Hospital/physician relations
2015 survey found 15 percent of pediatric residents at Stanford had experienced, witnessed mistreatment of medical residents by patients or families.
ASU plans to build a 150,000-square-foot medical facility that will house Mayo's new medical school, as well as a medical technology innovation accelerator and biomedical engineering research labs.
More than 65 million ED mental health visits reported, substance abuse behind 41 percent of them, results show.
30 percent of all health spending, $750 billion, is wasted on fraud, administration and needless procedures, estimate says.
Spending was driven by increases in drug unit prices rather than an increase in the volume of drugs used, report says.
Previously, he served one year as president-elect, four years as speaker and three years as vice speaker of the AAFP's governing body, the Congress of Delegates.
As many as 1.4 million seniors survive a stay in the ICU every year; most go home, with varying degrees of disability.
Many children live in houses with guns, but pediatricians often don't feel comfortable discussing gun safety with parents, even though most parents say they would welcome that conversation, study says.
Officials expect the move to enhance healthcare quality and cost effectiveness.
Healthcare affordability, the future of Medicare on top of mind as voters weigh healthcare issues ahead of the November election.