being a doctor
Explaining The Fall (And Possible Rebirth) Of Doctors’ House Calls
“Connected care” refers to a large and growing portfolio of digital tools, from video consultations with psychiatrists to in-home sensors passively detecting when a...
American physician Meena Hassan takes vacation to treat Syrian refugees
On the heels of the Paris attacks, debate rages over how to respond to the thousands of people fleeing across borders to escape violent...
Long Hours, Short Visits, Red Tape Are Making Doctors Burn Out
If you feel like your doctor just isn’t “into it” anymore, you might be right.
A survey in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings found that more...
Is There a Doctor in the Marriage?
Six weeks after our wedding, my husband and I were flying back to New Orleans, where we live. As soon as we reached cruising...
Why do hospitals feed their staff so poorly?
I recently visited a friend who works at Google and was pleasantly surprised by the Bay-area tech giant’s health-promotion efforts. Its crowded cafeteria offered...
$2.6 million: Is the cost of becoming a doctor worth it?
Each year, over 20,000 U.S. students begin medical school. They routinely pay $50,000 or more per year for the privilege, and the average medical...
Doctors see potential revenue boost under Medicare changes, telehealth
Primary care physicians stand to earn additional revenue starting Jan. 1 under Medicare's new fee schedule for care coordination of chronically ill patients and...
A New York Doctor’s Life In Ebola Quarantine
On arriving in Geneva to wait out his required 21-day, self-monitored quarantine, Dr. Darin Portnoy says he was looking forward to a few runs—he...
A New York Doctor’s Life In Ebola Quarantine
On arriving in Geneva to wait out his required 21-day, self-monitored quarantine, Dr. Darin Portnoy says he was looking forward to a few runs—he...
GOP May Thwart Obamacare’s Huge Pay Raise For Doctors
A huge pay raise under the Affordable Care Act for primary care doctors who treat the nation’s poor covered by Medicaid health insurance is...
