insurers’ request - Jan. 28
� Proposed meaningful use stage 3 criticized as hasty and too strict - Jan. 28
� Doctors warned on combat link to military suicide risk - Jan. 28
� AMA pledges millions to jump-start innovation in medical education - Jan. 28
� Column: How physicians can get paid for care coordination - Jan. 21
� Brief: CMS names latest round of Medicare ACOs - Jan. 21
� Medicare quality reporting penalty expected to strike most physicians - Jan. 21
� Doctors gain small foothold in CO-OP insurance before funding stops - Jan. 21
� Column: Help on avoiding opioid prescribing pitfalls - Jan. 21
� Column: Much must happen for team-based care to succeed - Jan. 21
� Brief: AMA calls for doctor input on health exchange quality - Jan. 14
� Doctors say how ACA drug benefits can be strengthened - Jan. 7
� Column: Your health is important for you and your patients - Jan. 7
� Medicare pay reprieve in place; next threat is 2% cut in March - Jan. 7
� Organized medicine urges CMS to halt ICD-10 switch - Jan. 7
� Medicare doctor pay freeze until 2014 — 26.5% cut averted - Jan. 2

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Patient care

� Many women don’t believe their breast cancer risk numbers - Sept. 2
� Access, waiting times put crimp on patient experience - Sept. 2
� Confronting bias against obese patients - Sept. 2
� Column: Doctors need delicate touch when children are over-scheduled - Sept. 2
� Men in high-deductible health plans put off serious care - Aug. 26
� Study details how primary care diagnoses get delayed - Aug. 26
� Liability fears drive doctors to defensive medicine, study reaffirms - Aug. 21
� Patient access to physician EHRs helps build loyalty - Aug. 20
� Connected Coverage: Start of fall sports means watching out for concussions - Aug. 19
� Column: How physicians can ensure context in the medical record - Aug. 19
� Patients improve test compliance by considering health impact - Aug. 19
� Childhood obesity declines in 18 states - Aug. 19
� Care for back pain often out of sync with medical guidelines - Aug. 14
� Mobile telemedicine clinics treat low-income children - Aug. 13
� Diabetes prevention: Set on a course for lifestyle change - Aug. 12
� Column: Spotlighting 5 medical treatments that may be overused - Aug. 12
� Brief: Doctors sometimes overprescribe strongest antibiotics - Aug. 12
� Brief: Electronic health tool aims to improve personalized care - Aug. 12
� Doctors get higher scores from patients more involved in care - Aug. 12
� Doctor-assisted suicide laws pose hospice care dilemmas - Aug. 12
� Tool prioritizes guidance from the Preventive Services Task Force - Aug. 12
� Retail clinic convenience charms new audience: parents - Aug. 12
� Brief: Health care-associated infections cost $45 billion annually - Aug. 5
� Brief: Illicit drug use rising among pregnant women - Aug. 5
� Elderly with anemia have increased risk of dementia - Aug. 5
� Brief: HPV vaccine coverage remains low in girls - Aug. 5
� Brief: House panel approves HIV organ donor research bill - Aug. 5
� Quality initiative nets modest drop in readmissions - Aug. 5
� Buddy programs link med students, Alzheimer’s patients - Aug. 5
� FDA turns harsh light on menthol cigarettes to snuff them out - Aug. 5
� Judge puts hold on strictest abortion law to date - Aug. 5
� For some post-op care, a phone call may be all that's needed - Aug. 5
� Vaccine opt-outs higher in states where exemptions are easier - July 31
� States align to make it easier for doctors to communicate after disasters - July 30
� Column: How medical care teams can keep patients at the center of their work - July 29
� Brief: Majority of parents don’t know lifetime CT scan cancer risks - July 29
� Brief: 4.3 million opioid prescriptions go to “doctor shoppers” - July 29
� Column: A multipronged approach to opioid safety - July 29
� Medicare pioneer ACOs save money but lose physicians - July 29
� More brain injury awareness needed to curb concussions, CDC says - July 29
� Elevated blood pressure an increasing problem for children, teens - July 29
� Column: Portals give patients a handy window to their health information - July 22
