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Happy physicians make non-work a priority
While a happy life as a physician certainly is possible, doctors are more vulnerable to feeling down than others, psychotherapist and author Richard O'Connor told Medscape Today . The problem, he
3 weapons to battle physician stress
As doctors, you might be used to delivering the bad news first, so that's the sequence I'll go with. The first bit shouldn't come as much of a surprise: As a species, you're stressed. Specifically,
Addicted surgeons, non-surgeons equally likely to return to practice
Because of surgeons' presumed bent toward perfectionism, researchers who studied addicted doctors expected them to have better success in returning to practice after treatment than other types of
Why investing in family time benefits your practice
For all of its rewards, being involved in running a medical practice is stressful. Whether you are a physician, an administrator, or an office manager, chances are you're not the only one feeling the
'Striking' number of surgeons consider suicide
A staggering one in 16 surgeons has contemplated suicide, according to a national survey commissioned by the American College of Surgeons and reported in the January issue of Archives of Surgery.
Health-conscious docs more likely to offer lifestyle advice
Healthy People 2010 set a goal that 85 percent of physicians should be counseling patients on healthy diet and physical activity by this year. According to a new study published in Preventive
Are doctors happy?
Perhaps you caught the New York Magazine feature, "All Joy and No Fun: Why Parents Hate Parenting." Within the piece, citing numerous studies about parenthood delivering a blow to people's happiness,
Protect physicians, patients with a plan to fight burnout
With life-or-death decisions at the heart of what they do, not to mention the myriad other pressures mounting on their profession, physicians are particularly susceptible to burnout. People who
Study: Almost half of MDs say EMRs are key to reform
Physicians may be reluctant to spend big bucks on EMRs, but when backed into a corner, they admit that such automation is important. In fact, a new survey found that 46 percent of doctors believe
MN offers $2.3M in EMR loans
The state of Minnesota is offering a total of more than $2.3 million in state loans to help a pair of hospitals complete their EMR rollout. Swift County-Benson Hospital and Mille Lacs Health System
