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by Vadim Shteyler Amid this week’s disheartening studies highlighting discrimination of LGBT populations, the American College of Physicians (ACP) affirms its support and offers new recommendations for furthering LGBT health. The bad “news”: is not…
by Vadim Shteyler Efforts to improve health care quality under the ACA have been directed towards expanding EHR use and health IT, improving care delivery by promoting care coordination and population health, and laying incentives…
by Vadim Shteyler A.F. was an elderly patient admitted to our service for a diagnostic work-up and management of a large pocket of pus surrounding her lungs. Until recently, she was very independent and in…
by Vadim Shteyler As a medical student on the wards, physicians often recounted stories of horrifying acts of paternalism from the days of their training. Though paternalism is far from abolished, the progress we have made…
by Vadim Shteyler The growing accessibility of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) across hospitals and practitioners raises new concerns about patient privacy. Before EHRs, patients had control over how much information they shared with each healthcare…
By Vadim Shteyler On the wards, resident duty hour restrictions were a frequently recurring topic of heated discussion. Effective July 1, 2011, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) implemented new limitations on resident work hours…
By Vadim Shteyler Increasing hospitality in medical facilities is not a recent trend. We take for granted that modern hospitals offer clean sheets, towels, a plethora of toiletries, heated blankets, and many other amenities. Conversely,…
By Vadim Shteyler Interdisciplinary collaboration between all healthcare professionals involved in an individual patient’s care has been increasingly recognized as vital for providing high quality medical care. However, when it comes to hospital management, decisions…
By Vadim Shteyler Dutee Chand’s career was rising quickly—in 2012 she was the Under-18 Indian National Champion for the 100-meter race. In 2013, she became National Champion in the 100 and 200-meter races as well…
