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The Cancer Moonshot aims to enhance the lives of individuals and families dealing with and surviving cancer, lower the death rate from cancer by at least 50% over the following 25 years, and ultimately put an end to cancer as we currently know it. In order to mobilize the federal government, the President established the first-ever Cancer Cabinet last year. He urged people, healthcare professionals, and leaders from various sectors to step up and take action in five key priority areas: (1) close the screening gap; (2) comprehend and address environmental exposure; (3) lessen the impact of preventable cancers; (4) bring cutting-edge research through the pipeline to patients and communities; and (5) support patients and their care. Here is the list of 13 more initiatives to go along with the already-introduced 25 programs, policies, and resources to address these five priority areas.

Hospitals are seeing trends with which no one in hospital management has experience: inflation rates above 5%, higher staff shortages, increased staffing costs, supply chain challenges, and more. Hospitalists have a proven benefit in reducing length of stay, improving with nursing and allied health staff, and finding other ways to reduce cost and utilization.

This physician sounds the alarm on CDC’s ill-founded mandates for mandatory masking, citing the recent Cochrane Review.

It may not come as a surprise that there are so many doctors running for politics given that healthcare is a major legislative priority. According to the Patients Action Network of the American Medical Association, 19 doctors are currently serving in the 118th Congress. The task ahead for these 19 congressional representatives will be challenging. The AMA is concentrated on stopping Medicare payment cuts and implementing prior authorization reform among the myriad healthcare concerns facing the nation.

Innovative and creative Risky Business events emphasize risk management, patient safety, and safety awareness. To enable all of their colleagues to work in a safer environment, they continuously “raise the bar” by exchanging safety ideas and experiences across industries. The integration of experiences from speakers representing a wide range of non-healthcare businesses into a coherent narrative and actionable results is a crucial component of Risky Business. In this two-hour video webinar taking place on Thursday, January 12 from 10:00 AM to noon , the panelists will talk about a wide range of topics, including systemic problems, workforce implications, community needs, and what industry experts are doing to address the situation. To address challenges of capacity and resource strain, they will examine cutting-edge digital technology and government and healthcare system collaboration.

What’s expected for medical practice in 2023? Worker shortages will persist, with the biggest gaps being nonprofessional staff. Shortages will drive competition to attract even workers with entry-level skills, which will generate wage increases and turmoil as workers move to take advantage of better offers. Wage and goods inflation will continue to press on profits. The move to value-based fee structures will increase. And there will likely be a focus on better integrating merged organizations instead of the prior frenetic acquisition land grab.