Resource type: Opinion Piece/Short Communication
Resident Duty Hours and Medical Education Policy – Raising the Evidence Bar

David Asch's Perspective Paper and Audio Interview in the New England Journal of Medicine discusses the change of duty-hour limits in the revised common program...

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Revisiting E&M Visit Guidelines—A Missing Piece of Payment Reform

The following perspective piece, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, discusses the transformative potential of electronic health records (EHRs), which...

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The HITECH era and the path forward

The following perspective piece aims to share research results, clinical guidelines, and patient data around the Health Information Technology for Economic and...

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Evolutionary pressures on the electronic health record: Caring for complexity

The following perspective piece, published in JAMA, discusses the escalating clinical complexity in the practice of medicine, due to the dependence on technology...

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Commentaries on health services research

In the 1960s, the profession of physician assistant (PA) rose to prominence and has since transformed the landscape of the medicine by supplementing and supporting...

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10 ways EHRs lead to burnout

This blog examines the strain that Electronic Health Records place on physicians and the subsequent impact it has on their workflow and satisfaction. It delineates...

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Patient portals and health apps: Pitfalls, promises, and what one might learn from the other symptoms

This opinion paper expresses strong support for the widespread use of health information technology, advocating that it could potentially increase patients’...

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He studied life-changing traumas. Then he faced his own.

After a near-fatal attack, a medical school dean found his own resiliency. Here’s how he did it — and the wisdom he offers...

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Growing number of women physicians not reflected in academic medicine

The following perspective piece, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, discusses the importance of greater female representation on the boards of...

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We can’t fix the problem of physician burnout until we address the problem of American neglect

Published in Medium, the following opinion article describes America's contentment to neglect social and structural determinants of health as a factor affecting...

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