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Healthcare News & Opinion
View all posts#ILookLikeaSurgeon Highlights Gender & Diversity Issues in Medicine
By Melody Covington, MD - September 16, 2015
The courageous social media movement #ILookLikeaSurgeon, led by a female surgery resident from my home state of North Carolina, is shedding light on stereotypes of male and female roles in medicine.
Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy: A Plea for Patience & Objectivity
By Rachel Ragosa - August 25, 2015
Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP) has recently become a hot button topic, as the push for children’s safety has crossed the line into creating intrusive harm. Awareness of wrongful accusations of
What is the Promise of Personalized Medicine?
By Anya M. - June 23, 2015
The era of personalized medicine, also known as precision medicine, has been burgeoning for decades – ever since the advent of the Human Genome Project in 1990, which culminated with the completion
Father's Day Gift Ideas for Dads in Healthcare
By MaryAnn DePietro - June 9, 2015
If your dad works in healthcare, he is probably used to taking care of others. Doctors, physician assistants, and nurses all spend their workday focusing on everyone except themselves. Father’s Day
Managing Conflict and Tension within a Healthcare Team
By Anya M. - May 22, 2015
Workplace conflicts may be inevitable in all professions imbued with a hierarchical structure. However, the consequences may be especially dire when the healthcare team is rendered dysfunctional due
Physician Satisfaction in Employed Settings
By Faith A. Coleman, MD - May 14, 2015
The Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2015 was recently published, stating, "Last year saw some modest good news for most physicians." More than 19,500 physicians, across 25 specialties, responded
HIPAA and Social Media: A Simple Guide
By Rachel Ragosa - May 12, 2015
Most people have some sort of social media account. While it is a great medium for sharing family photos, funny videos, or interesting news stories, it has become a big liability for medical employers.
National Nurse's Week: What do we really want?
By Angie Best-Boss RN - May 8, 2015
It’s National Nurses Week and around the country, thousands of break rooms are proudly displaying cupcakes, banners and balloons celebrating the work of 3.1 million nurses in the United States. National
ACO’s and the Medscape Compensation Report
By Angie Best-Boss RN - May 5, 2015
The times are a changin’, and this year’s Medscape Compensation Report proves it. The annual report crunches data from more than 24,000 physicians from 25 specialties around the country, and provides a
Physician Compensation: 2015 Medscape Survey Analysis
By Ayesha Khan, MD - April 29, 2015
The results of the ‘The Commonwealth Fund survey’ made headlines in 2014, when the US Healthcare system was declared the most expensive and least effective systems among the 11 industrialized and developed
