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"Thank God for the food truck," said the charge nurse to no one in particular. It hadn't been a great morning at the no-name hospital in Upstate New York. They were short-staffed to begin with, and a nurse had called…
“Thank God for the food truck,” said the charge nurse to no one in particular.
It hadn’t been a great morning at the no-name hospital in Upstate New York. They were short-staffed to begin with, and a nurse had called in sick. Her staff was used to working with bad ratios, but today was worse than usual. Everyone and their mother had decided to come to the ER. She knew not …
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How one food truck saved a chaotic hospital shift
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When a colleague recommended a book, I hoped it would be something enjoyable - perhaps a sports anthology, a music biography, or even a novel. Unfortunately, it was about dialysis, the great American scam that it is. As a nephrologist…
When a colleague recommended a book, I hoped it would be something enjoyable – perhaps a sports anthology, a music biography, or even a novel. Unfortunately, it was about dialysis, the great American scam that it is.
As a nephrologist (kidney doctor), I had already come to the same conclusion. Here’s why, supported by Tom Mueller’s meticulous research in How To Make a Killing: Blood, Death and Dollars in American …
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The dark truth about dialysis
Health technology
As I'm sure you know, nephrology is the branch of internal medicine that deals with the kidneys. And in the U.S., young doctors are quite unlikely to choose this path. Why? The combination of long hours, chronic illness, and (relatively)…
As I’m sure you know, nephrology is the branch of internal medicine that deals with the kidneys. And in the U.S., young doctors are quite unlikely to choose this path.
Why? The combination of long hours, chronic illness, and (relatively) unimpressive pay has proven deadly to the field. In fact, around 30 percent of training (fellowship) positions go unfilled each year.
To stay afloat, the nephrology community has turned to …
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Is AI the solution for the shortage of nephrologists? ChatGPT weighs in.
Physician voices
No one feels sorry for American doctors. They are some of the highest-paid in the world and spend their lives in the country with the highest nominal GDP in the world. But why is it so hard to find any…
No one feels sorry for American doctors. They are some of the highest-paid in the world and spend their lives in the country with the highest nominal GDP in the world. But why is it so hard to find any doctors who actually like their job? Why do so many dream of walking away? Here are five reasons why.
The electronic medical record (EMR)
Technology is amazing, and the EMR is no …
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Breaking point: the 5 reasons American doctors are dreaming of walking away from medicine
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