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Federally Qualified Healthcare Centers (FQHCs) play a crucial role in the healthcare delivery system of the United States. According to NACHC, they serve around 30 million people, or 1 in 11 Americans, through their 1,400 ...

Physicians are not “burning out”. Physicians are being “driven out.” Call this crisis what it is… Abuse. Try telling an emotionally abused spouse that they need “mindfulness training”. You’ll get a mouthful of mindful. Offer ...

For my non-radiology colleagues, which nodule is which is worrisome? A or B? Lung cancer found early, 10mm or less, improves long-term survival, per Dr. Henschke's most recent study. “What we present here is the ...

The History of AI: The history of AI in healthcare dates back to the 1950s when researchers began exploring the use of computers to diagnose medical conditions. In the decades that followed, AI technologies such as ...

Doctors are upset! Doctors across the country, especially those in primary care, have been up in arms about Medicare’s proposed cuts in reimbursement that are scheduled to go into effect on January 1. They are concerned — ...

At some point, it won’t be realistic to expect primary care providers to do ‘one more thing.’  due to limited time in their already packed schedule, as noted in an article Jonathan Govette wrote called ...

I decided that after interviewing hundreds of health systems and health professionals over the last decade I needed to say something again about the "health" of our healthcare system.  While it is not my intent ...

History has shown that while healthcare is more open to adopting technology to improve outcomes, bureaucracy, ego, money, or indifference to change still tend to get in the way.  Technology is not our only problem ...