Batya Swift Yasgur MA, LSW

Contributing Writer https://www.infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com

Batya Swift Yasgur MA, LSW, is a freelance medical writer who writes news, features, CME materials, and books for a variety of venues and target audiences, including healthcare professionals and consumers. She has a passion for human rights activism and is the author of Behind the Burqa (John Wiley, 2002), a memoir of 2 Afghan sisters who escaped Afghanistan. In addition, she holds the 1995 Robert L. Fish Award for Best First Published Mystery Story. Her fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and several other publications. Beyond her desire to contribute to people's health and wellbeing through her writing, Batya offers emotional/spiritual support to clients in her Teaneck, New Jersey-based counseling practice to facilitate their journeys toward healing.

All articles by Batya Swift Yasgur MA, LSW

Practice Management

Should Aging Physicians Be Required to Undergo Cognitive Testing? Three Experts Weigh In

Batya Swift Yasgur MA, LSW

September 18, 2019

The issue of aging physicians poses serious challenges to the medical profession, with concerns that judgment or skills might decline with age.

Practice Management

Do Your Patients Consult Google Before They Consult You? An Expert Interview

Batya Swift Yasgur MA, LSW

August 28, 2019

A 2013 Pew Research Center and Internet Life Project report found that 59% of US adults said that they turned to the Internet regarding a health problem during the past year.

Practice Management

Protecting Patient Privacy: HIPAA Compliance in the Electronic Age

Batya Swift Yasgur MA, LSW

February 14, 2019

The complexities of today’s high-tech methods of communication, data sharing, and data storage lay practices open to unforeseen and constantly changing threats, requiring vigilance and training of medical staff.

Practice Management

Should Physicians Treat Family and Friends? Three Experts Weigh In

Batya Swift Yasgur MA, LSW

June 25, 2018

Although all of the guidelines acknowledge that there are emergent situations in which providing care for a family member or friend is not only permissible but also essential, other situations are frowned upon.

Prevention

Infant Vaccine Response Not Affected by Prenatal Biologic Therapy

Batya Swift Yasgur MA, LSW

October 12, 2017

Infant vaccination effectiveness against HiB and tetanus toxin does not appear to be affected by exposure to biologic therapy taken by mothers with IBD.