“Seriously, do you often/very often reflect on how your work helps make the world a better place?” I was recently involved in…
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Don’t sign anything: Advice when hospital administration has you against the wall
by Shari Covington March 29, 2019If you think you are the only one being threatened by the chief medical officer (CMO) and/or the medical executive committee (MEC)…
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Physicians are leaving medicine due to being physically and mentally exhausted. Most tragically, the United States loses one physician a day to…
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Fixing burnout among hospitalists is a leadership challenge
by Rahulkumar Singh MD March 28, 2019“Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony.” – Mahatma Gandhi Burnout among physicians…
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How Big Medicine is hurting patients and putting small practices out of business
by John Machata MD March 27, 2019Recently the CEO of a large health care network stated: “Market forces don’t apply to health care.” Of course, economic and political…
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3 tips from an attorney to avoid a medical malpractice lawsuit
by Heather Hansen JD March 27, 2019Twenty years of defending doctors and hospitals in medical malpractice cases has made me into a nervous patient. When you see the…
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I love to travel. Last spring, I found myself on a plane headed for the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. I was on…
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“The patient-clinician relationship is dead.” Those of us in health care hear this refrain constantly these days, coming at us from all…