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‘Below the Belt’ Exposes the Silent Crisis of Endometriosis Care

Bill of Health

One in ten women have it, yet, on average, people with the condition see seven doctors before they get diagnosed. Studies have repeatedly demonstrated that doctors trust female patients less than male patients. Doctors routinely dismiss endometriosis symptoms as “bad periods” and hypochondria. Endometriosis is a silent crisis.

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A Patient’s Right to Masked Health Care Providers

Bill of Health

The patient discreetly asks the receptionist to inform both the tech who will measure the patient’s intraocular pressure and the doctor who will examine the patient’s optic nerve that they should wear masks. Doctors and their staff move quickly, sometimes limiting appointments to five minutes or less.

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Telehealth Visits Can Improve Revenue, But They’re No Cornucopia

Healthcare IT Today

Packing more billable work into doctors’ time. This idea was cited by Dr. Ali Parsa, who is CEO and Founder of Babylon , an AI-based analytcs company in health. In our mostly fee-for-service model, visits are still what doctors get paid for. The premise of this article embraces an irony. If the U.S.

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Caring for Patients with Serious Illness: Insights from Kristofer Smith

Bill of Health

My mother was busy raising four children, and I watched her try to navigate and manage the health needs of my great grandmother and saw firsthand how difficult it was to get services in the home, how difficult it was to get her out to see the doctor.

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The AMA Can Help Fix the Health Care Shortages it Helped Create

Bill of Health

has adopted myriad policies that limit the supply of doctors despite the fact that there aren’t enough. And the maldistribution of physicians — with far too few pursuing primary care or working in rural areas — is arguably an even bigger problem. By Leah Pierson. Recently, Derek Thompson pointed out in the Atlantic that the U.S.

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Is a Federal Medical License Constitutional?

Bill of Health

Although three in four doctors support scrapping state medical boards in favor of a single federal license, such sweeping reform is likely far off. By Timothy Bonis. It is not just state boards’ political obstructionism standing in the way.

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Health Provider News

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grant for public health response Hawaii Gov. Mary’s hospital names new president and CEO; starts April 24 HAWAII Maui healthcare workers remain on strike, no clear end Hawaii gets $14.2M