Patients Approve of Telemedicine Consultations for Postoperative Care
A survey shows more than 60% would accept virtual visits even after the pandemic subsides.
A survey shows more than 60% would accept virtual visits even after the pandemic subsides.
Bias extends beyond skin color to the assumptions physicians might make about patients.
To accommodate patients remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, practices may have expanded personnel access to protected health information and relied on devices that might be vulnerable to cyber attacks.
Women physicians in academic medical centers are less likely than men to be promoted to upper faculty ranks.
Concentrating more on cataract surgery increases the chances of patients receiving fragmented care, according to study.
Mental health disorders are common in health care workers during and immediately following a pandemic.
For all specialties, modest increases in patient visits per day would recover the costs of implementing medical scribes.
Low- and middle-income families experienced a larger reduction in out-of-pocket costs after initiation of the ACA than higher-income families.
The amount of time spent with a provider is similar for postoperative follow-up visits performed with either an in-person visit or virtual visit.
Operating room experience is inconsistent between male and female trainees, and who is selected to perform surgery is prone to sex bias, according to the authors of a new study.