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Opinion: PAs need a new name, but ‘physician associate’ won’t cut it. Here’s a better idea

02.06.2023

I’m standing over an operating table, excising a skin cancer from the forehead of an elderly gentleman while soft piano music echoes off the floor tiles. I’ve performed this procedure …

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Opinion: The agony of finding decent health care for my young-adult daughter with Down syndrome

02.06.2023

Several years ago, a local artist asked if she could paint my younger daughter, then a tween, as part of a series of life-size portraits of people she knew. Monica …

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Opinion: Doctors think “advocate” is a dirty word. But it’s our ethical responsibility

01.06.2023

Last Thursday, after 15 hours of deliberation, the Indiana State Licensing board ruled that our friend and colleague Caitlin Bernard, an OB-GYN, violated patient privacy laws in discussing the case …

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Opinion: More hospitals are offering child care. But they shouldn’t have to

30.05.2023

Since the pandemic began, thousands of child care locations have closed, exacerbating an already acute shortage. But health care worker Jada Carter was lucky. Her two children went to Hospitots, …

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Opinion: More young people should be getting their cholesterol tested and taking statins

29.05.2023

For busy primary care physicians like me, an annual physical with a 27-year-old male is a blessing. Since we’re always running late, a quick visit with a young healthy adult …

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Opinion: How ‘screen and refer’ systems fail to help patients

24.05.2023

We’ve all had the experience of a doctor or other health care worker staring at screen while asking us sensitive questions to fill out our electronic health records. But that …

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Opinion: Cancer patients shouldn’t be responsible for out-of-pocket costs

23.05.2023

In 2023, just under 2 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer. Many will endure multiple CT and MRI studies and intensive medical care, including surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, or immunotherapy. …

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First Opinion / Health / Health Tech

Opinion: Checklists to screen for patients’ social needs aren’t helping

22.05.2023

I once saw a patient who came to the emergency room with injuries that were clearly related to domestic violence. Instead of offering a compassionate ear and a blanket to …

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Health Tech

Making sense of AI research in medicine, in one slide

22.05.2023

BOSTON — Scientific journals have become something of a Mad Libs game for GPT: Artificial intelligence can now detect _____, or speedily tell the difference between _____ and _____.  But …

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