What Should be Done About Racism in Medicine?
The following was originally posted to Dr. Linda. The news has recently reported the story...
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The following was originally posted to Dr. Linda. The news has recently reported the story...
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Interruption is a significant burden on goodwill, contributor to medical error, and source of...
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Data suggest that documentation is among the most time-consuming and costly aspects of using an...
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We have all seen bosses so toxic that their staff have PTSD, exhibit no morale, and develop a hard...
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As a physician, I’ve always felt confident in my knowledge, skills, and ability to...
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A designation of critical access hospital was developed about 20 years ago to help ensure...
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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and...
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ProPublica has analyzed data from CMS that shows that the practice of upcoding, which CMS defines...
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The transformation to value-based care has placed tremendous focus on delivery of care as it...
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Nationally recognized and highly regarded health systems have a variety of ways to expand the...
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There is a joke shared by statisticians, scrap dealers, and emergency medicine professionals about...
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My first exposure to Lean as a quality improvement (QI) approach was at a well-known automotive...
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In 2012, there were estimates of waste in US healthcare amounting to $750 billion per year, or...
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Discharging PE Patients from the ED Evidence indicates that EDs are overcrowded, that length of...
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By Stacie Phan The recent decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to...
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Join us Wednesday, December 13 at 3:00pm ET for PART II of our live, interactive tweetchat with...
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In television and movie medical dramas, there’s always that one scene in which a physician...
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Dr. Linda Girgis, MD, FAAFP joined Physician’s Weekly to co-host Part II in our #PWChat series, on...
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Patients do not have carte blanche when it comes to decisions about their medical care. The type...
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By Michelle Crawley Ask a physician about their biggest pain points when it comes to the...
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