Tea Leaves: June 10, 2024: Providers

Nearly three-quarters of health care professionals say the time or effort needed to complete clinical documentation hampers patient care, according to a survey published by the American Medical Informatics Association. Documentation tasks follow health care workers...

Tea Leaves: May 30, 2024: Providers

A recent review in JAMA highlights the ripple effects of hospital ransomware attacks, revealing that such cyber assaults reduce admissions and emergency visits at targeted hospitals and prompt an increase in visits to neighboring unattacked hospitals. Conducted by...

Tea Leaves: May 29, 2024: Providers

Hospital lobbies have signed onto a multi-sector letter of 230 industry associations and chambers of commerce urging the Federal Trade Commission to bump the effective date of its ban on employee noncompete clauses. Sent late last week, the letter outlines a “lack of...

Tea Leaves: May 28, 2024: Providers

The demand for new weight-loss drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy is rapidly increasing among Americans, but there’s a shortage of health care providers trained in obesity care to meet this demand. This shortage raises concerns about the...

Tea Leaves: May 24, 2024: Providers

After several years of modest or declining growth, the average pay for doctors jumped 5.9 percent in 2023, rebounding from a decline of 2.4 percent in 2022. Most medical specialties experienced positive growth in 2023, with the top 10 seeing annual growth rates...

Tea Leaves: May 23, 2024: Providers

Mayo Clinic is partnering with Zipline to provide drone delivery service for medications and supplies directly to patients’ homes as part of its advanced hospital-at-home program. The health system will integrate Zipline’s Platform 2 drone system into its...