Tag: healthcare
10 FAQs About Nurse Practitioners
Have some questions about nurse practitioners that you have always wondered about? Chances are you are not the only one asking those questions. Be [...]
Celebrating National Pharmacist Day
January 12 is National Pharmacist Day, when we recognize the contribution that pharmacists have made--and continue to make--to patient care and ou [...]
What Are Healthcare Workers Thankful for in 2020?
2020 has been particularly rough for everyone–especially for those working the frontlines in healthcare. As new cases continue to rise, healthcare [...]
3 Steps You Can Take to Provide More Accessible Healthcare
When patients negatively review their U.S. health providers, most cite their clinicians’ poor bedside manner or the front desk staff’s rude custom [...]
COVID-19 and Persons of Color: What Our Pandemic Reveals about American Health Inequities
The American death tally from COVID-19 (387,000+ as of 1/15/21) now exceeds that from World War I or from Pearl Harbor, September 11, the Korean a [...]
Creating an Eco-Friendly Dental Practice
The importance of leading a more eco-friendly lifestyle is becoming more relevant every day. Phrases such as Earth Day is Every day and Re-use, Recycl [...]
Prescribing Food as Medicine to Treat Patients
We all know that eating nutritious foods is one important part of living a healthy life. While “let food be thy medicine” is a quote often misattr [...]
Doctors as Patients: What it’s Like on Both Sides
Two weeks after my ninth birthday, something was very wrong. My body was shedding pounds on my already skinny frame, I was urinating constantly, a [...]
What Healthcare Providers Should Know About the Opioid Epidemic
From 1999 to 2017, more than 700,000 people have died from a drug overdose. Around 68% of those deaths in 2017 involved an opioid like heroin or i [...]
Old Nursing Skills You Don’t See Anymore
The medical field is always growing and changing. Over time, many of the most popular medical techniques are eliminated. While you may think that [...]
What are Plague Doctor Masks?
As you search for the perfect spooky Halloween costume, you might come across a plague doctor mask or two. These beaked masks are a popular access [...]
Should Empathy Be a Factor in Medical School Admissions?
You've earned a high GPA and you've hit your target scores on the MCAT. The medical school of your dreams should be almost a guarantee, right? But [...]
7 Tips to Make Your Practice LGBTQ+ Friendly
In today's world, doctors and healthcare professionals have to strive to create a comfortable environment so patients will want to come back and s [...]
Healthcare Advancements You May See in 2019
It happens every year at this time; various media outlets publish reviews from the past year and predictions for the future. Some are boring, some [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Earth Day: Why the March for Science Matters in Medicine
Regardless of our personal politics, as physicians and scientists, we can all agree that research and the pursuit of advanced science benefit mank [...]
How to Maintain Your Practice During Uncertain Federal Healthcare Policy Changes
If you are in healthcare, these are troubling times. Regardless of your politics, uncertainty is unsettling and that is an understatement these da [...]
Is Physician Burnout Really A Problem?
Feeling powerless, unimportant and useless? Angry and hopeless? Crippled with cynicism and detachment? Full of pessimism and isolation? These are [...]
Pay Equality in Healthcare?
“Pay equality” in healthcare is an oxymoron - in reality, there is no such thing. There are widely varying pay ranges according to position, gende [...]