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The Gotcha Mentality with Lawyers Exposing Doctors is Unsettling as it theyre altruistic

I know this has been discussed extensively here, but something really rubs me the wrong way about the recent celebration of lawyers on social media...

Prior Authorizations on Prior Authorizations

So I prescribed a newer medication for a patient. It was flagged as needing prior authorization. Not exactly surprising for non-generic medications. So I do...

Ethics of adopting a patient

My husband is an ED attending. He met a child (11) psych patient in the ER 9 months ago. She has some mental health issues...

Low health literacy: patients don't know how many pills they're taking each day?

Im reading an article on uptodate on "Heart failure: Self management". One passage reads: -- For instance, while 71 percent of low-literacy patients in one study could...