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Tips for connecting with your patients
Ascertaining how concerned patients are about their symptoms will help you make decisions.
Commentary
Dietary recommendations for inflammatory rheumatic diseases
France’s first set of dietary recommendations for chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases are a welcome guide for health care professionals and...
Opinion
Another winter for our discontent
I have figured out that I am not good at predicting what will happen next, and the experts don’t seem to be much better.
Commentary
This doc still supports NP/PA-led care ... with caveats
We shouldn’t be worried about non-MD clinicians, said Dr. John Mandrola, but there are ways to increase confidence in NP and PA care.
Commentary
Ways to make sure 2022 doesn’t stink for docs
Engagement models definitely give us excellent starting points to approach engagement from a pre-COVID era.
Rheum for Action
Could stopping ‘thousand cuts’ by insurers and PBMs help rheumatology’s workforce shortage?
Opinion
When the patient wants to speak to a manager
The level of incivility from patients is at an all-time high.
Opinion
Should you dismiss that patient?
Contrary to what seems to be the popular opinion, there are no statutory laws that I am aware of that directly apply to patient dismissal, beyond...
Opinion
Is it OK to just be satisfied?
It is possible to talk to a patient for a brief moment and just know if he or she is a satisficer or a maximizer.
Commentary
Physician gender pay gap isn’t news; health inequity is rampant
Making compensation formulas gender-blind is an important step – but it is only the first step, not the last.
Opinion
A 22-year-old presented with erythematous papules on her fingers and toes
A 22-year-old with a history of ITP presented with 2 months of asymptomatic erythematous papules on her fingers and toes.