Hospital Medicine Perspective

• COVID Vaccine Mandates: How Strong Is Too Strong?   Bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, and a panel discuss the negative effects of strong mandates on healthcare workers to get COVID-19 vaccination.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, August 04, 2021
• Oncologists Face Nightmares Every Day With Prior Authorization An oncologist describes the frustration of having insurance companies deny tests and drugs that he has ordered: "A part of every day is spent worrying."
  Medscape Oncology, August 04, 2021
• New Technology May Improve Medication Compliance Mistakes in medication self-administration kill thousands and cost billions every year. Help may be coming.
  Medscape Blogs, August 04, 2021
• It's Time for All Physicians to Have a National Medical License A physician says we need a national licensing system for doctors; it will help physicians, patients, and healthcare costs.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, August 04, 2021
• Physicians Need to Unionize Now Complaining about the loss of physician autonomy isn't going to change anything. We need to unionize, argues this doctor.
  theheart.org on Medscape, August 04, 2021
• My Kid's College Will Cost How Much? Paying for a college education can get expensive and affect everyone. Here are tips from a financial planner on how to come up with a college savings plan that works for the entire family.
  Medscape Blogs, August 03, 2021
• Simplifying COVID Immunology, One Metaphor at a Time   With tales of Post-it Notes and fire trucks, Shane Crotty explains COVID immunology and vaccine responses for scientists and nonscientists alike.
  Medscape, August 03, 2021
• Gumption, Courage, and the Indomitable Spirit of Nurses A seasoned nurse describes how the COVID crisis has only amplified the strength of the nursing backbone, one that exemplifies heroes who work heartbreakingly long hours because they choose to do so.
  Medscape Blogs, August 03, 2021
• Keeping Kids Under 12 Safe From COVID-19   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Paul Offit, MD, Director of the Vaccine Education Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, about keeping children under the age of 12 safe from COVID-19.
  WebMD, August 03, 2021
• Should COVID Vaccinations Be Mandatory for Healthcare Workers?   Bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, hosts a panel conversation on whether it's possible to balance patient safety against the risk of alienating and losing your workforce.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, August 03, 2021
• Physicians Behaving Badly: Has It Gotten Worse? Many incidents of physicians behaving inappropriately have become public recently. We surveyed over 2000 doctors to see how serious this is, and how it affects the medical profession.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, July 30, 2021
• Five Things to Know about Point-of-Care Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Point-of-care testing is performed at or near where the patient specimen is collected. If your organization performs POC testing for COVID-19, here's what you need to know.
  CDC Expert Commentary, July 30, 2021
• Politics Trumping Science Is Increasingly Disheartening As political parties battle across America over COVID health policy, one ID specialist feels helpless -- and her frustration is growing.
  Medscape Blogs, July 30, 2021
• 5 Tips for Feeling Less Guilt When Calling Out Sick Do physicians and other medical professionals get sick? Yes, we do. Then why do we feel guilty about calling out? Here are tips on how to handle it and stay guilt free.
  Medscape Blogs, July 30, 2021
• 3 Powerful Lessons Simone Biles Taught the World Simone Biles withdraws from Olympics, proving that mental health should be the real goal.
  Medscape Blogs, July 29, 2021
• Billboard Therapy: Doctoring vs the Dollar Skilled marketing of new treatments complicates the physician-patient relationship.
  Medscape Blogs, July 29, 2021
• Are You Protected Against the Delta Variant?   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Eric Topol, MD, Executive VP, Scripps Research & Editor-in-Chief, Medscape, about the COVID-19 Delta variant.
  WebMD, July 28, 2021
• MDs Rebut Claims of Toxic Culture After Resident Suicides Young medical residents working in the same program killed themselves within 8 months. Their colleagues described a toxic environment.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, July 28, 2021
• A Cardiac 'Electrical Storm' Is Coming! Dr Mattu describes and offers advice on evaluating and caring for patients presenting with a cardiac condition known as the 'electrical storm.'
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, July 26, 2021
• Cancer Therapy and Myocardial Dysfunction: 5 Things to Know An expert overview of some key aspects to preventing, monitoring, and managing cardiac dysfunction related to cancer therapy.
  American College of Cardiology & Medscape , July 26, 2021