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Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Despite a joint recommendation in 2003 by the AAMC and CDC that bioterrorism and mass-casualty training be included in the medical school curriculum, few medical schools have incorporated formal disaster training. Result: Among participants, 9% (n=3) had previous public health emergency experience, while 91% (n=31) did not.

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Alcohol Free for Five Years Today

Mere Mortal MD

“Sobriety is about freeing yourself from any behavior that enslaves you and keeps you from being present in life.” Usually when I set my mind to something—say, like going to medical school at the age of 35—I made it happen. I wanted to drink less and yet struggled with doing just that. I am finally free.

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The Power of Words, 16 Years Later

A Country Doctor Writes

There, as medical director, I had a friend and ally in the behavioral health director, and both our departments underwent years of rapid growth. If a primary care patient was going through a difficult time with their social life or mental health, we would walk them down the hall to meet a therapist right then and there.

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How Locum Tenens Fits Into Modern Healthcare Staffing Solutions

Barton Associates

In fact, hospitals, clinics, and other facilities are already reeling from a shortage of providers and it’s hurting patients— according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , tens of millions of Americans live in areas with shortages of primary care, dental, and mental health professionals.

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CONTINUED AGAIN: DEA Announces A Second Extension of its “Temporary Rule” Addressing Telemedicine Flexibilities After the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency

FDA Law Blog

HPM’s Presentation Deck and recording of the presentation are here, and here (passcode Bv3*o^i5). That First Temporary Rule also provided a one-year grace period, through November 11, 2024, for any practitioner-patient telemedicine relationships established on or before November 11, 2023. DEA received a whopping 38,000 (!)

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Episode 120: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 1 – Racism, Police Violence, and Health

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Trainees may use this foundation to question how this might impact their medical education and think about this educational legacy may be reformed through curricular and structural changes at their institutions. It impacts the health of our colleagues who constantly have to witness this injustice play on television, often without consequence.

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One I prepared earlier

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

I write a column in a medical newspaper every couple of months, and that absorbs my writing energy. The CEO, Susan Clyne, began to present the findings from a recent survey about doctor’s wellbeing. Later on in the day, a panel discussed the mental health issues that covid has triggered in the general population, and in doctors.

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