Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 12/4/23 – HIStalk
I was invited to yet another retirement party this week. It was again for a primary care physician who is leaving medicine at an age that is decidedly less than the oft-discussed 65.
Burnout…
I was invited to yet another retirement party this week. It was again for a primary care physician who is leaving medicine at an age that is decidedly less than the oft-discussed 65.
Burnout…
We’ve made it past some of the early fall holidays, and those of us on the front lines are waiting to see if they will cause a spike in respiratory illnesses.
Heading into Thanksgiving,…
We’ve made it past the Thanksgiving holiday, and hopefully people were able to spend time with their loved ones and then have a little time on their own to de-stress before heading back…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched an initiative to tackle burnout in healthcare. The Impact Wellbeing initiative falls under the auspices of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and…
As a frontline physician who has dealt with my share of angry patients, I’m always worried that one of them will follow me home from work or show up at my house. I’m vigilant…
Continue ReadingOne of my professional organizations has a forum for members to help us stay connected about hot topics. I got my chuckle of the day when one member referred to scope creep on federal…
Continue ReadingSeveral readers messaged me trying to get my thoughts on exactly which companies I think might be “in bad shape” following my recent discussion of the Olive shutdown.
The short answer is that a…
Everyone is talking about the recent shutdown of Olive. Looking back over the last several months, HIStalk has been full of mentions of companies that abruptly shut down, declared bankruptcy, or are otherwise in…
Continue ReadingThe state of public health in the US continues to decline, and I’m worried about the potential lack of available data for COVID surveillance. Now that many people with COVID are either testing at…
Continue ReadingAmong telehealth physicians, there’s a lot of chatter about an upcoming change in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) policy that would require physicians and other healthcare providers to report their home addresses…
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