� Brief: Standards set for ACA exchange enrollment navigators - July 22
� Column: Elder abuse claim adds new liability risk for doctors - July 22
� Americans exercising more, but obesity rates keep rising - July 22
� Doctors who skip social media risk alienating patients - July 22
� Patient location and condition signal odds of drug compliance - July 22
� Checklist helps staff properly disinfect dialysis centers - July 22
� Brief: Drug-use data aid emergency doctors with opioid prescribing - July 22
� Men say doctors often don't give in-depth advice on PSA test - July 22
� Medical credit card agreement requires interest rate transparency - July 16
� Physicians find solutions in the face of disaster - July 15
� Brief: Many doctors not discussing ACA with their patients - July 15
� Brief: Care transition program nets big drop in readmissions - July 15
� Parents’ smoking habits can be curbed at child patient visits - July 15
� Brief: Guidelines on cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccines not followed - July 15
� Patient interest strong in app use to manage care - July 15
� Brief: Every age group thinks their generation is the healthiest - July 15
� Medical liability: Missed follow-ups a potent trigger of lawsuits - July 15
� Palliative care's role grows in solving end-of-life conflicts - July 15
� Hospitals see alignment with doctors as boon to patient care - July 15
� New pain management CME addresses opioid complexities - July 10
� Patients average only C+ on drug compliance - July 8
� Brief: Judge indicates birth control mandate violates religious freedom - July 8
� Emergency department relief? Keep doctor offices open late - July 8
� Marked decline in Medicare patients who spend final days in hospital - July 3
� Primary care case study: Quality at every step - July 1
� Brief: Medication misuse, noncompliance exceed $200 billion - July 1
� Facebook grapples with rules for patients seeking organ donors - July 1
� Letter: For at-risk patients, breast cancer genetic test gives vital information - July 1
� CDC gives more evidence to sway the reluctant on HPV vaccine - July 1
� Brief: Variation in ED imaging rates not dependent on physician training - July 1
� News Federal payment sought for Medicaid organ transplants - July 1
� Column: When a patient shuns care, doctor checklist includes compromise - July 1
� Redesigning the patient experience for safer care - June 24
� Hypoglycemia raises dementia risk in older diabetics - June 24
� Brief: Poll: Doctor’s advice key to clinical trial participation - June 24
� Brief: A benefit for volunteers: a lower risk of hypertension - June 24
� Project tallies lifetime radiation from health scans - June 24
� Doctors urged to use 5-question tool to screen for frailty - June 17
� Brief: Recovery time twice as long for youths with past concussions - June 17
� Brief: A third of med students show bias against obese patients - June 17
� Brief: White House drops appeal on Plan B contraceptive access - June 17
� Rising COPD rates in women contradict disease perceptions - June 17
� Cancer patients want cost discussion, but fear initiating it - June 10
� Brief: Dialysis patients, doctors often out of sync on prognosis - June 10
� Opioid abuse crackdown puts heroin back in style - June 10
� Smoking fades in teen movies to leave new vice: alcohol - June 10
� Brief: Prostate cancer treatment delayed longer for blacks than whites - June 10
� Brief: EHRs seen as vital to strategy for medication compliance - June 10
� Clinical guidelines often not so precise when it comes to cost - June 3
� Bad encounters may prompt obese patients to doctor-shop - June 3
� Brief: More time in gym class cuts likelihood of obesity - June 3
� Brief: Better compliance with heart failure drugs saved Medicare $2.3 billion - June 3
� Serious work put into making primary care fun again - June 3
� Appeals court to decide if Plan B can be sold to all ages - May 27
� Brief: Nearly 1 in 5 youths has a mental health condition - May 27
� Cancer prevention: Jolie's choice creates patient demand for tests - May 27
