Tag: Doctors
ICU Physicians Use Variety of Techniques to Cope With Fatigue
Strategies include prioritizing work, structured approach, avoiding distractions
AMA: Practicing Empathy May Lead to More Joy in Medicine
Doctors should take advantage of first few minutes of clinical encounter, give full attention to patients
Physicians Treating Few Patients With Buprenorphine
22 percent of prescribers had monthly census of one to three patients; 9 percent had >75 patients
Hospitals Increasingly Employing Doctors, Effects on Care Uncertain
Switch to employment model not linked to improvement in any of four composite quality metrics
Importance of Drug As Assessed by Doctor Not Tied to Adherence
About 20 percent of drugs considered important by physicians were not taken correctly by patients
Novel Hepatology Rotation Ups Knowledge of Liver Disease
Significant increase in mean comfort level for managing several common liver diseases
August 2016 Briefing – Family Practice
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Family Practice for August 2016. This roundup includes the...
August 2016 Briefing – Internal Medicine
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Internal Medicine for August 2016. This roundup includes the...
Not Enough Female Urologists to Meet Growing Patient Demand
Women prefer female doctors, but urology has one of the largest gender gaps in medicine
Residents Often Order Perceived Unnecessary Lab Tests
Behaviors attributed to health system culture, lack of transparency about health care service costs
