MedPageToday recently commented on a JAMA Internal Medicine study looking at female physician salaries compared to male physician salaries. The findings were significant and disheartening. The study (not limited to the specialty of Internal Medicine, but included all specialties) found that male physicians earned 25% more than their female colleagues, for an average of $56,019 […]

The New York times recently had a great article about addiction medicine and the controversial drug Suboxone and it’s generic relative buprenorphine used to treat opioid addiction. The article highlights how addiction medicine is fraught with many controversies –from the drugs used to treat addicts to the controversial clinics to the controversial physicians running them. […]

We all know that there is a shortage of physicians in this country. And, while you’d think that growing medical school classes would be a good thing, it’s turning out to be a problem. Why, you may ask? The problem is that residency programs aren’t growing as quickly. And, as a result, last year, there […]

On the heels of the painfully sad essay, “What I’ve Learned from Saving Physicians from Suicide,” I just read David Bornstein’s essay, “Medicine’s Search for Meaning” and I am heartbroken. I am heartbroken for physicians and health care providers and I am heartbroken for patients. As we all know, most physicians would not encourage their […]

We all know that that once it’s out there, it’s out there forever. Of course, we’re talking about the internet and social media. Just as businesses have been looking into their prospective employees’ backgrounds by searching the internet for a long time now, medicine is starting to do the same. No longer are employers just […]

Many of you who follow this blog know that I have written extensively about my own, personal experiences with our medically complex son. (Some of the posts, for background pertaining to this post are HERE, HERE, and HERE.) That said, it was so wonderful to read the NY Times article entitled, “Haunted by a Child’s […]

Tuesday was a big day in health care. As you know, the Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance Marketplace opened. And, today, we’d like to give you two brief updates. First, due to the high volume of requests, many of the websites have been slow and some have also experienced glitches. Please encourage your patients to […]

The Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Marketplace opens today, October 1, and undoubtedly you will be facing questions from your patients about it and how they can get coverage. The American Medical Association has put together several brief, yet very informative, documents for patients and physicians. Here is a link to the new Health Insurance […]