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Aug 6, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Jenna Colturi |Lachlan Shiver |Kymberley Armstrong |Jenny Jones
A significant 34% of physicians believe medical training should be shorter, according to a Doximity poll of 3,411 physicians. This perspective is contrasted by 50% who feel that the current training length is appropriate, and 16% who would like longer training periods. Reducing the length of medical training could potentially address issues such as student-loan debt and clinician shortages.
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Apr 1, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Lachlan Shiver |Ashkan Habib |Jenny Jones |Soubhana Asif
I still remember receiving the call on that rainy Tuesday afternoon. I had been late to my job as a math tutor, and within five minutes of walking through the door I was surrounded by a group of rambunctious eight-year-olds. A phone call meant an escape from the chaos; it also potentially meant a new life path opening for me. As the hours went on, the downward glances I took toward my phone became more conspicuous. Then, my phone rang.
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Mar 29, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Ashkan Habib |Jenny Jones |Soubhana Asif
At the start of 2024, the MOBILE Health Care Act went into effect, significantly simplifying the process of operating a mobile health clinic for health centers, particularly those serving rural areas.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Jenny Jones |Soubhana Asif |Shivik Patel
What’s the ICD-10 Code for Moral Injury? One Christmas, I took care of a patient in the ED who had — for HIPAA purposes’ sake I’ll be vague and say — a bad infection. I was working in a community ED over 45 minutes driving from the mothership referral center. This patient had been seen by my colleague a few days prior and accepted for transfer to the main campus for surgical intervention.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Soubhana Asif |Jenny Jones |Shivik Patel |Tod Stillson
An Apology Is Not a Career EnderWhether it be for CME credits, a hospital requirement, or a rotation, I think all people in the health care field — from students to clinicians — have experienced the mundane nature of self-paced online certification courses or modules. I, myself, recently completed a Basic Certificate in Quality and Safety from a not-for-profit organization. One section in particular caught my attention: a module dedicated to responding to adverse events.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Jenny Jones |Shivik Patel |Tod Stillson |Hunter Scott
As part of my global emergency medicine fellowship, I traveled to the Peruvian Amazon to participate in conducting a needs assessment of the locally available health care resources in conjunction with a local nonprofit. Much of this region of the world is only accessible by boat, and getting to a hospital can take days for those living in the most remote communities. At the end of our trip, my group embarked on a lake adventure.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Abraham Kim |Lachlan Shiver |Ashkan Habib |Jenny Jones
Four Out of Five Doctors Are Overworked. Most Are Looking for a ChangeFour out of five physicians (81%) say they are overworked, and three out of five are considering a career change, according to a Doximity poll.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Matthew Scott |Avneet Soin |Corinne Carland |Jenny Jones
Allergy lists are ubiquitous in medicine. But anyone who works in health care knows that they are often inaccurate. Real allergic reaction postings are nearly always mixed in with dubious data such as poorly-characterized childhood rashes or patient preference against certain medications. This is largely because there is not a current accepted standard of how to reconcile the allergy list. To some clinicians, reconciliation means listing out patient stated allergies.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Avneet Soin |Matthew Scott |Corinne Carland |Jenny Jones
We’re There for Our Patients. Can We Be There for Caregivers Too? It was almost midnight when I was asked to evaluate a patient in the ER for suicidal ideation on an overnight shift. I was covering any new patients with psychiatric concerns in the ER, as well as urgent overnight consults, behavioral codes, and the inpatient psychiatric unit, so I was braced for potential interruptions in the process.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Kalliopi P. Siziopikou |Danielle Pigneri |Natalie Davis |Jenny Jones
This year the 2023 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium showcased the emerging importance of the Breast Molecular Tumor Board, a special multidisciplinary session during which information from genetic and molecular testing was discussed and incorporated into the clinical decision making, guiding treatment decisions for our breast cancer patients.
