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Regulatory & Policy Updates

Updates on healthcare laws, regulations, and policies impacting staffing, practice, and patient care.

Lab technician writing on a blank form next to prescription bottles on a steel tray, highlighting limited RSV drug supply.

Updated RSV Guidance Recommendations Due to Limited Supply of Drug

Updated RSV guidance recommendations due to limited supply of drug. RSV guidance recommendations from the CDC updated due to limited supply of drug antibody designed to protect infants from the sometimes fatal respiratory disease. The CDC has issued updated guidance for RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) due to a limited supply of monoclonal antibodies designed to …

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Empty operating room with surgical bed, lights, carts, and monitoring devices, symbolizing changes in healthcare roles and scope of practice.

No More Doctors? States Drafting Laws to Change Who Can Treat & Diagnose Patients

No more Doctors? Sates drafting laws to change who can treat & diagnose patients. No more Doctors?  Many sates are drafting laws to change who can treat and diagnose patients.  State legislatures are debating the scope of practice for nurse practitioners and other advanced practitioners to replace physicians. Are Doctors Being Replaced? In a healthcare …

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Two locum tenens surgeons performing a weight loss gastric bypass surgery under bright operating room lights.

Growing Scramble for Ozempic, Wegovy, & Other Weight Loss Drugs in the Gulf

Growing scramble for Ozempic, Wegovy, & to help a voiceless patient talk . A growing scramble for Ozempic, Wegovy, and weight loss drugs in the Gulf.  This new class and approach to weight loss has surged in popularity in the oil-rich Persian Gulf, leading to a need for greater regulation. This new class and approach …

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