Shushovan Chakrabortty, MD, PhD
Shushovan Chakrabortty is a pain physician.
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Humans are naturally attuned to various biological rhythms, such as daily (circadian), weekly (circaseptan), monthly (circatrigintan), and yearly (circannual) cycles. These rhythms not only govern our sleep, eating habits, and energy levels but might also influence the design and functioning…
Humans are naturally attuned to various biological rhythms, such as daily (circadian), weekly (circaseptan), monthly (circatrigintan), and yearly (circannual) cycles. These rhythms not only govern our sleep, eating habits, and energy levels but might also influence the design and functioning of systems we create, like technology and organizational processes.
For instance, it’s commonly advised to restart computer systems weekly to maintain optimal performance. This practice mirrors the circaseptan rhythm, suggesting that …
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The power of syncing life with nature’s yearly cycles
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The applicability of add-on payment/reimbursement qualifiers/modifiers for emergency procedures should not be limited to patients' emergency conditions alone. They should also be applicable to situations where arrangements are made for procedures outside regular office hours or on weekends. This includes…
The applicability of add-on payment/reimbursement qualifiers/modifiers for emergency procedures should not be limited to patients’ emergency conditions alone. They should also be applicable to situations where arrangements are made for procedures outside regular office hours or on weekends. This includes cases where proceduralists choose to schedule procedures during after-hours or patients choose to have procedures during these times. Additionally, these qualifiers/modifiers should apply to proceduralists who work during after-hours or …
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Ensuring fair reimbursement for emergency procedures
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With the booming economy of predatory publishing in medicine, it is time to rethink what constitutes peer review and how peers are being standardized. Perhaps with the absence of standardization for anonymous peers, manuscripts should undergo a pre-publication trial solely…
With the booming economy of predatory publishing in medicine, it is time to rethink what constitutes peer review and how peers are being standardized.
Perhaps with the absence of standardization for anonymous peers, manuscripts should undergo a pre-publication trial solely by editors (judges) rather than awaiting trial by peers (juries) unless the recruitment of editors is not standardized as well.
By suggesting peer reviewers at the time of manuscript submissions, authors might …
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Are predatory medical publishers exploiting peer review system? Here’s a solution.
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Our previous post discussed how a full-time equivalent equals 2,080 work hours annually. To further clarify, we would like to explain how work hours during federal holidays can be calculated. One approach is to offer employees an incentive by counting…
Our previous post discussed how a full-time equivalent equals 2,080 work hours annually. To further clarify, we would like to explain how work hours during federal holidays can be calculated. One approach is to offer employees an incentive by counting each work hour after-hours as 1.5 and each work hour during federal holidays as two during the calculation of payable annual work hours. This can encourage employers to expect …
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Balancing employee needs and fair pay during federal holidays
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Inspired by an essay published in Iowa Law Review by Bartlett and Gulati from Duke Law School that succinctly elaborated on underexplored discrimination by customers. Now, we will elaborate our thoughts as they correspond to health care. While practicing clinical…
Inspired by an essay published in Iowa Law Review by Bartlett and Gulati from Duke Law School that succinctly elaborated on underexplored discrimination by customers.
Now, we will elaborate our thoughts as they correspond to health care.
While practicing clinical medicine, health care professionals, including physicians, may encounter implicit bias of their patients even when the payments for the services rendered to patients are by third-party payers as regulated …
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Health care customers wonder, “To discriminate, or not to discriminate”
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The magical number for one full-time equivalent (1-FTE) professional is 2,080 work hours annually — 40 work hours per week for 52 weeks in a year. Professionals can work extra hours during non-vacation weeks to make up for opportunities lost…
The magical number for one full-time equivalent (1-FTE) professional is 2,080 work hours annually — 40 work hours per week for 52 weeks in a year.
Professionals can work extra hours during non-vacation weeks to make up for opportunities lost during vacation weeks. For example, 1-FTE can work 52 work hours per week for 40 weeks in a year to accrue a 12-week annual vacation, while 0.5-FTE will need to work …
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A full-time equivalent is 2,080 work hours annually
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