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Becker's Hospital Review: Patients accuse Quest of charging excessive out-of-pocket charges: 5 takeaways A group of patients have filed a class-action lawsuit against Madison, N.J.-based Quest Diagnostics, alleging the laboratory testing company overcharged patients for specific tests not covered by ... WTVD: Nearly 12 million Quest Diagnostics patients may be affected in data breach

A collection firm that worked with Quest Diagnostics informed the medical testing company that the data of 11.9 million patients may have been affected in a breach. American Medical Collection Agency ... Nearly 12 million Quest Diagnostics patients may be affected in data breach Stay on top of the latest developments related to patient education. Browse the AMA’s patient education resources, full of information and tools that physicians can share with their patients, including educational handouts for patients and other patient education materials.

For this installment, three AMA members took time to discuss what doctors wish patients knew about the potentially harmful effects of social media. They are: Nusheen Ameenuddin, MD, MPH, a pediatrician in Rochester, Minnesota, and chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Communications and Media. The discussion was moderated by William B. Jordan, MD, MPH, who is senior director of equity policy and transformation at the AMA Center for Health Equity. Panelists examined the quality of care older-adult physicians provide, how age-related biases affect older-adult physicians, and how ageism affects patients’ care experience. The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines and how to take charge of their health through preventive care. Getting patients to make healthy lifestyle choices ranks high on every physician’s professional wish list. But realistically accomplishing this goal requires care teams to zero in on what really patients really want. The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines. Three physicians took time to discuss what doctors wish patients knew about vitamins and nutritional supplements. They are: Pieter Cohen, MD, an internist in Somerville ...

Patients with Meniere’s disease “will have episodes of vertigo, usually lasting half an hour to a couple of hours that can be very intense and incapacitating and unpredictable, but they almost always have a symptom of hearing loss or ringing in their ear either immediately before or during the onset of vertigo,” he said. Public Health Prevention & Wellness What doctors wish patients knew about iron deficiency One in three women under 50 is iron deficient, affecting about 10 million people in the U.S. Two physicians discuss iron deficiency and how to address it. The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines and how to take charge of their health through preventive care. For this installment, two AMA members shared what doctors wish patients knew about sodium consumption. They are: Los Angeles Times: Years into his quest for a kidney, an L.A. patient is still in ‘the Twilight Zone’ In his Arcadia home, Roland Coleman grew increasingly frustrated as the months passed without an answer from Keck Medical Center of USC. Coleman, 73, was seeking a kidney transplant to free him from ... Years into his quest for a kidney, an L.A. patient is still in ‘the Twilight Zone’ Public Health Prevention & Wellness What doctors wish patients knew about social media’s health impact From mere FOMO to anxiety and depression, social media platforms can pose harms and benefits. Three physicians discuss how to balance the positive and negative impacts. The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines. In this installment, two physicians took time to discuss what patients need to know about iron deficiency. These AMA members are: The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew ™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines. In this installment, three physicians took time to discuss what patients need to know about getting a vasectomy. These AMA members are: Jason Jameson, MD, a urologist in Tucson, Arizona and delegate for the American Urological ... News Medical: POLAR gene profile predicts which patients may and may not benefit from radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery