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MyChart Messages the Wild West of Patient Communication

33 Charts

Why MyChart messages create a challenge for hospital systems So more contact and connection between doctors and patients seems like a good thing, right? But the problem isn’t contact and connection, but rather how we shape and optimize the flow of information between doctor and patient. Absolutely. Pretty simple. A cue for an action.

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Corona Together

StorytellERdoc

Don't bog down our front-line medical providers with mild symptoms. When things become complicated, sometimes the easiest approach to clarity is to simply breakdown all of the complications to their most basic forms. Seven, please make wise choices and be responsible when pursuing medical care. Wear a mask.

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For family medicine workforce, HHS reorganization plan receives a failing grade

Common Sense Family Doctor

While I'm grateful for subspecialists who alleviate pain, rescue patients who are unable to breathe on their own, manage complicated fractures, and replace worn-out hips and knees, the gap between the number of family doctors we need and the number we have keeps getting wider. growth in the U.S. growth in the U.S.

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Readers Endorse Doctor Migration and Shun ‘Elderspeak’

Physician's Weekly

The article “ American Doctors Are Moving to Canada To Escape the Trump Administration ” (May 30) presents us Canadians with welcome news. In every part of Canada, in every province, there are not enough doctors. France has a wonderful health service and would be a great place for family members to study and work.