Hospital Medicine Perspective

• RaDonda Vaught: Victim, Felon, or Both? An experienced nurse discusses the implications of the RaDonda Vaught guilty verdict for nurses who may be angry or fearful for the future.
  Medscape Blogs, April 21, 2022
• Malpractice Case: Did Error Cause Neurologic Impairment? An infant ends up with a lifelong impairment. What led to the outcome?
  The Doctors Company, April 21, 2022
• What's the Most Likely Cause of This Man's Severe Headaches? His headache is worse when he stands, and resolves when he lies down. Valsalva maneuver makes the headache much worse.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, April 20, 2022
• Any Benefits for Docs in Govt's New Medicare Payment Model? A new payment model signals the government's continued experimentation to find a solution to the soon-to-be-bankrupt Medicare program. Will you be affected?
  Medscape Business of Medicine, April 20, 2022
• Antidepressants Don't Increase Quality of Life?   F. Perry Wilson comments on a study that looks at the effectiveness of antidepressants.
  Medscape, April 20, 2022
• COVID-19: The Sadness of Dying Alone -- What Can We Do?   Bioethicist Art Caplan discusses the tragedy of people dying alone, especially during COVID, and how we should change that.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, April 18, 2022
• Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2022: Incomes Gain, Pay Gaps Remain Income is starting to recover for many physicians, who are still trying to overcome a very tough year.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, April 15, 2022
• Has the Benzodiazepine Backlash Gone Too Far? How attitudes toward these commonly prescribed anxiolytics have changed.
  Medscape Psychiatry, April 13, 2022
• Are All Medical Errors Now Crimes? The Nurse Vaught Verdict   Drs Robert Glatter, Jane Barnsteiner, and Megan Ranney discuss medical errors related to medication dispensing, inspired by a recent event.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, April 13, 2022
• What We Get Wrong About Match Day How can we celebrate happily matched graduates while still consoling others?
  Medscape Blogs, April 13, 2022
• The Gastroenterologist's Guide to Food Allergies Food-related reactions can cause significant GI discomfort, but the right diagnostic tools can catch them in your patients, according to allergist Dr Clifford Bassett.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, April 11, 2022
• Run Into a Rabid Animal? What to Know Rabid animals are a summertime hazard. Here's how to protect yourself.
  Medscape Blogs, April 11, 2022
• All About Trust: Determining PA Scope of Practice Using EPAs PA scope of practice can be determined at the practice level with innovations in learning how to get those with the proper preparation in the right places to provide optimal healthcare for all.
  Medscape Blogs, April 07, 2022
• ACC 2022 Sodium Restriction in Heart Failure: Another Dogma Felled If you still think that strict sodium limits are worthwhile in patients with heart failure, the onus is on you to prove it. They have enough to deal with, writes John Mandrola, MD.
  theheart.org on Medscape, April 06, 2022
• How and Why the Language of Medicine Must Change Words matter. Which of today's commonly used terms need updating, and what are better alternatives?
  Medscape Internal Medicine, March 30, 2022
• House of Medicine for Rent Yale scholar Peter A. Swenson, PhD, says financial conflicts of interest plague medical societies in the United States, warping healthcare politics and jeopardizing patient care.
  Medscape Family Medicine, March 29, 2022
• WebMD/Medscape Reveal Winners of 'Meddys' Film Awards Readers weighed in on Best Doctor, Best Medical Film, and other categories in our inaugural movie awards.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, March 25, 2022
• I Don't Have a Patient Portal. And I Probably Never Will Neurologist Allan Block on how to practice when patient portals aren't an option.
  Medscape Neurology, March 24, 2022
• Pain in Vain or Flexible Prescribing? CDC's Draft Opioid Guidance With this proposed update, CDC seeks to restore physician autonomy and balance in pain management, but has the pendulum swung too far in the direction of "never opioids"?
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, March 22, 2022
• Ivermectin and COVID: Is a Microscopic Worm the Key?   F. Perry Wilson comments on a meta-analysis of ivermectin treatment for COVID.
  Medscape, March 22, 2022