Opinion | ‘They Are the Gatekeepers in Patient Care’: What We Heard This Week
“They are the gatekeepers in patient care.” — Linda Murphy, president of revenue cycle solutions at AMN Healthcare, on the influence doctors have over commercial health insurer claims. “Frankly, he wasn’t diagnosed earlier in his life because he wasn’t white.” — Jennifer Taylor-Cousar, MD, of National Jewish Health in Denver, on the difficult journey of […]
Opinion | ‘I’m Really Freaking Out About Hurting Someone’: What We Heard This Week
“Yeah, malpractice is a concern, but I’m really freaking out about hurting someone.” — Linda Isbell, PhD, of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, talking about her team’s survey that looked at perspectives of emergency clinicians on lawsuits and patient harm. “I have not replaced Dr. [Leana] Wen because I did not want to leave any […]
Infants exposed to domestic violence have poorer cognitive development: Study explores impact of multiple father figures on infant neurodevelopmental delays
While assessing a pregnant woman with premature labor in 1983, Linda Bullock noticed bruises on the woman. When she asked what happened, the woman told Bullock a refrigerator had fallen on her while cleaning the kitchen. “Something didn’t seem right, but I didn’t know what to say at the time. I just went on to […]