Geographic Location Most Important for Residents
Lifestyle, adequate call hours and personal time, good financial package also important
Report Offers Guidance on Medical Ethics Education
Novel approaches to learning encouraged, such as flipped classroom, use of reflective narratives
Professional Guidelines Have Limited Impact on Pre-Op Testing
Drop in routine electrocardiogram testing, but not in plain radiography, hematocrit, urinalysis
Analysis Targets U.S. Hospitals With Highest Markups
In the 50 hospitals with highest charge-to-cost ratio, charges 10-fold above Medicare-allowable costs
AMA Offers Guidance for Physician-Hospital Relationships
Six principles of success described for integrated leadership between hospitals, physicians
Study IDs Surgical Never Events, Contributing Factors
Individual cognitive factors accounted for half of all contributing human factor nano-codes
Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Formed
Formation of compact commission triggered by enactment of law in seventh state: Alabama
ASCO: Melanoma Rates on the Rise for U.S. Youth
Women account for two-thirds of cases, likely due to unsafe tanning
CMS: Hospital Charges for Common Procedures Up
And hematologists/oncologists and ophthalmologists top list of high earners
May 2015 Briefing – Cosmetic Surgery
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Cosmetic Surgery for May 2015. This roundup includes the...
