# Physicians Weekly * **Definition:** Physicians Weekly is a digital publication that provides news, insights, and updates relevant to healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, and other medical practitioners, focusing on clinical research, medical advancements, and healthcare policy. * **Taxonomy:** Key Sources / Healthcare Publications / Physicians Weekly ## News * Selected news from the source **Physicians Weekly**, for healthcare technology leaders * 384 news items are in the system for this source * Posts have been filtered for tech-related keywords | Date | Title | Topics | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/27/2025 | [**One-Week Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer Safe, Effective Up to 10 Years**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/one-week-radiotherapy-for-breast-cancer-safe-effective-up-to-10-years/) | [[Radiotherapy]] | | 5/23/2025 | [**Call Centers Replaced Many Doctors' Receptionists. Now, AI Is Coming for Call Centers.**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/call-centers-replaced-many-doctors-receptionists-now-ai-is-coming-for-call-centers/) | [[Artificial Intelligence]]; [[Health]]; [[Access Disparities]] | | 5/20/2025 | [**Qsing Palliative Care in Dialysis Settings**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/qa-addressing-palliative-care-in-dialysis-settings/) | [[Pediatric Cardiology]]; [[Social Determinants of Health]]; [[Pediatric Anesthesiology]] | | 5/19/2025 | [**Wearable Sensor Can Monitor Sleep Apnea Treatment Response**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/wearable-sensor-can-monitor-sleep-apnea-treatment-response/) | [[Wearable Health Technology]]; [[Digital Health Platforms]]; [[Wearable Medical Devices]] | | 5/13/2025 | [**How Battling Claim Denials With AI Can Unlock Physician Revenue**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/how-battling-claim-denials-with-ai-can-unlock-physician-revenue/) | [[Claims Denials]]; [[Healthcare Artificial Intelligence]]; [[Administrative Burden]] | | 5/11/2025 | [**Comparative Outcomes of Colon EMR Versus Surgery in Community Practice**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/comparative-outcomes-of-colon-emr-versus-surgery-in-community-practice/) | [[Community Health]]; [[EMR]]; [[Care Utilization]] | | 5/8/2025 | [**Program Trains Neurology Residents in Guideline Development**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/program-trains-neurology-residents-in-guideline-development/) | [[Training]]; [[Neurology]] | | 5/6/2025 | [**Higher Stress Tied to Worse Respiratory Outcomes With COPD**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/higher-stress-tied-to-worse-respiratory-outcomes-with-copd/) | [[Pulmonary Disease]]; [[Access Disparities]] | | 5/6/2025 | [**One in 10 U.S. Internal Medicine Doctors Report High Degree of Burnout**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/one-in-10-u-s-internal-medicine-doctors-report-high-degree-of-burnout/) | [[Internal Medicine]] | | 5/2/2025 | [**FDA Commissioner: No Major Reorganization, Just Smart Reforms - Physician's Weekly**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/fda-commissioner-no-major-reorganization-just-smart-reforms/) | [[AI in Medical Education]]; [[Artificial Intelligence]]; [[Vision]] | | 5/1/2025 | [**California's Primary Care Shortage Persists Despite Ambitious Moves To Close Gap**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/californias-primary-care-shortage-persists-despite-ambitious-moves-to-close-gap/) | [[Health Systems]]; [[Health]]; [[Immunology]] | | 4/23/2025 | [**Behavioral Healthcare AI, Part 1: Improving Access & Measurement-Based Care**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/podcast/behavioral-healthcare-ai-part-1-improving-access-measurement-based-care/) | [[AI in Pediatric Healthcare]]; [[Healthcare-grade AI]]; [[AI-Driven Automation]] | | 4/18/2025 | [**Patient Pathways and Decisions for Anti-Amyloid Therapy in Alzheimer's Disease**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/patient-pathways-and-decisions-for-anti-amyloid-therapy-in-alzheimers-disease/) | [[Resource Constraints]]; [[Best Practices]]; [[Psychiatry]] | | 4/9/2025 | [**How Digital Health Tools Can Support Better Patient Outcomes - Physician's