A new drug cost survey reveals that over 90 percent of physicians believe they have a role to play in discussing healthcare costs with patients. Unfilled prescriptions remain a problem, with 73 percent of physicians taking the patient’s responsibility for cost into account in making a prescribing decision, according to the survey released by OptimizeRx.… Read More »
Dear friends— especially my colleagues, I recently failed a class (I have been working on a PhD in psychology) and found myself immobilized and disengaged from life, personal happiness and joy. I actually didn’t even tell my husband, who is my true confidant of my feeling and thoughts, until the following day. I found myself… Read More »
There are certain standards followed before physicians are certified. They take written tests. They also have to practice doing an actual surgery several times and meet the required number of hours. The standards are the same, but it does not mean the person who is certified is already highly qualified to do the job. When… Read More »
For several years now, I’ve been the social media curmudgeon in medicine. In a 2011 New York Times op-ed titled “Don’t Quit This Day Job”, I argued that working part-time or leaving medicine goes against our obligation to patients and to the American taxpayers who subsidize graduate medical education to the tune of $ 15… Read More »