The Paucity of Doctor Leaders in Medicine
Changes are happening in the healthcare system whether we like it or not, from the ACA to the...
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Articles
A 17-Year-Old Boy Impersonates a Doctor
In case you haven’t heard, a 17-year-old boy was discovered impersonating a doctor in a West Palm Beach, Florida hospital last month. According to one report, a patient told some staff at the hospital’s outpatient...
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A Look at Smoking Among Cancer Survivors
The 2014 Surgeon General’s Report concluded that smoking by cancer patients and survivors...
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Intensive Lifestyle Interventions: Assessing the Impact
The number of adults who are overweight or obese and have type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly...
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The Sensitive Subject of HIV Treatment Side Effects
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is essential to keeping HIV from replicating and further infecting...
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Examining Why HIV Patients Discontinue ART
Discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among patients with HIV has been found to lead to...
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Physicians Underutilize Effective Screening Methods to Detect Alcohol Misuse by Patients
Excessive alcohol use adversely affects an estimated 38 million (30%) adults in the United States, but surprisingly, only 1 out 6 say they talk to their doctor, nurse, or healthcare professional about drinking (1). More than 30...
Read MoreMy Paper Was Published. Did Anyone Read It?
An orthopedist asked me if I could explain why a couple of papers of his did not generate any feedback. He wasn’t even certain that anyone had read them. He enclosed PDFs for me. Not being an orthopedist, I cannot comment...
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Protocol-Based Care for Septic Shock
Until recently, the hospital mortality of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock was 50%. In...
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Identifying Patients With Problematic Drug Use in the ED
According to the Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2.5 million of the 5.1 million drug-related ED visits...
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Expert Recommendations for Below-the-Knee PAD
Infrapopliteal (IP) arterial disease, also known as “below-the-knee” or tibial disease, is a...
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Refining Neurosurgery Practices
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons...
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Assessing the Surgical Care of Breast Cancer
Clinical trials have shown that survival rates appear to be similar for patients with early-stage...
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Living for Yourself, Prioritizing Your Needs
Research indicates that physicians tend to put the needs of their patients before their own....
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The Top 10 Heart Un-Healthy Industries
The below table depicts the prevalence of a history of coronary heart disease or stroke among...
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Top Documenters
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals and Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has...
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Will Corporate Greed Destroy Our Healthcare System?
In 2013, the CEO of Aetna earned $33.7 million dollars. The average health insurance CEO salary...
Read MoreWhat Is the Best Way to Die?
A couple of recent articles about dying by well-known physician-authors attracted a lot of media attention. In October 2014, 57-year-old Ezekiel J. Emanuel, writing in The Atlantic, gave a number of reasons why he hoped he would...
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Enhancing Quality in the Pediatric Cath Lab
According to published estimates, about one in 110 babies in the United States is born with...
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