Tag: Doctors
Unique Workplace Concerns Tied to Health Worker Depression, Anxiety During Pandemic
Associations seen for working on the hospital unit, mood disturbances, and sleep disturbances with depression, anxiety
Nurse Practitioners No More Likely Than Doctors to Prescribe Inappropriately
Nurse practitioners overrepresented among clinicians with the highest and lowest rates of inappropriate prescribing
In-Person Return Visits Increased After Telemedicine Primary Care Visits
Variation seen in differences in follow-up office visits after index in-person versus telemedicine by specific medical condition
Biden Administration Moves to Boost Health Care to the Homeless
Health care can be given to the homeless in the streets and still be reimbursed under a new federal government rule
Burnout Increasing Among Physicians in the United States
Burnout highest in women, primary care physicians, and physicians with ≤10 years of experience
Chatbots Generate Mostly Accurate Information to Medical Queries
Chatbot-generated answers had high accuracy and completeness scores for physician-developed medical queries
17 Percent of Patients Seeing Neurologist Travel Long Distance
Factors associated with long-distance travel include low neurologist density, rural setting, and visits for ALS, nervous system cancer
Patients May Not Have Choice in Behavioral Health Visit Modality
Nearly half of patients report they do not believe their clinician considered their modality preferences when deciding on in-person versus virtual visit
Half as Many Internal Medicine Residents Pursuing General Internal Medicine
Simultaneously from 2009-2011 to 2019-2021, interest in hospital medicine gained popularity
Female Surgeons Have Lower Rates of Adverse Postoperative Outcomes
Findings persist for common surgeries when accounting for patient, procedure, surgeon, and other characteristics
