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The Doctor Will @ You Now: Social Media MD Shares Strategies
Farris K. Timimi, MD, and Lee Aase from the Mayo Clinic Social Media Network shared their views on the role of social media in physician practice.
Latest Features
Enrolling the Uninsured in Clinical Trials: Is it Ethical?
Until universal access to healthcare is ensured as a human right, researchers must keep important ethical concerns in mind when designing future clinical trials.
Doctors and the D Word: Talking About Death Is an Essential Skill — and One Often Lacking
The reasons for physicians' discomfort with conversations about dying are as much cultural, social, and systemic as they are personal.
Should Physicians Treat Family and Friends? Three Experts Weigh In
Although all of the guidelines acknowledge that there are emergent situations in which providing care for a family member or friend is not only permissible but also essential, other situations are frowned upon.
What a Building Contractor Taught Me About Informed Consent
Identifying a patient's preferences and goals leads to a care plan that can reflect those goals, and this may improve patient satisfaction.
Under the Microscope: Medicine's #MeToo Moment
No single solution to address sexual harassment in medicine exists, but physicians of all genders must come together to make progress.
Bully for Us: Confronting Medicine's Bullying Problem
The culture of bullying — widespread across the medical field — has been linked to poorer patient outcomes. So why can't physicians stop bullying in its tracks?
The Little Guy vs Big Data: Is ICD-10 Coding Still Valuable in Health Care?
While ICD-10-CM may be an improvement on an old process, big data is the revolution that has the potential to change health care forever.
Practicing Defensive Medicine to Avoid Litigation
Defensive medicine is known as a practice of recommending tests or treatments for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating litigation.
Electrocardiogram Preliminary Diagnosis by Computerized Support Systems
Evaluating the accuracy of electrocardiogram results by computerized decision support systems.
The Streetlight Effect in Clinical Research
Evaluating the streetlight effect behavior within clinical research.
Latest News
What Does the Cigna-Express Scripts Merger Mean for the Future of Health Care?
The $67 billion merger between Cigna and Express Scripts will be the first of its kind.
FDA-Approved Test Provides Pharmacogenetic Reports Directly to Consumers
The 23andMe Personal Genome Service Pharmacogenetic Reports test can detect 33 variants for multiple genes, corresponding to more than 50 commonly prescribed medications and over-the-counter products.
AHA Expresses Concern Over Latest Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Guidance
More than 25 professional medical and patient advocacy organizations are in opposition to the Trump Administration's latest effort to undermine the Affordable Care Act.
Reducing Race-Based Inequalities Across Health Care
Data show that there is a significant difference in how black patients are treated compared with patients of other races.
The Progression of Health Care From Personalized Medicine to Wellness Genomics and Beyond
The progression from personalized medicine to wellness genomics as mapped by researchers began with pioneering work on the molecular genetic code.
Should Physicians Play a Role in Minimizing the Societal Cost of Medical Care?
Physicians are evenly divided on the importance of considering societal cost and resource allocation while providing individual patient care.
The Striking Effects of Diversity in Health Care: Improving Patient Outcomes
Two Stanford researchers sought to study the effects of diversity on health care among men of color.
Establishing Meaningful Informed Consent: Challenges With Mobile Health
The role of mHealth technologies, including smartphone applications and wearable sensors that enable real-time health monitoring, has become more prevalent within the last decade.
When Will Medicine Join the Women's Movement?
A recent report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine confirms that sexual harassment is a problem across all fields of science.
Same Day Discharge Post-Elective PCI Safe and Generates Cost Savings
Same day hospital discharge has the potential increase the overall value of PCI care and save US hospitals approximately $577 million if implemented more consistently.
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