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By Ayesha Khan, MD - April 29, 2015
The results of the ‘The Commonwealth Fund survey’ made headlines in 2014, when the US Healthcare system was declared the most expensive and least effective systems among the 11 industrialized and developed
Why Do Women Physicians Earn Less?
By Anya M. - April 24, 2015
Earlier this week, Medscape’s annual Physician Compensation Report was released for 2015. Unsurprisingly, the average income of male physicians surveyed amounted to $284,000, which exceeded those of female
Turn Back Time - Healthy Ways to Side Step Stress!
By Laura McCrary - April 23, 2015
Are stress and your health linked? You bet! Many doctors and authors have said that the way to live a long life is to reduce your daily stress. As the famous author Dale Carnegie said in his book,
Mergers & Acquisitions in Healthcare – Who Benefits?
By Anya M. - April 21, 2015
The healthcare landscape in the U.S. over the past several decades has fueled a wave of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) among hospitals, giving rise to so-called “mega” integrated healthcare systems,
Avoid Social Media Sins in Healthcare
By Angie Best-Boss RN - April 16, 2015
The minute Laura met Casey, she was smitten. The tow-haired little boy captured her heart as soon as she walked into his hospital room. He seemed so small sitting in his hospital bed, reading to his
Bedside Manner: What's Missing in Our Healthcare Education?
By Brooke Chaplan - April 7, 2015
Since the age of Hippocrates, the importance of an empathetic relationship between doctor and patient during treatment has been acknowledged. In one of the works from the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection
Quality Improvement in the Healthcare Workplace
By Anya M. - April 1, 2015
Quality Improvement in the Healthcare Workplace: Educate Yourself and Engage Your Colleagues Quality improvement (QI) has emerged as a powerful buzzword in healthcare, and for good reason. The quality
Linked What? Is Social Media Really Necessary for Medical Professionals?
By Carrie Maldonado; SPHR, SHRM-SCP, CPC, CPRW - March 27, 2015
Unless you have spent an extended length of time in a sensory deprivation chamber, chances are you have at least heard of the phenomenon known as social media. You probably have a Facebook account
Rural Practice Myths Busted
By Faith A. Coleman, MD - March 17, 2015
The phrase "rural medical practice" may bring images to mind of cows and silos, a primitive office with archaic trappings and your services paid for with a carton of eggs or a bushel of produce (none of
Baby Boomers and Their Impact on Health Care Careers
By Rachel Ragosa - March 3, 2015
Baby boomers are causing one of the biggest demands the health care industry has ever seen. A baby boomer is defined as anyone born between the years of 1946 to 1964, during a rapid population increase
