March 4, 2021
Physicians don’t always communicate appropriately with one another. Multiple elements of the healthcare environment make good communication more challenging. The COVID-19 pandemic can provide additional communication […]
March 4, 2021
Although healthcare professionals are expected to demonstrate leadership skills in normal times, leadership during a crisis requires an altogether different skill set. Healthcare professionals have recently […]
March 4, 2021
All professions have seen a rapid increase in stress, healthcare clinicians’ burnout has multiplied even more dramatically and even more since the COVID-19 pandemic started. A […]
February 27, 2020
On any given day, about 1 in 31 hospital patients in the United States have at least one healthcare-associate infection. These infections lead to tens of […]
February 7, 2020
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is a hospital-acquired lung infection that develops 48 hours or longer, in a person who is on a ventilator. The infection is caused by […]
February 3, 2020
This Week’s Trending Medical Education Topic is Stress Management and Physician Burnout. Stress has been classified as the “Health Epidemic of the 21st Century” by […]
February 1, 2020
February is busy with various health awareness observances such as American Heart Health Month …
January 24, 2020
A new coronavirus is causing an outbreak of respiratory illness in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. This outbreak began in early December 2019 and […]
January 17, 2020
Emerging research has identified a strong relationship between the gastrointestinal system and the nervous system. This relationship is often termed the gut-brain axis, where physiologic processes or […]