� Study details which exercises fight depression - May 27
� Federal action sought to curtail drug noncompliance - May 22
� Paper-only prescribers become a vanishing breed - May 21
� Column: Mobile a likely key to more patient portal use - May 20
� House hearing focuses on quality’s role in SGR reform - May 20
� Brief: Guidelines for end-of-life care get update - May 20
� Brief: Prevention campaign offers doctors tools to fight obesity - May 20
� New HIV guidelines make screening even more routine - May 20
� Pfizer fights Viagra counterfeiters with prescription website - May 20
� Column: Many medical practices not ADA accessible despite incentives - May 13
� Brief: HPV protection may require fewer shots - May 13
� What’s missing from many health apps — medical expertise - May 13
� Infectious diseases weigh on primary care (ACP annual meeting) - May 13
� ACA expected to test patient loyalty to physicians - May 13
� Pediatricians offer newborn care standards for home births - May 13
� PSA screening not advised for most men 54 and younger - May 13
� Doctors often miss nonmedical clues in patient visits - May 8
� Data-based public health research hinges on patient support - May 6
� Mammogram numbers steady despite advice to cut frequency - May 6
� Doctors' dual role in foodborne illness: healer and reporter - May 6
� Column: Caregivers have boundaries when speaking for patients - May 6
� Medicare incentives seen as crucial to coordinated EHRs - May 6
� Misreading HIPAA privacy law blocks mental health discussions - May 3
� Brief: Pharma reps rarely mention drug hazards - April 29
� Treat pollution as serious health risk, report warns - April 29
� Despite lack of guidelines, doctors screen for suicide - April 29
� Brief: Family history of Alzheimer’s doubles risk - April 29
� Freestanding emergency department growth creates backlash - April 29
� Column: Patient email satisfaction starts with managed expectations - April 22
� Cancer center goes public with assisted-suicide protocol - April 22
� Obesity care: When the problems outpace the solutions - April 22
� Walgreens clinics expand services to diagnosing chronic diseases - April 22
� Online feedback falters when topic is health - April 22
� Brief: Nearly half of antibiotic prescriptions may be unnecessary - April 22
� Brief: States try to restrict which doctors can do abortions - April 22
� Emergency doctors promote patient handoff checklist - April 17
� Study debunks a common autism worry about vaccines - April 15
� Hospitals teach being “conversation-ready” for end-of-life care - April 15
� Brief: PSA test discussions should stress potential harms, ACP says - April 15
� Brief: Court orders morning-after pill available to all - April 15
� ACA Medicaid expansion analyzed by cost burden to patients - April 12
� Column: Make cost part of the conversation with patients - April 8
� Teaching adults about prediabetes an uphill battle - April 8
� ACA Medicaid expansion leaves out 3.5 million immigrants - April 8
� Doctors urged to help destigmatize childhood mental illness - April 8
� Brief: DEA backs tighter labeling for opioids - April 8
� Brief: Geneticists identify which incidental findings need reporting - April 8
� Brief: Latest cancer challenge: More survivors - April 8
� Overweight doctors lose credibility on health advice - April 1
� Brief: FDA video stresses safe use of acetaminophen - April 1
� Brief: Neurologists: Take athletes with concussions out of games quickly - April 1
� Brief: Vast numbers in U.S. receiving free preventive care under ACA - April 1
� More parents saying no to HPV vaccine for their daughters - April 1
� Is your EHR ready for the ADA? - April 1
� Column: Tools for physicians to reduce hospital readmissions - April 1
� Brief: Costs impede growth of paired kidney exchanges - March 25
� Brief: ECG screens for young athletes don’t prevent sudden deaths - March 25
� Medicare spending disparities not reflected in cancer survival rates - March 25
� Column: Medical charting errors can drive patient liability suits - March 25
� Research suggests caution on colonoscopies for seniors - March 25
