More people working from home spend hours on video calls, inevitably looking at themselves for long periods of time and not liking what they see. This has led to an increase in cosmetic surgeries, Doctors calling it the Zoom Boom. Dr. Michael Wojtanowski, a surgeon at the Ohio Clinic for …
Read More »Hospitals Seeing Earlier Cases Of RSV
Doctors are noticing an earlier season of Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). RSV is a common respiratory virus that usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms. Most people recover in a week or two, but RSV can be serious, especially for infants and older adults. RSV is the most common cause of bronchiolitis …
Read More »Physicians in 4 states expected to face most competition
Becker’s Hospital Review— Physicians in four Northeastern states are projected to face the most competition by 2028, according to an analysis by WalletHub, a personal finance website. Projected competition was one of 19 metrics analysts compared to determine the best and worst states in which to practice medicine in 2021. …
Read More »A Hiring Trend Is On The Rise For Physicians
When Laurence Wellikson, CEO of the Society of Hospital Medicine, first started guest lecturing in health care management classes at the University of Pennsylvania a decade or so ago, he needed to explain to students what a “hospitalist” is. But then the ranks of hospitalists, defined as physicians who work …
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