Weekly**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/podcast/how-digital-health-tools-can-support-better-patient-outcomes/) | [[AI for Healthcare Providers]]; [[Generative AI in Healthcare]]; [[Clinical AI]] | | 4/8/2025 | [**USPSTF Recommends Primary Care Interventions to Support Breastfeeding**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/uspstf-recommends-primary-care-interventions-to-support-breastfeeding/) | [[Hematology]]; [[Rheumatology]]; [[Heart Disease]] | | 3/27/2025 | [**Sensorized T-Shirt Enables Early Discharge After Oncological Urology Surgery**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/sensorized-t-shirt-enables-early-discharge-after-oncological-urology-surgery/) | [[Neurology]]; [[Patient Monitoring]]; [[Robotic-Assisted Surgery]] | | 3/12/2025 | [**Enhancing Palliative Care Education in Child Neurology Training**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/enhancing-palliative-care-education-in-child-neurology-training/) | [[Dermatology]]; [[Collaboration]]; [[Clinical Neurophysiology]] | | 2/5/2025 | [**Enhancing Completeness in Pediatric Surgical Oncology Reports**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/enhancing-completeness-in-pediatric-surgical-oncology-reports/) | [[Oncology]]; [[Surgical Oncology]]; [[Audit]] | | 2/4/2025 | [**Virtual Pulmonary Rehabilitation with Remote Monitoring for COPD**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/virtual-pulmonary-rehabilitation-with-remote-monitoring-for-copd/) | [[Pulmonary Disease]] | | 1/27/2025 | [**Integration of SOC Dermatology into Primary Care Education**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/integration-of-soc-dermatology-into-primary-care-education/) | [[Primary Care]]; [[Dermatology]]; [[Training]] | | 1/14/2025 | [**Healthcare's Financial Fault Line: How to Navigate Patient Debt for Improved Health Outcomes**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/healthcares-financial-fault-line-how-to-navigate-patient-debt-for-improved-health-outcomes/) | [[Preventative Health]]; [[Leadership]]; [[Healthcare Affordability]] | | 1/13/2025 | [**Early Identification, Clinical Intervention, and Patient Education Expands Preeclampsia Awareness**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/early-identification-clinical-intervention-and-patient-education-expands-preeclampsia-awareness/) | [[Healthcare]]; [[Rural Healthcare Access]]; [[Maternal Healthcare]] | | 12/30/2024 | [**AI Applications in Pain Medicine Education and Pilot Study Results**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/ai-applications-in-pain-medicine-education-and-pilot-study-results/) | [[Training]]; [[Skill Gaps]]; [[AI in Medicine]] | | 12/23/2024 | [**How a Value-Based System Can Help to Alleviate Physician Burnout**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/how-a-value-based-system-can-help-to-alleviate-physician-burnout/) | [[Value-Based Care]]; [[Healthcare Costs]]; [[Administrative Burdens]] | | 12/18/2024 | [**How Physicians Can Use Data-Driven Insights to Enhance Patient Safety alpractice Risk**](https://www.physiciansweekly.com/how-physicians-can-use-data-driven-insights-to-enhance-patient-safety-reduce-malpractice-risk/) | [[Life Science Analytics]]; [[Telehealth Services]]; [[AI in Precision Medicine]] | ## Recent Stories (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Topics Covered - **Digital Health**: Discussion on the evolution of digital health tools, AI in healthcare, and challenges related to reimbursement and patient engagement. - **Rural Healthcare**: Challenges faced by Greene County Health System in Alabama, including lack of resources and poor internet access affecting healthcare delivery. - **Language Models in Healthcare**: Evaluation of global and Chinese-domain large language models in addressing myopia-related questions. - **Physician Retention**: Survey findings on job satisfaction and retention issues among novice physicians, highlighting factors influencing their decisions to leave. - **Alzheimer's Treatment**: Study on clinical decision-making for anti-amyloid therapy in Alzheimer's disease, focusing on patient pathways and treatment access. - **Behavioral Health Access**: Discussion on how AI can enhance access to behavioral healthcare and improve patient