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Healthcare News and Policy

Learn about different topics in healthcare policy and how current and future healthcare professionals can work in and shape our healthcare system.

OSHA

Healthcare News and Policy

OSHA Probing Health Worker Deaths But Urges Inspectors To Spare The Penalties

Originally published by Kaiser Health News April 22, 2020 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ... Read more

Written by: Christina Jewett and Shefali Luthra

Published on: April 23, 2020

Students Fight COVID-19

Healthcare News and Policy

How Students Can Help Fight COVID-19

If you’re in the process of applying for graduate school as a healthcare professional, your ... Read more

Written by: Dr. Jasmine Marcus, PT, DPT, CSCS

Published on: March 26, 2020

Burnout

Healthcare News and Policy

Beyond Burnout: Docs Decry ā€˜Moral Injury’ From Financial Pressures Of Health Care

Dr. Keith Corl was working in a Las Vegas emergency room when a patient arrived ... Read more

Written by: Melissa Bailey

Published on: February 20, 2020

Military paycheck in medicine

Healthcare News and Policy

Military Doctors In Crosshairs Of A Budget Battle

The U.S. military is devising major reductions in its medical corps, unnerving the system’s advocates ... Read more

Written by: Jordan Rau

Published on: March 12, 2019

Healthcare News and Policy

How To Identify And Fight Implicit Bias in Medicine

Implicit bias refers to the attitudes, beliefs, and associations that influence a person’s actions in ... Read more

Written by: Christina Amutah

Published on: February 11, 2019

Healthcare News and Policy

How to Discuss Volunteer Experiences Without Sounding Problematic

Welcome back to Equity Matters, the monthly column exploring a range of topics related to ... Read more

Written by: Christina Amutah

Published on: December 10, 2018

Healthcare News and Policy

Racism in US Healthcare: An Introduction

Welcome back to Equity Matters! In this monthly column, I hope to explore a range ... Read more

Written by: Christina Amutah

Published on: November 22, 2018

Healthcare News and Policy

Poor: A Deadly Diagnosis In America, Ft. Sarah Smarsh

A look at the people valued more as functioning machines than as people This past ... Read more

Written by: The Short Coat Podcast

Published on: November 2, 2018

right to try

Healthcare News and Policy

Opinion: “Right to Try” Legislation and the Responsibility of Physicians

The ā€œright to try movementā€ is often presented as an altruistic effort to provide patients ... Read more

Written by: Adil Menon

Published on: October 22, 2018

Healthcare News and Policy

5 Things to Consider When Choosing Your Global Health Experience

Learning about a new culture, seeing how healthcare is done in another country, and building ... Read more

Written by: Christina Amutah

Published on: October 8, 2018

healthcare human trafficking

Healthcare News and Policy

A World Healed of Trafficking: Healthcare’s Role in Confronting Modern-Day Slavery

A dozen clinic staff walked into the training with skepticism. ā€œThis is a waste of ... Read more

Written by: Christopher Lee

Published on: July 25, 2018

Healthcare News and Policy

Healthcare In Occupied Palestine: The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund

The challenges of providing healthcare in an occupied territory Steve Sosebee is the president and ... Read more

Written by: The Short Coat Podcast

Published on: June 15, 2018

Healthcare News and Policy

What Lies Ahead in the Healthcare Industry

When you applied to medical school, you probably had an excellent answer to the question ... Read more

Written by: Jennifer Clarke

Published on: May 31, 2018

latinx

Healthcare News and Policy

How Media and Education Can Improve Latinx Health Disparities

Here’s the good news: Latinx population growth is rising and projected to constitute 29% of ... Read more

Written by: David Velasquez

Published on: April 18, 2018

gender bias

Healthcare News and Policy

The Physician Gender Bias—What Every Female Doctor Has Faced

A man and a woman step into an elevator wearing the exact same hospital scrub ... Read more

Written by: Karen Tran-Harding

Published on: April 3, 2018

listening

Healthcare News and Policy

The Power of Listening: What I Learned From My Trip to Rwanda, Africa

I woke up abruptly from my jet-lagged sleep surrounded by a bed net, two fans, ... Read more

Written by: Crissey Tait

Published on: February 6, 2018

women in surgery

Healthcare News and Policy

ā€œWe Don’t Carry Gloves in Your Sizeā€

Reasons women should not pursue surgery discredited Before I even started medical school, I knew ... Read more

Written by: Kara Hessel

Published on: February 5, 2018

chronic pain

Healthcare News and Policy

Chronic Pain, the Opioid Epidemic, and the Role of Neuromodulation

The United States is currently battling an opioid epidemic that is only getting worse. The ... Read more

Written by: Jon Hagedorn

Published on: January 30, 2018

Healthcare News and Policy

Refusing to Treat: A Collision of Medicine and Conscience

Do doctorsĀ need protection from having to provide treatments they don’t believe in? During Human Rights ... Read more

Written by: The Short Coat Podcast

Published on: January 26, 2018

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