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Can a Psychiatrist Prescribe Medication?

Doctor On Demand

A psychiatrist is a licensed medical doctor (MD or DO) who specializes in mental health. Here’s a quick comparison of mental health providers and whether they can prescribe medication: Provider Can Prescribe? What Does a Psychiatrist Do? Psychiatrist vs. Therapist: What’s the Difference? Offers Therapy?

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Deprescribing Super Special Part II: Podcast with Elizabeth Bayliss, Ariel Green, and Kevin McConeghy

GeriPal

A year ago we did our first “Deprescribing Super Special”. Eric: So we’re calling this a deprescribing super special. We’ve done some deprescribing episodes before, but never a super special. Alex: No, I think we did one other super special. Alex: So this is Super special 2. Summary Transcript Summary.

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How Locum Tenens Fits Into Modern Healthcare Staffing Solutions

Barton Associates

Recent data shows that about half of physicians (45.2%) reported symptoms of burnout in 2023 —and according to a 2023 study published in the “Journal of the American Medical Association,” one-third of surveyed doctors considered leaving medicine behind. Why leverage a locum tenens medical staffing network?

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Corona Together

StorytellERdoc

Friends and family have asked me my thoughts on Covid-19, maybe believing I have some special information simply from being on the front lines. Don't bog down our front-line medical providers with mild symptoms. Just yesterday, someone sneezed in our local Walmart, sparking a big argument and confrontation. We are all scared.

ER 100
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Social Workers as Leaders on Palliative Care Teams: A Podcast with Barbara Jones

GeriPal

And when I think about some of the … There was actually a meta-analysis looking at specialized palliative care studies, only half of the 10 randomized control studies had a social worker as part of that team. Jennifer Temel study did not have a social worker as part of the clinical team. Barbara: You do.

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Trauma-Informed Care: A Podcast with Mariah Robertson, Kate Duchowny, and Ashwin Kotwal

GeriPal

Sometimes you feel a special, like a kindred connection to a patient that may make you treat them differently also. But I think, gosh, we enter spaces in geriatrics and palliative care that most medical people, medical providers do not. So I think it’s super important to be keenly aware of what feeling both.

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PRESS RELEASE: Coalition Acts to Protect Pregnant Patients’ Federal Right to Emergency Care, Including Abortion

Doctors for America

We are fighting to ensure that these protections extend to pregnant patients and that physicians can provide life-saving treatment to them without fear of prosecution.” We are 27,000+ physicians and medical students in all 50 states, representing all areas of specialization.