Caring Does Not Pay
BY KIM BELLARD
Things are tough all over the job market. With a jobless rate at 3.5%, and with millions of people who left the job market in 2020 opting to not return to work, employers are having a hard time finding workers. Your favorite restaurant or retail store probably has a “Help Wanted” sign out. Checking your bag for a flight has never been more problematic, in large part due to staffing issues. Even tech companies are having trouble hiring.
But I want to focus on a crisis in hiring for three industries that take care of some of our most vulnerable populations – teaching, child care, and n...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Child Care Industry job market Kim Bellard Source Type: blogs
We are all responsible for women physicians ’ pay discrepancy
A recent JAMA article showed that starting salaries for female physicians were lower than that of their male counterparts in most subspecialties. New physicians are not expected to have many differentiating factors besides gender, yet the starting salaries differ. It is important to note that specialties with a higher percentage of women also have lower
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We are all responsible for women physicians’ pay discrepancy originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 4, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Sharon McLaughlin, MD Tags: Physician Primary Care Surgery Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
August 04, 2022 Edition-----The war seems to grind on sadly and Pres. Biden is having a second round with COVID as unprecedented weather happens all over the US. It all feels rather like ‘the end of days’!In the UK we see an increasing chance of a third female PM being elected as the country seems to be struggling. We do need to remember however the UK remains a significant power with nuclear weapons and home-grown nuclear submarines!In OZ we have had last week working out how to progress the First Nations ‘Voice’ as we wrap up the 1st session of Parliament for the new Government. Comments welcome on how you think ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 4, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
July 28, 2022 Edition-----Sadly the war drags on, Biden seems to be pretty impotent on most policy fronts and the US seems to be heading into a recession. Not good,In the UK the choosing the next PM is off and running as the country and Europe are cooling down after a heatwave (for them) of biblical proportions!In OZ Parliament is meeting which is when the rubber will really hit the road as a new virus wave runs out of control still! We need to do more to control it as we realise just how bad long COVID is!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/how-a-nobel-laureate-got-australian-economists-offside-...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 28, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Commentators and Journalists Weigh In On Digital Health And Related Privacy, Safety, Social Media And Security Matters. Lots Of Interesting Perspectives - July 26, 2022.
-----This weekly blog is to explore the news around the larger issues around Digital Health, data security, data privacy, AI / ML. technology, social media and related matters.I will also try to highlightADHA Propagandawhen I come upon it.Just so we keep count, the latest Notes from the ADHA Board were dated 6 December, 2018 and we have seen none since! It ’s pretty sad!Note: Appearance here is not to suggest I see any credibility or value in what follows. I will leave it to the reader to decide what is worthwhile and what is not! The point is to let people know what is being said / published that I have come upon.-----h...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 26, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Why healthcare keeps losing good clinicians (or, why I walked away for a second time)
Guest post written by a wonderful PT who has walked away from the profession.
Why healthcare keeps losing good clinicians (or, why I walked away for a second time)
Firstly, I don’t know if the above statement is true. I just know a lot of good people who’ve left healthcare, across many different professions. And I highly recommend reading “This is going to Hurt” by Adam Kay, or if you don’t have the attention span, it’s now a TV series in 25 minute bites.
