— Digital convenience can foster an illusion of competence and knowledge by Nidhi Bhaskar, MSc, and Edward Feller, MD Bhaskar is a third-year medical student. Feller is a clinical professor of medical science. You don’t need to know the role of the artery of Adamkiewicz or mechanisms of liver failure. You can Google it. And, […]
Manuela Callari – MDedge Internal Medicine Understanding how people make health-related decisions requires a deeper exploration of their motivations, beliefs, and circumstances, Christopher Dye, DPhil, professor of epidemiology at the University of Oxford in England, and former director of strategy at the World Health Organization, said in an interview. “In public health, we tend to
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Erica Carbajal – Becker’s Clinical Leadership Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health has launched a six-month residency program that offers new nurses specialized training and mentoring in their intended area of practice. Four details: The program recently welcomed its first cohort and aims to train around 750 nurses per year. New nurses are automatically enrolled in the
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Mariah Taylor (Email) – Becker’s Clinical Leadership Anchorage-based Providence Alaska Medical Center has launched a virtual nursing program and home-based care services. Alaska is projected to have the highest number of nurse vacancies by 2030, with 23% of positions going unfilled, according to an Oct. 24 news release from Renton, Wash.-based Providence, the hospital’s parent
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One study found diagnosis jumped from 9% in 2010 to 19% in 2021. By Dr. Esther Zusstone Postpartum depression can occur up to one year after having a baby and about 1 in 8 women experience it. When a young woman with a history of severe depression during pregnancy arrived at the reproductive psychiatry clinic
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Kelly Gooch – Becker’s Hospital Review A 2024 survey conducted by consulting firm Sullivan Cotter highlights the variation in compensation for physician assistants and nurse practitioners. The consulting firm’s “2024 Advanced Practice Provider Compensation and Productivity Survey Report” is based on data from nearly 850 health systems, hospitals and physician group practices representing more than
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MDedge | Family Medicine Yoni Freedhoff, MD Three basic truths about ultra processed foods: Junk food, available pretty much everywhere, tastes great. Advertising works. And most of us don’t crave green leafy salads when we’re hungry. Of those three truths, the one that tends to get more public health attention is advertising. More specifically, advertising
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By Alice Benjamin, MSN, ACNS-BC, FNP-C – Nurse.com During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I truly recognized the depth of a critical issue: Nurses were not visible in media reporting on the outbreak, at least not in the way I had hoped. Instead of being highlighted as the experts that nurses are — leading
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— The death of the United Healthcare CEO reveals some dark thoughts by Edwin Leap, MD, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today December 7, 2024 Edwin Leap is a board-certified emergency physician who has been practicing for 30 years since finishing residency. He currently works as an emergency physician for WVU Hospitals in Princeton, West Virginia. The
— Let’s imagine how smart computer systems can make it easier to practice primary care by Fred Pelzman, MD, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Fred Pelzman is an associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell, and has been a practicing internist for nearly 30 years. He is medical director of Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Associates. Over
