Orthopedics Perspective

• Patients Who Refuse Masks: Responses That Won't Get You Sued A patient refuses to wear a mask in your office. Can you refuse to provide care?
  Medscape Nurses, July 09, 2020
• How Medicine Is Clearing Up Mixed Messages on Masks Medical professionals are exerting their social media influence to send a clear message on how mask wearing can prevent the spread of coronavirus.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, July 08, 2020
• COVID News: Perspective From a Physician Journalist   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr Jonathan LaPook, chief medical correspondent for CBS News, about his experience as a physician journalist.
  WebMD, July 08, 2020
• 'Doc, Can I Get a Mask Exemption?' As more jurisdictions mandate facial coverings in public, questions have arisen about whether it's safe for everyone, including those with lung disease, to wear masks.
  Medscape Medical News, July 07, 2020
• Share Your Voice: Medscape Physician Assistant Career Satisfaction Report 2020 We'd like your thoughts on this inaugural report, in which PAs share what they like best and least about the job, current scope of practice, and other factors that influence how PAs feel about their careers.
  Medscape Family Medicine, June 30, 2020
• Medscape Physician Assistant Career Satisfaction Report 2020 How happy are PAs with their career choice? Do they feel that their compensation is fair for the work they do? Our survey has the answers.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, June 30, 2020
• Avoiding Shoulder Bursitis With Vaccine Administration   Are your staff using the appropriate vaccine administration technique to prevent subdeltoid bursitis?
  Medscape Internal Medicine, June 23, 2020
• Pro Sports Must Resume; Society Needs It at This Time   Dr Art Caplan tells why restarting sporting events is a necessary step that society should take, while paying attention to safety considerations for both fans and athletes.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, June 08, 2020
• Understanding the Puzzling Pathology of COVID-19   Drs Andrew Wilner and William Li discuss recent findings suggesting that many of the symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 -- stroke included -- may be due to underlying vascular pathology.
  Medscape Neurology, June 04, 2020
• ACSM 2020 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ACSM 2020
  Medscape Orthopedics, May 29, 2020
• Let's Stop the Draconian Visiting Restrictions One physician's thoughts on how to loosen visitation restrictions responsibly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, May 27, 2020
• Happy 25th Birthday, Medscape, From Our Founder Medscape launched on May 22, 1995. It was the first site with a radical concept: anyone who registered would have free access to trusted information previously available only through subscriptions.
  Medscape, May 21, 2020
• Has the Pandemic 'Infected' Our Approach to Medicine? Changing long-standing protocols. Using unproven drugs. Targeting colleagues. Blame the COVID-19 'superinfection' for these changes in physicians' thinking, argues Vinay Prasad.
  Medscape Oncology, May 20, 2020
• Medscape Orthopedist Compensation Report 2020 Medscape's Orthopedist Compensation Report explores annual earnings, incentive bonuses, time spent on paperwork and administration, and how physicians feel about their careers.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, May 20, 2020
• COVID-19 Ruins Korean Med Graduate's US Plans Problems associated with the COVID-19 pandemic may prevent international medical graduates from attending US residency programs, which puts their key role in supplementing the workforce in doubt.
  Medscape Med Students, May 16, 2020
• Medscape Physician Assistant Compensation Report 2020 Our first PA compensation survey reveals how much PAs earn across the country by specialty, work setting, education, and much more.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, May 15, 2020
• Treating Rheumatic Diseases in a COVID-19 Epicenter 'Should I stop my medication to lower my risk for infection?' Three NYC rheumatologists share what they know to answer this and other FAQs about COVID-19 and rheumatologic diseases.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, May 11, 2020
• When Can We Open for Elective Surgeries?   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr Valerie Rusch about determining when it might be safe to perform elective surgeries again, and what must be done to make it happen.
  WebMD, May 08, 2020
• Volunteering During the Pandemic: What Doctors Need to Know Dr. Arghavan Salles, who was trained as a bariatric surgeon, describes her experiences volunteering at a New York City hospital.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, May 08, 2020
• No Better Time to Thank Our Nurses Medscape thanks nurses around the world during International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife and National Nurses Week. Please join us.
  Medscape, May 05, 2020