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Asian American Doctors Underrepresented in Leadership Positions
Source: STAT News Written By Usha Lee McFarling For 15 years, orthopedic surgeon Charles S. Day has been working to highlight the striking lack of diversity in his field, publishing studies showing orthopedics had the fewest Black, Hispanic, and female residents of...
Steps Physicians Can Take to Better Protect Themselves From Workplace Violence
Source: American Medical Association Written By: Sara Berg, MS There are rising incidences of violence, intimidation, threats, and attacks directed toward Physicians and other health professionals who work to heal. Such acts not only compromise the safety and...
Conjoined Twins Successfully Separated and Ready to go Home
Source: TODAY Written By: Meghan Holohan A few days ago, baby Ella was enjoying some tummy time. For parents Sandy and Jesse Fuller, this felt wonderful. That’s because Ella was born conjoined by the abdomen to her twin, Eliza. When the couple learned Sandy...
Doctors With Disabilities Bring Diversity and Valuable Perspectives
Source: American Medical Association Written By: Andis Robeznieks Efforts to increase diversity among the physician workforce include removing the obstacles people with disabilities face when pursuing a career in medicine. But while physicians and medical students may...
Hiring and Retaining Young Doctors
Source: Physicians Practice Written By: Keith Loria With the physician shortage remaining a major concern for healthcare providers, a 2018 study from medical employment firm CompHealth identified ways young physicians find their first positions, what they want in a...
The Young Physicians Initiative Encourages Young People to Consider Medical Careers
Source: Tufts University School of Medicine The road to medical school requires resources — like money, parental support, and interpersonal connections — that are not available to everyone. But by building a network of medical students, doctors, and young people...
Mayo Clinic Testing AI Tool For Administrative Tasks and Searches
Source: Post Bulletin Written By: Dené K. Dryden ROCHESTER — Mayo Clinic is testing a new generative artificial intelligence tool from Google Cloud that could someday help doctors and medical researchers compile information without spending hours poring through...
Tips for Creating an LGBTQ-Friendly Practice
Source: American Medical Association Physicians who create an environment where all patients feel welcome can better meet their patients' often complex healthcare needs. Find recommended standards of practice with lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender patients and...
Tips for Creating an LGBTQ-Friendly Practice
Source: American Medical Association Physicians who create an environment where all patients feel welcome can better meet their patients' often complex healthcare needs. Find recommended standards of practice with lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender patients and...
NEJM Discusses AI in Medicine
Source: The New England Journal of Medicine In this episode of “Intention to Treat,” Maia Hightower and Isaac Kohane join host Rachel Gotbaum to explore the promise and hazards of artificial-intelligence and machine-learning tools for both clinical and administrative...
Cleveland Clinic Successfully Implants Dual Cardiac Device in the First Patient in the World
Source: Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic has successfully implanted a dual cardiac device in the first patient in the world as part of a clinical trial, which aims to potentially treat heart failure symptoms. The INTEGRA-D clinical study will evaluate the safety and...
Boston Doctors Perform First Of Its Kind Brain Surgery on Unborn Baby
Source: MIT Technology Review By Jessica Hamzelou She doesn’t know it yet, but a baby girl living somewhere near Boston has made history. The seven-week-old is one of the first people to have undergone an experimental brain operation while still in the womb. It might...
Mental Health Tips and Resources For Doctors
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and as a Doctor, it's important to take care of your own mental health as well as your patients' health. Here are some tips and resources that may be helpful: Practice self-care: Make sure to take care of your own physical and...
Mental Health Tips and Resources For Doctors
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and as a Doctor, it's important to take care of your own mental health as well as your patients' health. Here are some tips and resources that may be helpful: Practice self-care: Make sure to take care of your own physical and...
Mount Sinai Launches Center to Address Bias and Racism Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Source: Mount Sinai Press Release —Seeking to address racism and bias against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), as well as the under-representation of AAPI in leadership roles in medicine, Mount Sinai announced today the launch of the Center for Asian...