Seizing the Opportunity to Create Change in the Rheumatology Field
Effective and affordable treatment options are essential to controlling costs within the rheumatoid arthritis treatment space and delivering value to patients.
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The Opioid Epidemic: Why Your Prescribing Habits Matter
If physicians have a genuine interest in acting with beneficence and nonmaleficence, they should recognize that their prescribing habits have significant consequences for their patients.
Reexamining the Role of Concierge Medicine in Primary Care
During the last decade, the number of medical students choosing internal or family medicine has dropped by approximately 80%.
Wearable Fitness Trackers: Are We Placing Too Much Faith in Them?
The utility and effectiveness of wearable fitness devices are discussed in a clinician’s opinion piece.
Practice Managers Can Help Physician Group Grow, Thrive
Practice managers can either be beneficial to a practice, or add unneeded stress.
Targeted Interventions Effectively Address Medical Overuse
Medical overuse can be reduced by involving patients in shared-decision making.
Is it Time for the Independent Physician to Stop Fighting the System?
Independent physicians need to stop fighting the system.
Practice Options in Health Care Need to Be Evaluated
The practices in healthcare today need to be reevaluated.
Ethical Aspects of Futility in Emergency Medical Care
Clear communication between patients and caregivers with regard to treatment futility or the perception of treatment futility is important.
Clinicians’ Take on the Pros and Cons of Medical Scribes
The use of scribes has garnered a generally positive research base for being effective in improving clinician satisfaction, productivity, and physician-patient interactions.
Finding Time to Exercise When Working a 70-Hour-Week Rotation
Making time for yourself as a physician can be difficult because of busy rotations.
Examining “Willful Blindness” in Medicine
In surgery, a common example of unknown knowns is continuing to perform a procedure even in the face of evidence that it’s either outdated or of little benefit.
The Unknown Impact of What You Say to Patients
Years into the practice of medicine, I have spoken millions of words in the exam room and forgotten the majority of them.
A Physician’s First Lesson in Humility
Every physician experiences humility.
What Is the Point of a Pager’s Alarm?
As far as I could tell, the only function of this rattling, chirping, and beeping barrage was to drive doctors crazy.
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