Physician Transparency: The Good and Bad
Physician transparency has been a hot-button issue for some time now. While some believe that transparency in the medical field is the best way to gain the trust of patients, others argue that it leaves medical facilities vulnerable and that sharing too much information can scare away future patients. A few recent shifts in the medical field have increased transparency, forcing many doctors to take a step back and decide just how...
Best Primary Care Advances in 2016
As 2016 winds down, there were a ton of primary care advances that will hopefully make the healthcare field better for the years to come. With an incoming president, constantly changing healthcare policy, and various new viruses and epidemics emerging, it’s great to know that we’re making steady progress towards a healthier, more advanced medical field. Physicians should be proud of the advancements we’ve made this year. Below,...
When Life’s Essentials Are Compromised: Global Warming Health Risks
Global warming. We’ve all been lectured on it. It’s the reason we recycle and buy environment-friendly products. We hear about its effects like melting ice caps, and droughts, but those who don’t live in the arctic or California are not directly affected by it, yet. The exception being warmer winter days, a bittersweet side effect that’s hard to be mad at. But at this rate, we will all soon experience the effects, whether it’s...
The Female Physician Advantage
A recent study was conducted to answer a very old question: are females better than males? Well, that was the gist of it. The real question was: Do patient outcomes differ between those treated by male and female physicians? And the answer? Yes. The Battle of the Sexes Analyzing 1.5 million Medicare patients’ death and readmission rates, the researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that female physicians had...
The Harsh Realities of Gender Bias in Healthcare
Gender bias in healthcare – what is it and why does it matter? Gender bias is any time a person is treated differently due to their sex or gender. In healthcare, there are situations where patients are assessed, diagnosed, and treated differently because of their gender, even though they have the same complaints and treatment requirements as patients of the opposite sex. It also happens in situations where men, women, lesbian, gay,...