Last week I resigned from my position as a Physiotherapist and Keyworker, working for a supplier on the ACC pain contract and other physical injury c...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - July 24, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Chronic pain Pain conditions Physiotherapy Professional topics Resilience/Health healthcare pain management Source Type: blogs
How doctors should organize
Eric Topol wrote an excellent op-ed in the New Yorker titled “Why Doctors Should Organize.” I’m going to spell out exactly how they should organize. Doctors should form a nationwide class-action lawsuit against the major EHR companies for cognitive repetitive-strain injury. They can easily prove lost wages and mental strain from technical debt in the
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How doctors should organize originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 22, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Drea Burbank, MD Tags: Physician Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
The objective most consistent with recent operations is to conquer Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kherson, with a view to their eventual annexation and Russification. But not only are they some way from achieving that (w ith much of Donetsk still in Ukrainian hands and the Russia position in Kherson highly contested) it would also require an explicit Ukrainian surrender for it to serve as the basis for a declaration of victory. That will not be forthcoming.-----https://www.afr.com/world/europe/how-britain-giggled-its-way-into-crisis-20220710-p5b0giHow Britain giggled its way into crisisBoris Johnson has exposed the costs of Britain...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 21, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Forty-fourth annual report on senior salaries 2022
This report sets out the SSRB ’s analysis of evidence given by relevant organisations and makes proposals on the remuneration of senior civil servants, senior officers in the Armed Forces, members of the judiciary, senior leaders in the NHS in England and Police and Crime Commissioners.ReportSSRB - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 20, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Upgrading Your Reference Frames
Conscious reframing is one of the most accessible self-development skills because it aligns with how your brain works internally. Your brain already performs this task for you. And just as you can consciously control your breathing, you can also learn to consciously control your reference frames.
A reference frame is a context upon which other thinking and behaviors are layered. It’s essentially an assignment of meaning.
We don’t think in terms of how reality works. We think in terms of how we’re modeling reality internally. Our brains are constantly building and refining models (or frames).
For example, dur...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - July 19, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Productivity Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
July 14, 2022 Edition-----The biggest news this week was the assassination of the ex-PM of Japan – Shinzo Abe – who was a good friend to OZ incidentally.In the US we have had a wind-up to a busy summit season – NATO etc – and the ongoing war in Ukraine which is becoming a deepening, protracted and horrible situation which it seems hard to resolve sadly.In the UK Boris is out but not gone and the battle for the succession is off and rolling.In OZ we have Albo back and we need to work out what to mitigate these various natural disasters and actually get on with it!!!! The response has been pathetic so far I reckon!--...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 14, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Military physicians leaving the military
have several issues that should be carefully evaluated before executing a contract with a civilian employer. First of all, the income is definitely going to be higher than the military physician salary. Much like a physician coming out of training, military physicians should ask whether the salary is fair, notRead more …Military physicians leaving the military originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 8, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/post-author/dennis-hursh" rel="tag" data-wpel-link="internal" > Dennis Hursh < /a > < /span > Tags: Finance Practice Management Source Type: blogs
Employer ‐Sponsored Green Card Processing Delays Cross the 3‑Year Threshold
David J. BierImmigrant workers seeking a green card —which denotes legal permanent residence in the United States—now face more than a three-year wait to make it through the government’s regulatory morass. Paying a $2,500 fee could cut this wait to " only " 2 years and 5 months. The government has added nearly 16 months to the average green card process since 2016, with more than a year added in 2021 and 2022 alone. These processing delays come on top of the time towait for a green card cap slot to become available under the annual limits (which can be many years). They also do not include the time spent to comply wi...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 7, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
Racial biases shape the way people interpret body poses
By Emma Young
People reliably interpret expansive poses — with the arms and legs spread and the head held high — as a signal of dominance, or power. But work to date on perceptions of body poses has focused on White targets, note the authors of a new paper in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Attitudes and Social Cognition. As research shows that Black people are often stereotyped as aggressive, hostile and threatening, might an expansive pose lead others to perceive them as being more aggressive than a White person holding their body in exactly the same way?
Francine Karmali at the University of...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - July 4, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Social Source Type: blogs
A Federal Right To Online Drama In the Workplace?
Walter OlsonAccording to a widely discussed article by Ryan Grim in The Intercept, staff meltdowns over social justice issues have lately been paralyzing some well ‐known progressive organizations. Meanwhile publications like the Washington Post have become the scene of pitched public social media battles in which writers and editors call each other out publicly over purported insensitivity or privilege. If some Biden administration officials have their w ay, dramas like these may soon be coming to a workplace like yours.It ’s all due to a little ‐known and still‐unsettled portion of the New...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 1, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Walter Olson Source Type: blogs
