Physician Wellness: Tools to Prevent Impairment
About 42% of physicians report feeling burned out, and about half of all doctors are making active plans to leave the practice of medicine. [...]
Board recertification: A double standard for physicians?
There is an increasing double standard in the practice of medicine and the practice of advanced nursing, and one of these is the difference [...]
Investigative journalist Eric Starkman discusses the dangers of corporate healthcare and ‘MD Lites’
We are joined by Eric Starkman, an investigative journalist who works to shed light on dangerous corporate practices in healthcare. Mr. Starkman is relentless [...]
Dangers of Corporate Healthcare and MD Lites: Eric Starkman Higlights
Highlights from our conversation with Eric Starkman regarding corporate healthcare and 'MD Lites'
Betty’s Story: A father’s plea for NP accountability after the death of his daughter (Part 2)
Seven-year-old Betty died just 15 hours after she was evaluated by a pediatric nurse practitioner at a pediatric urgent care without any physician on [...]
Professional Confusion: Why it Matters
Marsha Haley MD and Niran Al-Agba MD discuss how professional confusion endangers patients.
How the Term “Provider’ Can Lead to Patient Harm
A change in terminology to refer to physicians and other healthcare professionals as 'providers' has created a false equivalency that can cause patient harm. [...]
Health system hijacking of ‘Doctors’ Day’ another step towards false equivalence among clinicians
One of the ways that corporations have been successful in replacing physicians with lesser-trained medical practitioners is by creating a sense of equivalence so [...]