Here’s a roundup of nephrology news over the past week. Click on the headlines to browse the articles. Or, if you’ve discovered other newsworthy items that may be of interest to our team or your nephrologist peers, we invite you to please share news links in the comments.
Most physicians report low morale, burden from new payment models
A new survey from the Physicians Foundation found 54% of physicians reported negative morale in their career and only 37% described their feelings about the future of their profession as positive.
It’s not all about the wearable
Though employers and health insurers are increasingly handing out wearable devices to help plan members stay healthy, wearing a fitness tracker many not help you shed any pounds, according to a recent study.
Mixed reactions to CMS tool predicting impact of MACRA on providers’ bottom line
The CMS will unveil a new web tool that helps clinicians assess the potential impact of merit-based incentive payment systems (MIPS) on their reimbursement. It will also help them evaluate their performance under the system and provide tips to improve scores.
When doctors get the wrong patient
Cases of mistaken identity happen all the time in healthcare institutions. A new analysis details the causes of these mixups, the consequences for patients and ways healthcare leaders can address the problem.
Advancing health IT and preventing data blocking through model contract language
As we move to transform the health care system into one that delivers more coordinated care across various clinicians and providers, it is important that data is available to providers and patients when and where they need it. To achieve this goal of ensuring the flow of health data and, ultimately, better care, the country.
Social media guidelines for our clinicians
We recently published this guideline at BIDMC based on the input from a multi-disciplinary working group. I thought it might be useful to share with the community, since many healthcare organizations are at the early stage developing social media policies.
Student back at school after getting kidney from teacher
Third grade teacher Jodi Schmidt and second-grader Natasha Fuller are back at school after Schmidt donated her kidney to Fuller over the summer.
Cyberattacks on personal health records growing ‘exponentially’
Hackers increasingly are attacking personal health records. The Government Accountability Office reports that 113 million electronic health records were breached in 2015, a leap from the 12.5 million breaches the year before.
Artificial pancreas approved by FDA marks a global first
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the MiniMed 670G, designed to measure blood sugar and automatically deliver the right dose of insulin, for use in patients with Type 1 diabetes who are at least 14 years old. The decision came months sooner than expected, skipping the typical advisory-panel review.
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