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AI May Be on Its Way to the Doctor’s Office, But It’s Not Ready to See Patients

Jun 25, 2023 at 05:41 pm by pjeter

  By Darius Tahir, KFF Health News   What use could health care have for someone who makes things up, can’t keep a secret, doesn’t really kn.... Read More

Hospital Websites’ Third-party Trackers Exposing Patients to Fraud and Hospitals to HIPAA Sanctions

Jun 25, 2023 at 05:23 pm by pjeter

  Nearly all hospitals have them   By BECKY GILLETTE   Most people who use the internet are accustomed to getting unsolicited advertisements after shopping.... Read More

Fake Nursing Licenses on the Rise

May 07, 2023 at 11:34 pm by pjeter

‘The scope of this fraud scheme is astonishing’   By LYNNE JETER   If you employ nurses with nursing degrees from Siena College, Palm Beach School of.... Read More

Wearing Three Hats but Focused on the Patient

May 07, 2023 at 11:25 pm by pjeter

  BY TOM BAILEY   Years have passed, but Dr. Arthur M. Townsend IV still remembers the fear in her eyes. Then an obstetrics/gynecology (OB/GYN) hospitalist at Th.... Read More

Gamma Tile Therapy Comes to Memphis

May 07, 2023 at 11:20 pm by pjeter

  By JAMES DOWD   For patients diagnosed with brain tumors, standard treatments include chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery. And while those options can y.... Read More

The No Surprises Act is Full of Surprises

Mar 18, 2023 at 08:46 pm by pjeter

  Legislation had problems from the get-go   By LYNNE JETER   The No Surprises Act (NSA), which went into effect Jan. 1, 2022, to protect patients from an.... Read More

2023 Legislative Priorities for TMA/Memphis Medical Society/MGMA

Mar 18, 2023 at 06:13 pm by pjeter

  By CLINT CUMMINGS, MHA   2023 will be a year of working to clean up, rehabilitate, and polish several areas that impact the practice of medicine. Medical groups.... Read More

Hamilton Eye Institute’s Matthew Wilson, MD, Looks to Farther Horizons

Mar 18, 2023 at 05:55 pm by pjeter

   No place for complacency   By JAMES DOWD   Dr. Matthew Wilson has witnessed significant changes in the medical landscape during the two decades he&.... Read More

Coronaphobia, a Perplexing Social Anxiety Disorder

Sep 13, 2022 at 03:44 pm by admin

  By LYNNE JETER Slow pandemic reintegration posing a problem for healthcare professionals   Coronaphobia, a newly minted term, perhaps best describes patients s.... Read More

An Interventionalist’s Perspective on Neuromodulation for Chronic Pain

Sep 13, 2022 at 03:21 pm by admin

  By WINFRED B. ABRAMS, JR., MD   Chronic pain, defined as pain of at least 3-6 months, affects more than 20 percent of Americans. Managing this pain can be frust.... Read More

What We Owe Long COVID Patients

Sep 13, 2022 at 03:00 pm by admin

  By DR. ZIJIAN CHEN The complexity of delivering an accurate diagnosis   When Gov. Andrew Cuomo shut down New York City in March 2020, we knew little about trea.... Read More

This Sports Medicine Surgeon is a Man for All Seasons

Sep 13, 2022 at 02:31 pm by pjeter

By LAWRENCE BUSER Treatments at OrthoSouth evolving through the years    As an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine, Marcus Biggers, MD, doesn&rsquo.... Read More

Growing Trend of Younger Patients Seeking Ortho Treatment

Sep 13, 2022 at 01:41 pm by pjeter

By JAMES DOWD    More effort being directed toward prevention   Growing up the son of two physicians, Drew Murphy, MD, decided early on that his future lay.... Read More

No Prison Time for Tennessee Nurse Convicted of Fatal Drug Error

May 14, 2022 at 10:57 pm by pjeter

By Brett Kelman, Kaiser Health News  RaDonda Vaught, a former Tennessee nurse convicted of two felonies for a fatal drug error, whose trial became a rally.... Read More

The Murky Waters of Long COVID

May 11, 2022 at 03:27 pm by pjeter

The impact on women's health, need for more research, depression issues and new initiatives   By LYNNE JETER The suicide last May of Long COVID sufferer Heidi Ferrer r.... Read More