Dive Brief: A new survey by Doximity concludes that physician incomes rose only 1.5% this year compared to 2019, a steep drop compared to the steady 4% average increases recorded in recent years. The 2020 pay bump is also nearly a full point below the U.S. inflation rate, although they are still compensated handsomely. The survey… Read More »
A University of Central Florida researcher is part of a new study showing that artificial intelligence can be nearly as accurate as a physician in diagnosing COVID-19 in the lungs. The study, recently published in Nature Communications, shows the new technique can also overcome some of the challenges of current testing. Researchers demonstrated that an… Read More »
Dive Brief: Physicians face an uncertain employment environment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new survey from recruitment firm Merritt Hawkins, a company of AMN Healthcare. The report estimates that the demand for physicians — which has always been intense — declined by about 30% in recent weeks. While it expects… Read More »
The Podcast by KevinMD | Podcast | July 5, 2020 “Death is not meant to be rushed. Saying goodbye shouldn’t be rushed. Celebrating a life once lived cannot be rushed. And yet, we must. Taking a moment, a minute, an hour, maybe a day to feel something that normally takes far longer. Because we must.… Read More »
Elise Switzer, MD | Physician | April 26, 2020 I moved to Florida in the middle of my junior year of high school, which was right in the middle of the basketball season. I had only practiced with the new team a handful of times before the first game. I distinctly remember sitting on the… Read More »