outcomes. - **LGBTQ+ Healthcare**: Study revealing gaps in LGBTQ+ competency training among primary care practices despite data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity. - **Research Participation Challenges**: Study on recruitment difficulties in safety-net hospitals for SARS-CoV-2 observational cohorts. - **Point-of-Care Ultrasound**: Importance of POCUS in infectious disease diagnostics and the need for training among clinicians. - **Telehealth Utilization**: Impact of COVID-19 on telehealth usage among Medicare beneficiaries, highlighting demographic trends and service adoption. - **Rehabilitation Care Disparities**: Podcast discussion on barriers faced by survivors of community violence in accessing rehabilitation services. - **FDA Reforms**: Dr. Marty Makary's focus on modernizing the FDA and addressing inefficiencies in drug approval processes. - **Primary Care Shortage in California**: Ongoing issues in recruiting primary care physicians and the impact of financial challenges on healthcare access. - **Social Determinants of Health Screening**: Study highlighting low rates of adverse social determinants of health screening in emergency departments. - **Stress and COPD Outcomes**: Research linking perceived stress to worse respiratory outcomes in former smokers with COPD. - **Endoscopic Mucosal Resection vs. Surgery**: Comparison of EMR and surgical management outcomes for colon adenomas and early-stage cancers. - **Financial Strain in Multimorbidity**: Survey findings on the financial burdens faced by individuals with multimorbidity and treatment non-adherence. - **Presurgical Walk Test**: Study indicating the predictive value of a 6-minute walk test for cardiopulmonary risk post-lung cancer surgery. - **AI in Claims Denials**: Increase in claims denials by insurers using AI, leading to administrative burdens for physicians. - **Emotional Analysis in Psychotherapy**: Study on using large language models to detect emotions in psychotherapy transcripts to predict therapy outcomes. ### Organizations Mentioned - **Estenda Solutions**: A company co-founded by RJ Kedziora focusing on digital health solutions. - **Greene County Health System**: A rural hospital in Alabama facing significant healthcare delivery challenges. - **Medical Group Management Association**: An organization that conducted a survey on physician retention. - **American Medical Association**: An organization that developed resources to enhance job satisfaction among physicians. - **Boston Medical Center**: Healthcare institution involved in discussions about rehabilitation care for violence survivors. - **U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)**: Federal agency undergoing reforms under Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary. - **JAMA Network Open**: Journal that published studies related to healthcare disparities and LGBTQ+ competency. - **Johns Hopkins University**: Institution involved in research on stress and COPD outcomes. - **BMC Primary Care**: Journal that published a study on financial strain in individuals with multimorbidity. - **Frontiers in Psychiatry**: Journal that published a study on the use of large language models in psychotherapy. - **UPMC Quality Improvement Review Committee**: A committee that approved a pilot quality improvement project evaluating AI in medical education. - **National Academy of Neuropsychology**: Hosted the Geriatrics Summit focused on cognitive impairment detection. - **Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)**: Reported on antimicrobial resistance as a critical public health issue. - **BMC Pediatrics**: Published a study on parental health literacy and child health outcomes. - **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)**: Implementing changes to improve Medicare reimbursement rates for physicians. - **American College of Physicians**: Issued guidelines on cannabis use for chronic pain management. - **U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)**: Recommended behavioral counseling interventions to support breastfeeding. - **Code for America**: A nonprofit improving public access to government services and data. - **American Academy of Ophthalmology**: Professional association for ophthalmologists. - **Pediatrics**: Journal focusing on pediatric medicine.