Reasons for harassment vary, but include harrassment in response to making comments about the COVID-19 pandemic
Cancer Patients Give Telemedicine High Marks
Patient survey shows better ratings for access and provider concern with telemedicine versus in-person visits
Almost Two-Thirds of U.S. Doctors, Nurses Feel Burnt Out at Work: Poll
Doctors say they are rethinking their decision to enter medicine, citing understaffing, paperwork, insurance hassles as major reasons why
Feds Will Start Limiting Telehealth Prescriptions for Painkillers, ADHD Drugs
Patients will be required to see a doctor in person to get a first prescription for opioids, ADHD drugs
Half of Frontline Health Care Workers Report Subthreshold PTSD Symptoms
Subthreshold PTSD symptoms associated with increased physical health symptoms and sleep problems
2001 to 2021 Saw Decline in Physician Work Hours
However, trend offset by increase in advanced practice professionals weekly work hours
Multidimensional Factors Shaped Physician Stress During Pandemic
Physicians’ perceptions of occupational stress at individual level were shaped by stressors within and across four levels
Willingness to Use Videohealth Increased During Pandemic
Increase especially pronounced for Black adults and adults with lower educational attainment
COVID-19 Pandemic Tied to Burnout in Health Care Professionals
Emotional exhaustion and depersonalization increased as the pandemic wore on in 2020
America’s Emergency Medicine Physicians Alarmed by Rising Violence From Patients
Two-thirds of emergency physicians reported being assaulted in the past year alone