The state of healthcare for patients navigating the care continuum is not ideal. Transitions of care are traps with unintended adverse outcomes that patients and overburdened staff have to navigate, especially vulnerable populations. Lack of continui...

Emotional support animal (ESA) requests are becoming more prevalent during patient encounters for primary care physicians. This process is fraught with challenges, including navigating malingering, patient well-being, and rental property agreements. ...

As we approach the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, medical practices will be facing a myriad of operational challenges necessary to continue practice operations while providing patient care in a multi-faceted manner.

Physicians Hold Key to Cost-Effective Healthcare and Successful Healthcare Reform – NEW BOOK

SEATTLE — While officials in Washington, D.C., grappled with delays and red tape, two professional virus hunters raced to make thousands of tests available to detect the deadly new coronavirus sweeping the globe, hoping to stem its spread in the U.S.

The drug-makers are in a race to treat the 2.4 million people in the U.S. with the viral infection. Left untreated, its most chronic form can cause liver damage, including cirrhosis, as well as liver cancer and death.

Laura Benson retired from nursing in 2018, but this week she reported for work again in New Rochelle, New York, where the first cluster of COVID-19 cases occurred a few short weeks ago.

In fast-moving and uncertain situations, leaders face questions they may not even have answers to. But communicating early and often with key stakeholders during a crisis is of essence. Even if you’re still trying to understand the extent of a proble...

As governments and health care agencies work to stop the spread of Covid-19 and to treat those who are infected, manufacturers in more than a dozen industries are struggling to manage the epidemic’s growing impact on their supply chains.

It’s a strong argument. We pay more per person for healthcare than any other country in the world. That high price tag does not translate into the best outcomes. Several dozen countries obtain better results for less money.

A high-ranking federal official in late February warned that the United States needed to plan for not having enough personal protective equipment for medical workers as they began to battle the novel coronavirus, according to internal emails obtained...

Kaizen is arguably the best tool for easily implementing changes in the modern healthcare practice. The goal of Kaizen in healthcare, including managing responses from a suggestion box, is to make small changes that will improve the patient experienc...