Integrity in Medicine
It takes a special person to care for people during their most vulnerable states, to keep intimate...
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In Conspiracy We Trust
There are increasing calls to discipline or de-credential doctors who are spreading anti-vaccine, anti-mask, and other pandemic misinformation. While statistics show that 96% of US physicians are vaccinated, a handful repeatedly...
Healthcare Gamification: An Opportunity to Diversify Your Revenue Stream?
Although only in its beginning stages, the global healthcare gamification market is anticipated to...
Patient-Reported Outcome Measures May Aid Psoriasis Treatment
The use of patient-reported outcome measures to complement clinician-reported outcomes (CROs) may...
Incidence of Psoriatic Arthritis Up With More Severe Psoriasis
Progression to psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is common among patients with psoriasis, with increased...
Psoriasis in the United States:New Prevalence Data on the Burden of Disease
Psoriasis and its comorbidities can significantly reduce quality of life and lead to substantial direct and indirect costs for those living with the skin condition. “Determining the prevalence of psoriasis can educate clinicians...
Our Healthcare System May Be Failing, But It Isn’t Broken
I ’ve stood in front of conferences before and made my case: Our healthcare system is per- fect. “A perfect system? Ours?” I’ll hear people murmuring, “He’s a little bit crazy.” For decades, critics of the US healthcare system...
Telemedicine Boom Poised to Continue Globally
According to an analysis in a June 2021 global report from Renub Research—“Telemedicine Market,...
Video Evidence in Malpractice Cases
With the use of video on the rise in court cases, attor- neys are also more sophisticated about tapping into its influence. But the legal standards regarding rules of evidence about a video’s credibility and authenticity are...
Factors Linked to Development of Pediatric Psoriasis Identified
Atopic dermatitis and a family history of psoriasis, as well as viral and bacterial skin infections and fungal infections in early life, were associated with pediatric psoriasis development, according to a study published in the...
The Impact of Nail Psoriasis in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis
Nail psoriasis is considered one of the six disease domains of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and may precede the disease by many years. The prevalence of nail disease in patients with PsA ranges from 41% to 93%, and imaging studies...
Our Healthcare System May Be Failing, But It Isn’t Broken
When we make the mistake of talking about fixing our broken system, we tend to speak of driving costs down or of achieving greater efficiencies by stressing preventive care. There’s nothing wrong with efficiencies and...
