Training physicians to avoid burnout
Some hospitals are training physicians to better manage their feelings in the face of what can be great stress on the job, as the problem of clinician burnout (and the medical errors that may...
View ArticleVA wants to expand role of advanced nurses
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has formally proposed to let its advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) work independently without physician supervision in its healthcare network, the...
View ArticlePhysicians in poll reject mandatory retirement age
Not ready for this yet. Although the federal government, among other institutions, sets mandatory retirement ages for such high-risk industries as aviation and law enforcement, a hefty 73 percent of...
View ArticlePhysicians’ ways to avoid burnout
In this Physicians Practice thread, doctors talk about the methods, some quirky, that they use to avoid burnout in a time of healthcare upheaval. To read their observations, please hit this link....
View ArticleNot too few physicians but bad distribution, not enough non-physician clinicians
It’s sort of a cliche to say that America has a dangerous shortage of physicians. But a New York Times story challenges that. It says, among other things: “Some people think there’s no shortage at all...
View ArticleEx-Turing CEO blames physicians for surging healthcare costs
“The Worship of Mammon” (1909) by Evelyn De Morgan. Former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli gained infamy for, among other things, raising the price of Daraprim, a generic anti-parasite...
View ArticleSurvey: Physicians’ biases against patients’ personal characteristics affect...
A Medscape survey of physicians found that many admitted to being biased against some of their patients because of the patients’ personal characteristics to the extent that it affected their treatment...
View ArticleThe challenge of leadership in complex care
In a NEJM Catalyst piece, three physicians discuss “Leadership for Complex Care: The Ship’s Ballast in Troubled Waters.” Among their observations: “As clinical leaders who have developed teams in...
View ArticleSurvey suggests many physicians in no hurry to retire
Research by Hanover Research looked at why many older physicians don’t want to retire, or at least don’t want to completely retire from medicine. The study suggested that more physicians than...
View ArticlePhysicians are said to grapple with their ‘moral injury’
An essay in STAT suggests that “moral injury,” not “burnout,” is the biggest problem for physicians now. The authors write: “Moral injury is frequently mischaracterized. In combat veterans it is...
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