Resource topic: Rules and Regulations
Exploring public sector physicians’ resilience, reactions and coping strategies in times of economic crisis; findings from a survey in Portugal’s capital city area

This paper, published in BMC Health Services Research, explores how Portuguese public sector physicians are adapting to the recent economic crisis in Europe and...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Intensive Program for Addicted Doctors Shows Results

This Washington Post article highlights the merits of Bradford Health Services, a rehabilitation program for health professionals, lawyers, pilots, first responders...

Article
What Stops Physicians from Getting Mental Health Care?

Dr. Dinah Miller's paper posits that the intrusive questions asked on licensing forms deter physicians from asking for help. 'Having a mark' on physicians' records...

Article
The Real Danger of Increasing Resident Work Hours

This New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst article details effects of increasing consecutive work hours that residents can work. Residents are already inundated...

Article
Emerging the EHR Purgatory – Moving from Process to Outcomes

Goroll's Perspective paper in the New England Journal of Medicine illustrates the electronics arms race between payers demanding documentation to justify payment...

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
2014 National Pharmacist Workforce Survey

The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy released a report of the national pharmacist workforce survey results, which describes the demographic and work...

Report
Measure framework to assess nationwide progress related to interoperable health information exchange to support the national quality strategy

Insufficient interoperability prevents effective use of health data across the facility or system and does not support continuity of care at the patient level. The...

Peer-Reviewed Literature
Evaluation and Management Services

The following report, conducted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicad Services, describes the general principles of E/M documentation, as well as the common...

Report
Revisiting E&M Visit Guidelines—A Missing Piece of Payment Reform

The following perspective piece, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, discusses the transformative potential of electronic health records (EHRs), which...

Opinion Piece/Short Communication
A systematic review of the effectiveness of interruptive medication prescribing alerts in hospital CPOE systems to change prescriber behavior and improve patient safety

Published in the International Journal of Medical Informatics, the following systematic review assess the effectiveness of various interruptive medication...

Article