Tag: practice management

America’s HIV epidemic and what to expect

By Dr. Donna Sweet There is no doubt in my mind that the HIV epidemic is continuing in the United States. With so much progress being made around HIV prevention and treatment, you wouldn’t think…

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When Minors Disagree with Parents About Treatment

It is well established and accepted that before treating a patient, a healthcare professional must obtain consent of that patient. However, when a patient is underage, consent must be obtained from the patient’s parent or…

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Are Doctors Prepared to Give Bad News?

One of the most difficult parts of being a doctor is having to deliver bad news to a patient, or worse, inform a patient’s loved ones that the patient has died. To prepare future doctors…

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Drs Share Misconceptions About Their Specialties

Within the great scope of practicing medicine and delivering patient care, we know that each specialty comes with its own unique set of challenges. You have likely heard some untrue stereotypes, myths or misconceptions about…

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How Can Drs. Prevent A Patient’s Addiction to Opioid Drugs?

By Geoff Crain of addictionhelp.today The United States is in the midst of the worst drug addiction epidemic in American history. 2.6 million people suffer from an opioid use disorder that kills more than 140…

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Using expedited partner therapy to help prevent STDs

April is STD Awareness Month. Over the month, the CDC has been presenting a series of posts around this year’s theme – Treat Me Right – which focuses on the important relationship between healthcare providers…

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Organ Donation: Opt-In vs Opt-Out?

April is Nation Donate Life Month, which consists of regional and national activities to help encourage Americans to register as organ donors and potentially save lives. 116,000+ people are on the national transplant waiting list,…

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Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT) for STD prevention

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Sexual History Taking and NCSH provider’s guide

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Women’s Health Providers’ Role in HIV Prevention

Ask and Tell By Lealah Pollock, MD In the United States, one in five people newly diagnosed with HIV is a woman. [1] A disproportionate amount of these diagnoses are among women of color and most…

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Do Doctors Approve of Animal Testing?

Animal experiments are widely used to develop new medicines and test the safety of medical products. Many of these experiments cause pain, a decreased quality of life, and often death in the animal subjects. While experimenters…

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Insightful, dynamic, exhausting…What defines doctor?

We all have our preconceived notions of what it must be like to be a doctor, but on Sermo we get to hear the truth from physicians themselves! Doctors on Sermo recently were asked to…

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