Opinion | Why Not Treat Patients the Same Way We Teach Medical Students?
Lazarus is an adjunct professor of psychiatry. “Problems in living” is a broad term that refers to difficulties people may experience in managing or coping with various aspects of activities related to daily living. These problems can be psychological, emotional, social, or practical in nature, and may have a significant impact on a person’s well-being […]
Opinion | Can Dying Shopping Malls Fix Medical Deserts?
Lewiss is a professor of emergency medicine and a healthcare designer. Del Rios is an associate professor of emergency medicine and a health services researcher. Sinnett is a managing principal and health practice leader at an architecture firm. In Dallas, Texas, people living south of Interstate 30 (I-30) die approximately 20 years before people living […]
Opinion | Measles’ Deadliest Sequelae
Claire Panosian Dunavan is a professor of medicine and infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a past-president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. In the late 1990s, my long-time colleague, Pam Nagami, MD, met a petite, Indian-American student she later called “Manju” when writing a terrific […]
Opinion | Value-Based Care: Filling Critical Gaps in Care and Clinician Leadership
David Nash is the Founding Dean Emeritus and Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy at the Jefferson College of Population Health. He is a board-certified internist. Follow The value-based care (VBC) model was conceived in the early 2000s in response to the spiraling healthcare costs and suboptimal health outcomes. Now […]
Opinion | Would You Switch a Patient’s Medication If You Knew the Cost?
Sloan is a primary care physician and health services researcher. Goss is an associate professor of emergency medicine and clinical informatics. Sinaiko is a researcher and assistant professor of health economics and policy. Put yourself into your patients’ shoes for a moment. Imagine you are visiting your primary care provider (PCP) today to follow up […]
Opinion | It’s High Time to Protect Farmworkers From Heat-Related Illness and Death
Chicas is an assistant professor of nursing. In November, the Senate admitted defeat in the effort to pass a new version of the Farm Bill, and instead passed a stopgap funding measure to maintain the status quo — until they try again later in 2024 or in 2025. The Farm Bill is a massive piece […]
Opinion | Prisoner First, Patient Second
Resnick is an internal medicine resident. Spencer is an internal medicine physician and assistant professor of medicine. As physicians at one of the largest public hospitals in the country, we have left some patient interactions feeling demoralized. This occurs most often when it is clear that medical interventions are incapable of overcoming the structural violence […]
Opinion | Emotional Intelligence Must Guide Artificial Intelligence
Lazarus is an adjunct professor of psychiatry and a regular commentator on the practice of medicine. I don’t understand the brouhaha about artificial intelligence (AI). It’s artificial — or augmented — but in either case, it’s not real. AI cannot replace clinicians. AI cannot practice clinical medicine or serve as a substitute for clinical decision-making, […]
Opinion | Gonorrhea, Then and Now
Claire Panosian Dunavan is a professor of medicine and infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a past-president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Last month, an article in Nature about a novel oral treatment for gonorrhea brought good news for anyone who might one day contract […]
Opinion | No Laughing Matter: Women’s Health Is Not a ‘Women’s Issue’
Rosen is a professor of cardiology. Stand-up comics aren’t usually my go-to source for making a professional point. But a searing insight from Amy Schumer has me reconsidering. In her most recent comedy special, Schumer discusses her complicated 2019-2020 pregnancy. “I had this awful condition while I was pregnant called hyperemesis gravidarum. Severe nausea and […]