Diversity in Medicine
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Medicaid implements waivers for some clinical trial coverage
This year, the CMS will help implement a mandate for Medicaid coverage of costs associated with clinical trial participation, a move expected to...
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Black young adults: Remember this when facing discrimination
Discrimination has shifted form from more overt forms of discrimination to less obvious ...
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Pandemic stresses harder on physician moms than physician dads: Study
Study results suggest that the pandemic has increased gender disparity and added disproportionately to the burden of female physicians.
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Social determinants of health may drive CVD risk in Black Americans
Investigators analyzed 20 years of data on over 50,500 U.S. adults drawn from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys.
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Workplace mistreatment common among emergency medicine residents
“Mistreatment occurs frequently in EM residency training nationally, and it occurs more frequently in women, racial/ethnic minorities, and those...
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Cavernous gender gap in Medicare payments to cardiologists
The differences persisted after adjustment for physician experience and subspecialty, number of charges submitted, unique billing codes used, and...
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Connecticut chapter of ACC at center of Twitter dustup
A tweet taking aim at a medical student’s lament over unrelenting hospital hours prompted a fiery exchange, an apology, and even accusations of...
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Pandemic derails small success in lowering diabetes-related amputations
Minor diabetes-related lower extremity amputations increased at the expense of major amputations in some groups to 2017, but COVID-19 has likely...
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COVID-19 leaves wake of medical debt among U.S. adults
Plus, 16% of adults said they had coverage gaps lasting a year or longer.
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Bullying in academic medicine rife, underreported
“We found that bullies are commonly men and senior consultants, while more than half of their victims are women,” said Dr. Harriette G.C. Van...
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Physician fired after slurs, including ‘cannibalism,’ against Israel
A rights group is joining with law firms to represent Fidaa Wishah, MD, claiming “wrongful termination.”