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Do doctors have a legal right to work from home because of health issues or disability?
“There is now a precedent and examples all over that working from home for some is a viable alternative to working in the hospital or a clinic.”...
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The top tax breaks that physicians use
“You want to maximize your retirement contributions,” says Mark Steber, the chief tax information officer for Jackson Hewitt Tax Services. “If you...
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PCPs facing increased patient demand for knowledgeable menopause care
More patient demand for HT shining a light on inadequate primary care training in menopause medicine.
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Your workplace is toxic: Can you make it better?
The two things that tend to plague medical practices most: A culture of fear and someone who is letting ego run the day-to-day.
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12 steps to closing your practice without problems
“Many don’t think about compliance issues, patient abandonment, or accounts receivable that they need to keep open to collect from billing, which...
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Seeking help for burnout may be a gamble for doctors
Disclosing burnout resulting in being “ostracized, penalized, and ultimately ousted,” is the rule rather than the exception.
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Treating fractures in elderly patients: Beyond the broken bone
Osteoporosis management can prevent fractures, and follow-up after fractures can prevent future breaks.
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Your patient bequeathed money to you: Can you accept it?
“To reject these gifts would be a slap in the face to the patient, [but] where it gets more ethically cloudy is when a gift is very substantial...
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Underprescribed menopause relief: Women suffer needlessly
Treating with low-dose estrogen isn’t a radical approach – in fact, it is the standard of care for women experiencing many menopause symptoms.
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Domestic violence in health care is real and underreported
Tasked with screening for abuse, medical professionals often struggle to recognize their own experiences of domestic violence and rarely ask for...
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One in five doctors with long COVID can no longer work: Survey
A U.K. survey shed light on the lingering effects of long COVID on more than 600 chronically ill and disabled doctors with the condition.