Science Based Medicine

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Antivaxxers don't like it when one of their crappy studies that they somehow managed to sneak into a decent peer-reviewed journal is deservedly retracted, as happened to Mark Skidmore's paper that estimated that 278K people might have died from COVID-19 vaccines. Fortunately for Skidmore and others, there exist fake journals that will launder their study by republishing it so that antivaxxers can continue to claim the work has been published in a "peer-reviewed journal.

Medication 124

Medication 124

Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Clinicians’ feeling burnout is the top morale challenge facing U.S. doctors, driven by turnover and understaffing, compassion fatigue, and challenges using digital tools — think EHRs. T he 2023 BDO Clinician Experience Survey “takes on” clinician burnout, connecting the strategic dots between the clinician experience and the patient experience.

Patient Experience 87

Patient Experience Communication Medication 87

Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Financial planning takes time and effort, but the end results of a good financial plan can be life changing. Planning for your financial future–both immediate and long-term–might not be as fun as planning or other things in your life, but the investment in your time will reap real dividends in both money and stress reduction. Pablo Oliva, a wealth advisor with Northsight Wealth Management, LLC , says that financial planning isn’t something that only wealthy people need. “

Insurance 59

Insurance Appointments Documentation 59

Sensible Medicine

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Hi all. I thought I could write the Study-of-the-Week on Stop and Think and simply cross post it here. But. Sadly. My Substack skills are lacking. Sorry. Here is the link to my column: It was a fun topic. Stop and Think If only critical appraisal was this good for *all* studies Let’s start with a picture: This is the Kaplan-Meier curve, from an RCT, published in JAMA, of an oral medication vs a placebo given to patients after a myocardial infarction (MI).

Medication 52

Medication 52