The Bedside Ten: rising researchers to watch this year
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County health departments are losing epidemiologists faster than they can hire them, survey finds
A national survey of 1,200 local health departments found that one in three lost an epidemiologist last year. Fewer than half filled the job.
Drug shortages are easing, except for the ones hospitals need most
The number of drugs in short supply has fallen for the first time in three years. But sterile injectables used in ERs and operating rooms make up a growing share.
Opinion: My patients can’t read their discharge papers. That’s our failure, not theirs
The instructions we hand patients on the way out the door are written for lawyers and billing departments. We can do better, and it would not cost much.
Medicare will pay for at-home heart monitoring next spring. Cardiologists have questions
A new payment rule will cover home devices that track heart failure patients between visits. Doctors like the idea and worry about who reads the data.
A Cambridge startup wants to make gene therapy in a machine the size of a microwave
Tessellate Bio says its benchtop system could cut the cost of making some gene therapies by 80 percent. It has raised $46 million to prove it.
What a 20-year study of night-shift nurses can and can’t tell us
A long study linked years of night shifts to earlier joint problems in nurses. Here is how to read it, from a doctor who has worked a lot of nights.
In rural Kansas, the pharmacist is becoming the first stop for care
With the nearest primary care clinic an hour away, a pharmacy in western Kansas now checks blood pressure, adjusts diabetes medicines and refers patients on.
Why an old blood pressure pill is suddenly hard to find
Two of the three companies that make clorvatine stopped production this summer. The third cannot keep up, and patients are being switched to other drugs.
States race to write rules for AI note-takers in the exam room
At least 11 states are weighing bills on software that listens to doctor visits and writes the notes. Most would require patients to be told, and some to say yes.