Psychiatrists and other mental health professionals are increasingly being asked to write letters certifying patients’ and clients’ animals as emotional support animals.
The language in a patient’s medical record can convey information not only about the patient’s condition but about the attitude of the clinician writing the report.
The IDSA recommends that antibody therapy should be administered to patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 at high risk for progression to severe disease.
In the event of a likely scarcity of COVID-19 vaccines, a framework must be developed to inform who should get priority.
COVID-19 has brought unprecedented stress to society at large and perhaps most of all to frontline healthcare teams in a variety of settings. We spoke to an expert about teamwork during such trying times.
The use of telemedicine has been surging since the onset of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), with millions of Americans now using this medium for connecting with their clinicians.
To shed further light on the role of physician attire in the medical setting, MPR interviewed Nathan Houchens, MD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Recent research indicates that disparities related to physician race or ethnicity, sex, or disability status may play a role in physician burnout.
The issue of aging physicians poses serious challenges to the medical profession, with concerns that judgment or skills might decline with age.
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.
