Resource type: Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Physicians Need to Openly Discuss Medical Mistakes and Near Misses

Sara Scarlet writes gripping stories about the fallibility of modern medicine and the importance of learning and discussing clinician errors. Unaddressed errors can...

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Kathryn

In this Perspective article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Dean for Medical Education at the Icahn School of Medicine exposes how the suicide...

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The Map is Not the Territory: Medical Records and 21st-Century Practice

Martin's Viewpoint article in The Lancet points out that near verbatim transcription of clinical encounters are harmful to patients, clinicians, and the health...

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Suicide Among Health-care Workers: Time to Act

This article, published in The Lancet, highlights the prominence and implications of physician burnout in UK. Furthermore, there is a need for collaboration to...

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Forbidden Topics

This article in Annals of Internal Medicine discusses how taboo depression and suicide is in the medical profession, specifically residency training. Among the...

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Addressing the Physician Shortage The Peril of Ignoring Demography

Kirch's article in JAMA Network describes the different factors affecting the future of our physician workforce. By citing demographic changes, the article makes...

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Preventing Burnout Increases the Desirability of Neurology as a Career

As neurological diseases comprise a large percentage of disease burden, the demand for neurologists is expected to growing faster than the workforce. The article,...

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Emerging the EHR Purgatory – Moving from Process to Outcomes

Goroll's Perspective paper in the New England Journal of Medicine illustrates the electronics arms race between payers demanding documentation to justify payment...

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Survey Snapshot: Many Different Channels to Hear the Patient Voice

NEJM Catalyst published this article establishing a need to hear patient voices and gathering feedback to better advise patient care and improve healthcare...

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Do Something about Physician Burnout

Epstein's article in The Lancet points to recent evidence suggesting that burnout negatively affects physicians’ effectiveness as well as patient safety,...

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