August 5th, 2020UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock is facing a backlash from patient and medical groups after declaring that all consultations should be conducted virtually unless there was a “compelling clinical reason not to”, reports The Daily Telegraph. The...
July 29th, 2020A large UK study found that asthma patients were increasingly prescribed higher levels of treatment, often without clear clinical indication for such high doses, ignoring international guidelines that recommend clinicians find the minimum effective...
July 22nd, 2020While 93% of US paediatricians surveyed were aware of the national guidelines on peanut allergy prevention in infants, only 30% were fully implementing the recommended practices and 64% reported partial implementation, according to a study by...
July 1st, 2020COVID-19 has slashed patient numbers, leaving many private doctors in financial distress and worsening patient health outcomes, writes MedicalBrief. While private health offers to help the state have “elicited little traction” a novel plan for...
US primary care practices are projected to lose more than $65,000 in revenue per full-time physician in 2020, following drastic declines in office visits and fees for services from March to May during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study led...
June 10th, 2020The doctor in China who risked his job to warn the world about COVID-19 was not a frontline emergency medicine or ICU doctor. Dr Li Wenliang, was an ophthalmologist, a glaucoma specialist who died after contracting the virus from an asymptomatic...
Clinician burnout is a growing public health concern, with the National Academy of Sciences reporting that 35-54% of US nurses and physicians exhibit substantial symptoms of burnout.
Research led by the College of Health and Human Services at...
May 13th, 2020
Clinicians from two US hospitals report that the majority of even the sickest patients with COVID-19 - those who require ventilators in intensive care units - get better when they receive existing guideline-supported treatment for respiratory...
May 6th, 2020
The rapid increase in virtual visits during the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic could transform the way physicians provide care in the United States going forward, according to a study led by researchers from NYU Grossman School of...
April 22nd, 2020
Following a national survey, the UK's Intensive Care Society has issued guidelines on "proning", a technique usually applied to unconscious patients on ventilation, which may be effective with some coronavirus patients. The guidance addresses an...
More than a third of medical staff involved in the Covid19 outbreak in China suffered from insomnia, and these sleep-deprived health workers also were more likely to feel depressed, anxious and have stress-based trauma.The study was by Nanfang...
April 1st, 2020
Italy's pressured health services has issued guidelines on the rationing of ventilators and intensive care beds, as patient demand escalates, while in the former chief scientific adviser to the UK government has urged the frail elderly to...
March 25th, 2020
COVID-19 has barely hit South Africa and already our over-extended healthcare professionals are coming under enormous pressure from fearful and abusive patients, as well as ill-informed criticism over remote consultations, writes, MedicalBrief....
March 25th, 2020
For many people suspecting they've been infected with the new coronavirus, general practitioners (GPs) will be the first people they turn to. News24 reports that if you're one of these doctors, here's what you need to know.
The report has...
March 18th, 2020
Dying patients should be encouraged to say goodbye to their families over Skype during a major coronavirus outbreak, according to official guidance issued to the UK's National Health Service (NHS) hospitals. Families should be restricted from...
March 11th, 2020
Millions of patients in the UK will have face-to-face appointments with their general practitioner (GP) replaced by telephone or video consultations under National Health Service (NHS) plans to respond to the threat posed by the coronavirus....
