Tag: Doctors
New AMA Module Helps Identify Physician Distress
Module includes steps to ID doctors at risk, such as talking about risk factors, warning signs for suicide
Meditation Recommended for Helping Attendings ‘Attend’
Expert says meditation should be practiced every day and can help address burnout
CDC: Too Many Health Care Workers Not Getting Flu Vaccine
Vaccination protects both workers and patients
Considerable Number of Doctors Attend Patient Funerals
But major differences between specialties in terms of attendance, barriers and benefits tied to attendance
Many Doctors Reluctant to Reveal Mental Health Issues
Perceived stigma, fear of career repercussions hinder treatment, study suggests
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
