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How can independent physicians survive the new health care climate?
Life is tough for physicians in solo and small group practice.
Beware The DNA Testing Hype About What Diseases You're Going To Get
Would individuals or families really make different life choices due to DNA testing? We know smoking and obesity kill millions, yet those behaviors persist.
Do We Need Transgender-specific Reference Ranges for Common Laboratory Tests?
Laboratory test reference ranges need to become easier to interpret for all populations, including transgender people.
How a device to ease stress came to be tested in a trailer park
A startup called Thync claims to have developed a wearable to reduce stress; it's testing it on residents of a trailer park. But the science is quite thin.
Just How Well Do Medical Alert Devices Work?
An independent study showed many have serious drawbacks
Testing and Treating Telomeres: What Clinicians Need to Know
Telomeres. Are you thinking about age management with your patients these days? I am. And I’m thinking about it regarding myself, quite frankly.
Eric Weinstein: How disagreeable people can fix our dishonest institutions
Weinstein suggests institutions need individuals who can pass two famous psychological tests.
DIY Blood Tests? There's A Downside To Ordering Your Own
It's legal to order diagnostic blood tests without consulting a doctor in many states. But critics say healthy patients can go down a rabbit hole of invasive assays and unnecessary treatments.
Blood, spit and swabs: can you trust home medical-testing kits?
Is posting off your bodily fluids to a DIY health-testing company the future of healthcare or just too much information?
When Patients Demand Unnecessary Medical Tests
A neurologist and a bioethicist discuss how to approach patients asking for 'unnecessary' tests and procedures.
What is the state of the independent medical practice?
Independent healthcare practices are optimistic for the future
Why authoritarian regimes attack independent universities
The fates of democracy and institutions of higher learning are intertwined.
What’s Driving the Boom in At-Home Medical Tests?
Some say direct-to-consumer diagnostic kits, currently available for everything from food sensitivity to Lyme disease, offer the…
Are independent physicians facing a dependent future?
Fueled by funds and stability, hospitals offer appealing places of employment. But some physicians who remain steadfast in their independence argue answering to hospitals sacrifices quality of patient care.
10 Things Doctors Can Do in an Independent Practice
Private practice providers tend to have greater flexibility and the ability to make their own decisions rather than the rigidity of working in a hospital.
Doctors find it's not easy to stay independent
Financial pressures spark more primary care doctors to try cash-only or concierge practices.
How Formerly Independent Doctors Were Pushed Out of Business
Rules and regulations intended to reform health care are driving private practices out of business by overconfident design.
Value-Based Care Driving Independent Practices to Consultants
The shift to value-based care may prepare the avenue for physicians and group practices to remain independent.
Independent doctors in small practices show resilience to burnout
Administrative hassles are outweighed by benefits of autonomy
