Mental Health Professionals: US Statistics 2017
The mental health workforce in the United States is barely keeping up with the growing need for its services.
According to the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there are more than 577,000 mental health professionals practicing in the U.S. today whose main focus is the treatment (and/or diagnosis) of a mental health or substance abuse concern. The data, the latest available, are from the 2016-2017 period.
As people become more aware of the value of good mental health, they’re finding it increasingly difficult to access mental health services. Since 2011, the mental health professional workfor...
Source: World of Psychology - April 9, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: General Industrial and Workplace Mental Health and Wellness Psychiatry Psychology Mental Health Professionals Mental Health Statistics Source Type: blogs
Patients Win When Payers and Providers Speak the Same Language
By CECI CONNOLLY
Discouraging headlines remind us daily of the ugly battles between payers and providers. Fighting for their slice of the $3.5 trillion health care pie, these companies often seem to leave the consumer out of the equation. But it is not the case across the board. Our latest research documents that when doctors and health plans drop their guards, align incentives and focus on the mutual goal of delivering the best possible care, patients win.
For example, when SelectHealth in Utah
partnered with obstetricians and refused to pay for medically unnecessary — often
dangerous — early induc...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Hospitals Patients The Business of Health Care Alliance of Community Health Plans Ceci Connolly Partnership to Improve Patient Care partnerships Source Type: blogs
How Grey ’s Anatomy made this physician into a better doctor
I am an obstetrician-gynecologist, and my favorite show is Grey ’s Anatomy. I dare say I have not missed an episode since I started watching in 2006 (as a busy obstetrician, multiple shows are watched on DVR). I fell in love with the show when, at random, I ended up watching the final episode of the […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 9, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/monique-rainford" rel="tag" > Monique Rainford, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Emergency Medicine Hospital-Based Medicine OB/GYN Source Type: blogs
When DACA Recipients Seek to Match: Some Tips from the Trenches
As the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine has been something of a flagship institution for the movement to enable qualified recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to matriculate into medical school, we are increasingly being asked for tips for DACA recipients applying to residency. We sent our first five graduates who were current DACA recipients to residency positions on July 1, 2018, and recently matched nine more on Match Day 2019. Two of us have navigated this system as DACA recipients. So, we have some success under our belts.
We’ve learned that there are many p...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - April 2, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Guest Perspective Trainee Perspective DACA Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals medical student residency residency application Source Type: blogs
Vulvar health: Navigating the nether regions
As an obstetrician/gynecologist, I spend my days examining women’s reproductive organs. My patients come to my office with a variety of concerns, some of which can be grouped under the heading of vulvar health.
However, many women do not feel comfortable discussing precisely what is bothering them. And rather than use the anatomically correct word — vulva — my patients often tell me, “I have a problem down there.” My job is to figure out what they mean, explain helpful points about vulvar and vaginal health, and empower them to understand their bodies.
A look at the anatomy
To begin, let’s clarify and name the ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 1, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Huma Farid, MD Tags: Health Sexual Conditions Women's Health Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 27th March 2019
Some things you might like to know about...Royal College of MidwivesNew survey on staffing levels.NIHR SignalsSummaries of recent researchC-reactive protein is not useful in diagnosing late-onset infection in newbornsIn the newsCoroners could get power to investigate late-term stillbirthsUK ' s top gynaecologist spearheads women ' s health task force (Source: Browsing)
Source: Browsing - March 27, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
2019 Health Law Professors Conference
Conclusion (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - March 27, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
A New Norm: The Amplified Stress of Applying to Residency
“Promise me you’ll stay near the computer until I’m done, in case
I get another invite today!” My Ob-Gyn residency interview started in 10
minutes. I should have been mentally preparing; instead, I was going over instructions
with my mom (again) for watching for other residency interview invitations.
My mom kept her promise, but there was still a 15-minute period during which my inbox was unwatched and an invitation arrived. By the time my mom saw it, all the interview spots had filled, and I was automatically waitlisted. I was devastated, and my mom was torn with guilt.
Two months (and a lot of email check...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - March 26, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Guest Perspective residency the Match trainee wellness Source Type: blogs
It is for these patients that the doctors at rural hospitals continue
Rural hospitals are closing their obstetric wards and stopping all obstetric services — at least those hospitals that manage to remain open at all. The tertiary care centers don’t seem to mind.Always wary of those rural hospital disasters in the middle of the night. Accepting transfers from a place where they must not have the […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 19, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/anonymous" rel="tag" > Anonymous < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Hospital-Based Medicine OB/GYN Source Type: blogs
What Do We Mean By An Obstetrician?
The people who become doctors all over the globe, specialize in a different field. You may see some plastic surgeons, some gynecologists, some obstetricians but not all the doctors are the same. The obstetrician is a doctor who specializes in pregnancy, childbirth, and a woman’s reproductive system as a whole, and that too all at once. He is not just a person who is good at one of the previously mentioned areas, but he has majored in all of them. An obstetrician is actually supposed to take care of their patients and their babies throughout the time of pregnancy. These are the doctors that give you follow-up care&nbs...
Source: Nurse Blogger - March 18, 2019 Category: Nursing Authors: Fabiola Panicucci Tags: Medical Services Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 13th March 2019
Some things you may need to know about …NICE GuidanceNG121 – Intrapartum care for women with existing medical conditions or obstetric complications and their babies, published March 2019Health Education EnglandMaternity Workforce Strategy – Transforming the maternity workforceCase studiesAtlas of Shared Learning Implementing the Mum and BabyApp across North-West LondonReducing perineal tears duringchildbirth at Bedford Hospital NHS TrustOther case studiesHumber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership - Work to improve access tospecialist community perinatal mental health services Film reviewTigers revie...
Source: Browsing - March 13, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 11th March, 2019.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.General Comment-----Quite a busy week with all sorts of odds and ends being exposed to public gaze. There were coroner ’s reports and other bad news as well as some good software news and further revelations on the NBN and its tortuous progress!-----https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/baby-born-with-brain-damage-after-fragmented-ca...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - March 10, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
If You Want to Avoid a C-Section Choose Your Hospital Wisely
We have an epidemic of C-sections in the US, now accounting for almost 1 in 3 births. That represents a 50% increase since the mid-90s, despite all the advances we’ve seen in obstetrical care. Sometimes C-sections are critical to saving the … Continue reading →
The post If You Want to Avoid a C-Section Choose Your Hospital Wisely appeared first on PeterUbel.com. (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - March 6, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: PeterUbel.com Tags: Health Care Behavioral Economics and Public Policy health policy Peter Ubel syndicated Source Type: blogs
Drum roll please … presenting this year ’ s winners of our F1000Prime Awards
Throughout the year our Faculty works tirelessly to ensure we never miss a notable article to help us stay on top of the literature. Therefore, each year it’s fitting that we recognise their valuable work by way of two types of award, namely our AFM Travel Grant Awards and Faculty Member of the Year Awards.
Whist, of course, we are grateful for all of the contributions each and every member of the F1000Prime Faculty makes, these awards acknowledge those who have made extraordinary contributions and whose recommendations have proved particularly popular and engaging throughout the year.
Thank you very much to our entire F...
Source: Naturally Selected - March 1, 2019 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Steven Lokwan Tags: F1000 Institutions Researchers Source Type: blogs
