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Zoom Zoom Zoom: An end-of-year update from a virtual psychiatrist
Telemedicine has added a new dimension to treatment, said Dr. Dinah Miller.
Feature
‘She’s not a real doctor, she’s a psych doctor’
“I didn’t realize how much this experience pervaded through medicine,” said Dr. Janeni Nayagan.
Opinion
Distinguishing between joy and pleasure during the pandemic
It seems some things were still pleasurable this year, despite all. I’d daresay, there was joy even in the time of COVID.
Commentary
Six big changes coming for office-visit coding
The American Medical Association has revised the definitions for evaluation and management codes 99202-99215 in the Current Procedural Terminology...
Feature
COVID-related harm to HCWs must be tracked more rigorously: NAS panel
Although the data are still limited, the prevalence of burnout and suicide points to a serious concern, according to the report.
Feature
Proposed HIPAA overhaul to ease access to patient health info
The HHS is proposing an overhaul of HIPAA that will make it easier to access patients’ personal health information, including the health records...
Commentary
Raising psychiatry up ‘from depths of the asylums’
Dr. Brendan Kelly and Dr. Muiris Houston have given us this rich profile of one of her lifelong heroes, said Dr. Alison M. Heru.
Feature
New residency matching sets record, says NRMP
The MSMP offered 5,734 positions this year, and 5,208 (90.8%) were successfully filled.
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Biden chooses California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to head HHS
Although his public health experience is limited, he served on the Congressional Ways and Means Committee overseeing health-related issues.
News
An alternative path to recertification
Recertification by the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons will include physicians who were initially board certified with UCNS in certain...
Commentary
How Twitter amplifies my doctor and human voice
Dr. Karmela Kim Chan discusses why she chose to go public on social media and how she finds it professionally and personally rewarding.