Shocker: Hospitalists’ “Unprofessional” Behavior Is Normal
By their own admission, medical hospitalists are guilty of many types of unprofessional behavior,...
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By their own admission, medical hospitalists are guilty of many types of unprofessional behavior,...
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“In addition to his tumor, the patient had hepatitis and cirrhosis. Was he a good candidate?...
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Last month the Joint Commission issued a statement written by its Executive VP for Healthcare...
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An infectious disease fellow at the Harvard Medical School is convinced that white coats are...
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Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported on an interesting situation occurring in New York...
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Here’s another reason to take online physician ratings with several grains of salt Below is...
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Here’s what Jane E. Brody, New York Times Personal Health columnist, had to say about surgeons who...
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An epidemic is sweeping the country, and no one is doing anything about it. No it’s not Zika...
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February’s Internet sensation, at least where I hang out, was Malachi Love-Robinson, the...
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A newborn in Tennessee had an operation to correct a “tongue tie.” Except for the...
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Patients had no greater risk of death or serious morbidity when cared for by surgical residents...
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Almost every day for the last few years, someone is writing about physician burnout or depression. The problems begin in medical school. A recent paper featured drawings that medical students had done depicting faculty as...
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The Leapfrog Group has announced its annual list of America’s top hospitals for quality and safety...
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It comes as no shock to me, and probably many other current and former program directors, that a recent study showed faculty overall performance evaluations of residents do not correlate with their scores on the yearly American...
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October was not a good month for Massachusetts General Hospital. A group of MGH anesthesiologists...
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A hospital in Maryland has come up with a novel solution for patients who are “frequent...
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Back in July, an organization called ProPublica released its Surgeon Scorecard, which attempted to...
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Google “nursing shortage,” and the number of hits describing the current shortage will convince...
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A family physician was sanctioned by her state’s Board of Medicine for prescribing an antibiotic over the telephone in 2012. The incident occurred while the doctor was working for a telemedicine company. At that time,...
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It’s time to catch up with America’s most notorious neurosurgeon, Dr. Christopher...
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