� Medical marijuana's last taboo - March 25
� Health IT: Physicians are the easy part (HIMSS meeting) - March 25
� CDC spells out ways to stop spread of “nightmare bacteria” - March 18
� Preventive care coverage a mystery to many patients - March 18
� Doctors willing to go only so far on patient EHR access - March 18
� Brief: 2 in 3 patients who get CT scans aren’t told about risks - March 18
� Brain scan sheds light on Medicare's technology decisions - March 18
� How to talk about hospice care - March 18
� Neurologists warn of prescribing stimulants to youths seeking better grades - March 18
� Medicine remembers legacy of C. Everett Koop, MD - March 11
� Connected Coverage: Race and medicine: the struggle to improve care for African-Americans - March 11
� Brief: Follow-up contact means more satisfied ED patients - March 11
� Brief: ACA guidance closes prevention loopholes - March 11
� Brief: Study warns of ADHD link to adult psychiatric disorders - March 11
� Brief: CT screenings for lung cancer could save thousands of lives - March 11
� Brief: Low-income patients interested in e-communication - March 11
� Column: ACA limits what happens after patient guns discussion - March 11
� Primary care time squeeze explains errors in diagnosis - March 11
� CDC: Flu vaccine's spotty strength no excuse to skip shot - March 11
� Campaign to fight unneeded tests targets “more is better” mindset - March 4
� Brief: Genetic testing guidance suggests when to skip screening children - March 4
� Brief: Online reviews least-cited factor when choosing pediatrician - March 4
� Physician liability: When an overdose brings a lawsuit - March 4
� Drawing the line on racially motivated patient demands - March 4
� Patient experience is next measurement in value-based care - March 4
� Internists call to end “assault” on doctor-patient relationship - March 1
� Column: Health IT lags as facilitator in shared decision-making - Feb. 25
� Brief: Brief training has impact on prescription communication - Feb. 25
� Brief: Targeted social media may help prevent HIV spread - Feb. 25
� Attitudes on PSA hinge on how test is described - Feb. 25
� Federal rules eased for opioid addiction treatment drug - Feb. 25
� Brief: Older doctors more likely to grant brand-name drug requests - Feb. 25
� Pharma gift bans for budding doctors have long-term impact - Feb. 18
� Multimedia: How big will the Medicaid “woodwork” population be? - Feb. 18
� Brief: School snacks would be healthier under new standards - Feb. 18
� Aggressive care faulted for delayed moves to hospice - Feb. 18
� Motivating patients to make wise choices - Feb. 18
� Teens find energy drink rush is sometimes to hospital - Feb. 18
� To better tailor treatment, search online like a patient - Feb. 18
� Patient respect drops when doctors diagnose with computer - Feb. 12
� Do missing mental health notes undermine EHRs? - Feb. 11
� Column: Conversation skills key when treating truculent teens - Feb. 11
� Medical societies back assault weapons ban - Feb. 11
� Brief: New pre-op checklists coming earlier in surgery cycle - Feb. 11
� Brief: Not enough U.S. adults get vaccinated, CDC says - Feb. 11
� Cardiac disease elevates cognitive impairment risk - Feb. 11
� Brief: Alzheimer's cases expected to soar as boomers age - Feb. 11
� Quality demo cuts repeat hospital Medicare trips by nearly 6% - Feb. 5
� Brief: Pediatric rotavirus vaccine also benefits adults, study says - Feb. 4
� Brief: Cost not a factor in physician orders of imaging tests - Feb. 4
� Brief: Project cuts risky prescriptions among seniors - Feb. 4
� HIPAA gets tougher on physicians - Feb. 4
� AAP offers first clinical guidance for type 2 diabetes - Feb. 4
� Graphic designers re-imagine the patient portal - Feb. 4
� Column: Make sure patient portals go beyond meaningful use - Jan. 28
� Disparities in care for blacks linked to segregation, unconscious bias - Jan. 28
� Fetal endangerment ruling could criminalize prescribing - Jan. 28
� Brief: Drug errors rarely disclosed to hospital patients - Jan. 28
� Brief: UnitedHealth, Mayo form claims research partnership - Jan. 28
