posted on Fri, Jan 18 2019 8:22 am Last week, Medscape released their yearly report on physician happiness and stress. What were their main takeaways? Last week, Medscape released their yearly report on physician happiness and stress. This year, Medscape surveyed 15,069 physicians across over 29 specialties (including ophthalmology) to determine lifestyle trends within the industry. What were their main takeaways? Most physicians are happy outside…
Orthopaedic surgeons see opportunity to further education, expand clinical use and transform quality of care for patients ROSEMONT, Ill. (December 13, 2019) — It is no secret that technology is transforming the healthcare industry at rapid speed. The idea of 3D printing a patient’s specific fracture pattern or bone pathology on command seemed like science fiction just a few years ago; however, 3D printing technology is…
By Nisa Islam Muhammad -Staff Writer- | Last updated: Aug 5, 2016 - 12:16:54 PM If you thought the wage gap between men and women, Whites and Blacks was just in middle to lower income jobs think again. In what was probably the largest study of salary differences between male and female medical school faculty members, the wage gap even exists for physicians where White male doctors make the most and Black female doctors make the least. According to the study published in…
Araliya Valuation Consulting (AVC), based in Tampa, FL, surveyed over 1,000 physician business owners to find out their perspective on the current healthcare environment, in a business context. AVC team surveyed several medical specialists, including: dentists, ophthalmologists, psychiatrists and psychologists, family medicine practitioners, chiropractors, podiatrists, physical medicine and rehabilitation providers, pediatrics, orthopedic surgeons, and internal medicine providers, among other disciplines. This article summarizes the survey results
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Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: John J.wisc.edu Abstract Historically, family physicians moved among all the venues of medical care— office, hospital, community—and were a part of a connected professional community. That connected community was sustained in great part through informal gatherings of clinicians in hospitals, clinics, and professional organizations. The current fragmentation of medicine into narrowly defined, boundaried…
Memphis' Dr. Lauren Ditta Is One of Nation's Few Neuro-ophthalmologists As one of only a very small number of pediatric neuro-ophthalmologists in the nation, in a field that medical experts say is in rapid decline, Lauren Ditta, MD, says versatility is key in her profession. A subspecialist in neurology and ophthalmology, Dr. Ditta believes her job brings with it a series of challenges that include: A…
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Click to view image Back surgery. Two words that most patients don’t want to hear their doctors say. But thanks to advances in minimally invasive techniques, many procedures may not be as traumatic as some assume. “A lot of people who think about back or spine surgery still think of it as major surgery associated with a somewhat long and painful recovery,” said Dr. Betsy Grunch , a neurosurgeon at The Longstreet Clinic, P.C. “And while it is a delicate surgery any time…
Forty percent of US parents are "extremely" or "very" worried that their children will struggle with anxiety or depression at some point, a new survey finds.