Author: Deborah Chiaravalloti
Deborah Chiaravalloti is an award-winning writer and former hospital executive. Her insider experience helps healthcare clients launch medical procedures, products including artificial intelligence software and knowledge sharing platforms. Deborah writes websites, blogs, opinion pieces, and marketing strategy for elder care, health care consumerism, revenue cycle management (RCM), and the business of healthcare. Her printed pieces have been published and her radio shows syndicated nationally.
Why Patient Education & Health Literacy Is Important
There is a fine difference between health education and health literacy but it can make all the difference in the health of your patients and thei [...]
First They Were Dead, Then They Weren’t
They say nothing is certain but death and taxes. But as you may have experienced, is death certain? Some patients die and then come back again. Wh [...]
What You May Not Know About Breast Cancer Patients
Although you may be familiar with the rates of breast cancer detection and survival, there may be three things you don’t know about breast cancer [...]
Sleepwalking: Facts About This Zombie-Like State
It’s nearly Halloween - the peak time for zombies and sleepwalking, (at least for some people). Some reports show that nearly 8.4 million American [...]
Why Do Seemingly Well-Adjusted Doctors Commit Suicide?
We all know them: the high performing, high volume physicians who seem to be in control, driven, engaged, and highly motivated. They may be physic [...]
Are PAs & NPs the Answer to the Physician Shortage Problem?
It’s estimated that by the year 2030, the US could be short as many as 120,000 physicians. The latest report shows that number includes nearly 13, [...]
What Inspired You to Become a Doctor?
Inspiration is defined as “a sudden brilliant, creative or timely idea”- not things that align with medical school. It’s safe to say that no one lau [...]
What Inspired You to Become a Nurse?
There are nearly 3 million registered nurses (RNs) in the US - 2,824,641 to be precise. Just over 9% of them are men. That’s triple the rate o [...]
Resident Edition: What Inspired You to Become a Doctor?
Inspiration comes in many different forms, but for medical residents, it is usually in the shape of a human being who loomed large somewhere in th [...]
What You Need to Know: ABS Continuous Certification Assessment in General Surgery
The American Board of Surgery has introduced a new assessment process for 2018 and beyond for general surgery. It’s called the Continuous Certific [...]
Coping with Death as a Nurse
How do nurses cope with death? By talking with one another. This strategy presents itself repeatedly in the literature, blogs and nurse forums. Re [...]
Developments in Identifying Potential Root Causes of Autism
Recently scientists made several interesting discoveries about autism - particularly the ways in which new information can be found. The findings [...]
Identifying and Addressing Sexual Misconduct in Healthcare
A recent survey of 6,200 physician and clinicians in the US finds that 10% report being sexually abused, harassed, or experiencing sexual miscondu [...]
The Ugly Truth: Coping With Death as a Physician
There are volumes written about the ways that doctors cope with death. It is a deeply personal experience and coping mechanisms vary as widely as [...]
Telemedicine: The Demand Is Here, Are You Ready?
Depending on where you work, you may already have access to telemedicine applications in your practice. If not, you may want to push your administ [...]
How to Communicate with Patients with Aphasia
Every year 795,000 people in the US suffer a stroke. About 87% of all strokes are ischemic strokes in which blood flow to the brain is blocked. St [...]
Caregivers on the Rise — Integral to the Care Team
It’s common knowledge that the population is aging. The US Census Bureau estimates that by next year there will be 50 million Baby Boomers over th [...]
Explaining Alzheimer’s vs. Dementia vs. Natural Memory Loss
The sad and scary truth is: 5.7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. Over the next 30 years that number is expected to nearly tr [...]
Social Determinants of Health (SDH) & How They Affect US Health Care
Checking a patient’s vital signs, reviewing medical history, imaging, and lab reports give you insight into a patient’s condition and are essentia [...]
Drowsy Driving: Long Shifts May Result in Impairment Behind the Wheel
You’re done with your shift. It’s time to go home. How many hours have you worked without sleep? If you haven’t slept at least five hours in the l [...]