Healthcare Professionals

Dr. Hassaballa’s Latest Book is Now Available: “How Not To Kill Someone in the ICU”

The intensive care unit can be a very intimidating place, not only for patients, but for their doctors and nurses…

2 years ago

From The Appeals Desk: Brevity Beware

Clinician documentation is everything. It tells the story of the patient's current condition and what is being done to fix…

2 years ago

Your Best Defense Against Denials: DOCUMENTATION

We have been traveling on a journey through the very frustrating, annoying, and obnoxious world of health insurance company denials.…

2 years ago

We Get No Credit For Being Good Clinicians

I was honored to be on a panel of experts for a webinar on sepsis denials by payers, especially commercial insurance companies.…

2 years ago

COVID Has Not Driven Away All Of My Empathy

I've always feared a loss of compassion, especially after the Covid scourge. A recent patient experience showed me otherwise, and…

3 years ago

Houston Hospital First In Nation to Require Staff Covid-19 Vaccinations

Texas The Houston Methodist Hospital System is now the first US hospital to require all staff to be vaccinated against…

4 years ago

The Silver Lining of Our Moral Distress with Covid

Are doctors developing apathy towards covid patients or do they still view them with compassion? A frontline doctor examines his…

4 years ago

Racism, It Turns Out, Kills Babies, Not Race

What does your ‘right to health’ actually entitle you to? Does it relate just to your physical state and being…

4 years ago

Coronavirus and Physician Burnout Are Adding Fuel to the Fire

Medscape’s 2020 ‘National Physician Burnout & Suicide Report’ found that 42% of the 15,000 physicians surveyed reported being burned out.

4 years ago

Working in Healthcare During COVID-19? Tips for Reducing Burnout and Overwhelm

Healthcare professionals during the pandemic are in the most challenging and riskiest jobs in these times. Frontline workers provide essential…

5 years ago

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