Hospital Interns Spend Only 13.4% of Time in Patient Rooms
Real-time locating systems may be used to improve the training experience, authors say
General Practice
An Uncomfortable Truth: Why Patients Lie to Their Physicians
A growing body of research suggests that patients are not always transparent with their physicians about critical information.
Violating Patient Confidentiality Is Sometimes Necessary
Patients trust that what they tell their doctors will remain confidential, but under certain specific circumstances, the doctors may be obligated to breach that trust.
Actions Against Physician Licenses Due to Substance Use Down
However, despite declines from 2004 to 2020, substance use-related actions remain much higher than actions for physical, psychological impairment
AMA Survey Shows Lack of Progress on Prior Authorization Reforms
Results show little progress across all five reform areas outlined in 2018 consensus statement
Physicians Often Experience Mistreatment, Discrimination
Experience of mistreatment or discrimination by patients, families, visitors independently linked with higher odds of burnout
Health Care Employee Turnover Recovering
However, recovery is uneven, particularly among historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups
Intimate Partner Violence Referrals Increased After COVID-19 Emergence
Face-to-face consults decreased, but total number of consults, mainly for emotional abuse, increased
Exhaustion-Related Burnout Higher in Underrepresented Medical Students
However, medical students who are underrepresented in medicine less likely to report disengagement
Employment at Skilled Nursing Facilities Declined During COVID-19
Positive association found between COVID-19 burden and 12-month percent change in employment levels among SNFs