� Prevention guidelines stoke clinical conflict - Jan. 28
� Doctors warned on combat link to military suicide risk - Jan. 28
� Will deferred care follow rise in Medicaid co-pays? - Jan. 28

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Quality and safety

� Resident work-hour limits don’t increase patient mortality - Sept. 2
� Brief: New online portal for residents focuses on safety, quality care - Sept. 2
� Brief: Survey: EHRs boost quality but don’t cut costs - Aug. 26
� Brief: Drug compounding company issues sterile products recall - Aug. 26
� Study details how primary care diagnoses get delayed - Aug. 26
� Leapfrog unveils way to gauge cost of medical errors - Aug. 19
� Brief: Health IT identifies high-risk patients to cut readmissions - Aug. 19
� Small doctor groups using IPAs to deliver care management - Aug. 19
� Successful ACOs say they struggle to get physician issues ironed out - Aug. 19
� Column: Spotlighting 5 medical treatments that may be overused - Aug. 12
� Health professionals need plans for providing care in a crisis - Aug. 12
� Medicare SGR reform bill passes key House committee - Aug. 12
� Groundwork laid for lawsuits over deaths from tainted steroids - Aug. 12
� Brief: Health care-associated infections cost $45 billion annually - Aug. 5
� AMA pushes for more accurate Medicare Physician Compare - Aug. 5
� Quality initiative nets modest drop in readmissions - Aug. 5
� Bill would prevent ACA from ending doctors' insurance contracts - Aug. 2
� Brief: Majority of parents don’t know lifetime CT scan cancer risks - July 29
� Brief: FDA takes action against fake pharmacies - July 29
� Better patient safety is goal of confidential EHR error reports - July 24
� Medicare proposes doctor pay for complex chronic care management - July 22
� Checklist helps staff properly disinfect dialysis centers - July 22
� Multimedia: Medicare PQRS by specialty and state - July 15
� Brief: Care transition program nets big drop in readmissions - July 15
� Medicare physician quality reporting: Tale of the tape - July 15
� Brief: Patient can’t sue generic drugmaker over labeling — high court - July 8
� Brief: NIH will retire most research chimpanzees - July 8
� New clinic at Mayo focuses on C. diff treatment and research - July 8
� Primary care case study: Quality at every step - July 1
� Brief: Medication misuse, noncompliance exceed $200 billion - July 1
� Redesigning the patient experience for safer care - June 24
� MGMA-ACMPE details first findings of quality impact on doctor pay - June 24
� Project tallies lifetime radiation from health scans - June 24
� Column: Health reform medical liability shield a model of good sense - June 10
� Brief: Massive study yields answers on MRSA prevention - June 10
� Brief: Hospitals urged to act on malnutrition “epidemic” - June 3
� The toll of Medicare's unfunded mandates - May 27
� Connected Coverage: Medicare's payment carrots turn to sticks - May 20
� House hearing focuses on quality’s role in SGR reform - May 20
� Targeted C. diff screenings uncovered asymptomatic infections - May 20
� Brief: Hospitals report drops in pressure ulcers, harmful falls - May 13
� Letter: Factor in downtime to ensure safer health IT - May 13
� Pediatricians offer newborn care standards for home births - May 13
� Patient safety push boosts flu shots among hospital workers - May 13
� Medical directors’ duties linked to quality metrics - May 7
� IT safety risk protocols to guide physicians - May 6
� Diagnostic errors are lead cause of medical liability payouts - May 6
� Medical practice action plan: Overcome regulation overload - May 6
� “Network of networks” will bolster clinical registries - May 6
� Last chance for quality reporting before Medicare penalty kicks in - April 29
� GOP lawmakers fault FDA for fatal drug compounding incident - April 29
� Brief: Pharma reps rarely mention drug hazards - April 29
� Joint Commission alerts hospitals to “alarm fatigue” - April 24
� Connected Coverage: Medicine looks to industries for inspiration - April 22
� Emergency doctors promote patient handoff checklist - April 17
