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August 30, 2024
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Know your worth, plan ahead to successfully navigate physician contract negotiations

Know your worth, plan ahead to successfully navigate physician contract negotiations

For physicians, negotiation is a daunting — but essential — component of job searching and career advancement. Experts also say negotiating skills are key to helping physicians achieve their goals and career satisfaction.

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April 25, 2024
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Social network analysis spots facilities at risk for KPC-CRE transmission

Social network analysis spots facilities at risk for KPC-CRE transmission

HOUSTON — Using social network analysis, researchers were able to show how health care facilities in Colorado are connected by patient transfers, which allowed them to identify potential outbreak origins.

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April 12, 2023
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Advocacy in the kidney community starts with building relationships, understanding policy

Advocacy in the kidney community starts with building relationships, understanding policy

AUSTIN, Texas — In the keynote presentation at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings, Lilia Cervantes, MD, detailed a framework for advocacy in the kidney community and called upon nephrologists to take action.

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March 25, 2022
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VIDEO: Social media can be a valuable tool for physicians, says top GI influencer

VIDEO: Social media can be a valuable tool for physicians, says top GI influencer

In this Healio video exclusive, Mohammad Bilal, MD, assistant professor at the University of Minnesota, discusses how physicians can effectively use social media in gastroenterology and other health care specialties.

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February 19, 2021
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All-female cholangiocarcinoma advisory board forms alliances, shares patient stories

All-female cholangiocarcinoma advisory board forms alliances, shares patient stories

A cholangiocarcinoma advisory board composed entirely of women has given physicians who treat the rare malignancy, as well as patients and their advocates, an opportunity to collaborate, share best practices and forge alliances.

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April 28, 2020
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Think Before You Post: Navigating the Social Media Minefield

Social media users attempting to track COVID-19 via Facebook, Twitter, personal blogs or forums are likely to encounter as much misinformation as reliable information. The pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the importance of truth and facts in the online universe.

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November 18, 2019
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Distributing HIV self-tests online increases testing frequency in MSM

Distributing HIV self-tests online increases testing frequency in MSM

Distributing free HIV self-tests may be an effective way to increase testing frequency among men who have sex with men, according to results from a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Internal Medicine.