Staff News Writer

Whether you need to meet requirements for medical license renewal, maintenance of certification or other entities, such as your specialty society, you’ll need to obtain continuing medical education. But for busy physicians, trying to decipher to the world of CME can be confusing.

Data collected in patient safety systems comes with confidentiality protections that encourage physicians to share patient safety information without fear of liability—but a Florida case could impede efforts to improve patient safety, jeopardizing these protections.

Patient-centered care means incorporating patients’ perspectives, experiences and opinions into how you run your practice. Meaningful patient engagement can help achieve better quality, better outcomes and lower care costs.

The country’s graduate medical education (GME) system’s problems received national attention last year after the long-awaited report from the Institute of Medicine called for transitioning the current system to a transparent, performance-based system.

A recent JAMA study investigated the reasons behind hospital readmission following surgery.

A recent article in The New York Times discusses doctor-patient communication and how one hospital designed a strategy to improve it.

Accountable care organizations (ACO) are promising for the future of health delivery system reform, and more supportive and flexible policies for ACOs would encourage more physician participation, the AMA and other health care organizations told the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.