Practice Management News

Of all the risks to doctors, the most common threat to long-term financial security may be divorce. Yet, what can physicians do to protect from this risk?

In this video, Kimberly J. Templeton, MD, FAAOS, FAOA, FAMWA, past president of the American Medical Women’s Association, describes how biases and harassment impact women physicians and ways to improve their well-being.

Patients who are HIV positive and members of the LGBT community experience disparities in dermatologic treatment, which clinicians can work to change in order to positively affect a patient’s experience.

Better health care benefits both patients and physicians. However, more efforts are needed to achieve this goal, according to a speaker at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

The classically defined diffuse subtype of juvenile systemic sclerosis demonstrates more globally severe disease and higher interstitial lung disease frequency, whereas the limited cutaneous subtype has more frequent cardiac symptoms, data shows.

TikTok, which began as a way to show off new dances and funny clips, has been increasingly used to spread information, awareness and tips on myriad topics as its popularity has exploded.

Amid the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, select units at the University of Chicago Medical Center achieved daily hand hygiene compliance rates of more than 90%, and some even hit 100% at one point, data show.

Formalized allyship is required at an educational level to increase diversity in dermatology, according to a poster presented at AAD VMX 2021.

The shift to video conferencing during the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative effect on self-perceptions, according to a study presented at AAD VMX 2021.

Media reports have recently raised the issue of vaccine passports, which would allow people to prove their immunization status against COVID-19.