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Rapid changes to health system spurred by COVID might be here to stay
Experts warn that the breakthroughs may not all make the health system work better or make it less expensive. That said, three trends seem likely...
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Doctors’ top telehealth coding questions answered
This column addresses several readers’ questions on using telehealth and provides guidance on delivering mental health services remotely.
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Today’s top news highlights: Addressing racism in maternity care, group forms to protect health professionals from retaliation
The emerging racial disparities in COVID-19 incidence and outcomes in the United States are on a collision course with long-standing racial...
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COVID-19: New group stands up for health professionals facing retaliation
“Doctors, nurses, health care workers are not the typical type to engage politically, to speak out, [or to] advocate for themselves,” said Beacon...
Hard Talk
COVID-19: An opportunity to rehumanize psychiatry
We should also promote as much humanity as society and public health safety will permit, said Dr. Nicolas Badre.
From the Journals
COVID-19 effect: Prescription fills mostly down for leading drugs
Use of hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine jumped by 214% in mid-March, compared with a year earlier.
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APA, others lobby to make COVID-19 telehealth waivers permanent
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Scientific doubt tempers COVID-19 vaccine optimism
Experts predict a COVID-19 vaccine won’t be widely available this year and may not come by the end of 2021.
Commentary
New York City inpatient detox unit keeps running: Here’s how
BronxCare Health System was able to take in patients with substance use disorders at a time when other detox units were closed.
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Is HIPAA critical?
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Psychiatrists’ pay increases, most happy with income, career
There continues to be a gender pay gap in psychiatry, with male psychiatrists earning about 21% more than their female peers.