Turnover on a medical administrative staff can be devastating. Workflow is disrupted, tasks need to be retaught, and finding a good fit can be elusive. For this and many other reasons, you should have a clear plan in place for...
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The term “captain of the ship” is one of the most misunderstood in medical malpractice law. Most...
Read MoreTo err is human. Doctors are human. Doctors will therefore err, and doctors understand this. However, doctors want to know why their mistakes are called “negligence,” a term that insults their profession. The answer lies in a...
Read MoreContributors Andrew P. Ambrosy, MD, Cardiologist, TPMG SFO. Associate Program Director for Research (Fellowship), Assistant Medical Director, Clinical Trials Program, Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research...
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Recently, the news about the US healthcare system has been dire. ICUs are at capacity, and...
Read MoreAs tears silently rolled down my patient’s face, I could feel my own eyes grow moist. Holding back the tears that threatened to escape, I patted her hand and told her how sorry I felt. She just lost both parents to COVID, and...
Read MoreDiscussions of physician or healthcare professional wellness are often narrowly focused on personal resilience. However, physician wellness is directly correlated to patient quality and safety. In this context, burnout results...
Read MoreMen with HF have worse long-term survival rates if they also have severe depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia, according to a study published in Circulation: Heart Failure. Researchers assessed more than 20,000 people...
Read MoreFor individuals at risk, aspirin use is associated with increased risk for incident HF, according to a study published in ESC Heart Failure. Blerim Mujaj, MD, Ph.D., and colleagues conducted a pooled analysis of data from a...
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“HF is a very common condition, with HF exacerbations accounting for a large number of ED visits...
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