� Top 10 ways to improve patient safety now - April 15
� Researchers suggest 2 paths to get patients back on statins - April 15
� Brief: Physician organizations get grants to reduce unneeded tests - April 15
� Insurers spend little from premiums on quality improvement - April 10
� Cardiac treatment improves after taking page from Toyota playbook - April 8
� Residents doubt work-hour limits benefit patient safety - April 8
� Volume, not quality, still determines most doctor pay - April 8
� Brief: New guidance issued on preventing C. diff - April 8
� IOM gives thumbs-down to Medicare regional value-based pay - April 1
� Brief: FDA video stresses safe use of acetaminophen - April 1
� Quality effort yields big drop in death rate at hospitals - April 1
� Column: Tools for physicians to reduce hospital readmissions - April 1
� Employers to increase pressure on doctors to justify costs - March 25
� Brief: Drug errors main result of distractions at hospitals - March 25
� Brief: FDA: Common antibiotic can have deadly side effect - March 25
� Brief: FDA says “latex free” label carries hidden danger - March 18
� CDC spells out ways to stop spread of “nightmare bacteria” - March 18
� Brief: House bill aims to keep doctors in Medicare quality groups - March 18
� Brief: 2 in 3 patients who get CT scans aren’t told about risks - March 18
� Warning sounded on demoralized health care work force - March 18
� Medicare readmissions drop for 3 high-profile conditions - March 15
� Primary care time squeeze explains errors in diagnosis - March 11
� Column: Deal with physician impairment before it's a safety risk - March 11
� Campaign to fight unneeded tests targets “more is better” mindset - March 4
� Brief: Dialysis catheters linked to higher death rates - March 4
� Brief: FDA cracks down on fraudulent flu remedies - March 4
� Toolkit offers new ideas for preventing hospital falls - Feb. 26
� Connected Coverage: As EHR use grows, new patient safety risks identified - Feb. 25
� Ways EHRs can lead to unintended safety problems - Feb. 25
� Harm of hospital “July effect” further cast into doubt - Feb. 19
� AMA details plan for cutting hospital readmissions - Feb. 18
� Brief: Medical homes deliver on quality but not yet on cost - Feb. 18
� Brief: EHRs not ready for quality reporting, hospital groups say - Feb. 18
� Has mobile health monitoring hit a wall? - Feb. 18
� Column: Focus required to manage patient populations for bonuses - Feb. 18
� Brief: Broader use of opioid antidote slashes overdose death rate - Feb. 18
� Brief: Hospitals stumble in preventing harmful “never events” - Feb. 11
� Brief: New pre-op checklists coming earlier in surgery cycle - Feb. 11
� Quality of e-visits not yet equal to office visits - Feb. 6
� Quality demo cuts repeat hospital Medicare trips by nearly 6% - Feb. 5
� EHRs: “Sloppy and paste” endures despite patient safety risk - Feb. 4
� Brief: Project cuts risky prescriptions among seniors - Feb. 4
� Brief: Drug errors rarely disclosed to hospital patients - Jan. 28
� Brief: Checklists help improve handling of surgical crises - Jan. 28
� Brief: New House panel chief makes SGR repeal a priority - Jan. 28
� IOM stresses: Vaccine schedule for children is safe - Jan. 25
� Surgical errors: In ORs, “never events” occur 80 times a week - Jan. 21
� Medicare quality reporting penalty expected to strike most physicians - Jan. 21
� Brief: Low health literacy linked to poor COPD outcomes - Jan. 21
� U.S. found to be unhealthiest among 17 affluent countries - Jan. 21
� VA finds shorter stays don't lead to readmissions - Jan. 16
� EHR-related errors soar but few harm patients - Jan. 14
� Brief: AMA calls for doctor input on health exchange quality - Jan. 14
� Brief: Bill aimed at safer pharmaceutical compounding - Jan. 14
� Stem cell research center needs overhaul, IOM panel says - Jan. 8
� Pairing checklists with teamwork improves patient outcomes - Jan. 7
� Brief: Residents should refine skills at simulation centers, report says - Jan. 7
� Incentive pay prevalence echoes boom in employed physicians - Jan. 2

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