The expert interviews section of Medical Economics features exclusive video interviews with physicians and other experts on important topics facing physicians, the health care system, and more.
NAM plan for workforce well-being: Compliance and regulatory barriers
Electronic health records are part of the problem.
NAM plan for workforce well-being: Reducing stigma
If physicians feel burned out, they need to seek help.
NAM plan for workforce well-being: Measure it, then improve it
Measuring staff feelings across institutions is the baseline for improvement.
NAM plan for workforce well-being: ‘Culture trumps everything’
Positive work, learning environments and culture as a priority area.
NAM plan for workforce well-being: Where to start
Recognizing the problem and listening to doctors are key first steps.
NAM plan for workforce well-being: A message for primary care physicians
Primary care physicians are crucial to the health care system.
NAM plan for workforce well-being: Why it’s needed
The National Academy of Medicine takes on physician burnout.
NAM plan for workforce well-being: Troubling trend
A health care leader describes disturbing findings about the health care work environment.
Long COVID: Ask about post-exertional malaise
Why excessive fatigue is so important in diagnosis and treatment.
Long COVID: A new year’s resolution
Getting clinicians on board for treating patients.
The Waiting Room: Nixxi Health
Long COVID: Introducing the PASC Collaborative
Specialty clinics for treating long COVID
Long COVID: Will care be available?
A physician can navigate the health care system, but what about patients?
Long COVID: Accommodating disabilities
How long COVID relates to ADA.
Long COVID: Economic effects
When patients are sick, productivity is lost.
Long COVID: Government funding is a start
Congressional action could help.
Long COVID: Unanswered questions remain
Prior research might have helped.
How physicians can deal with the ‘tripledemic’ of COVID-19, RSV and influenza
The 2022 respiratory season is shaping up to be uniquely challenging. How can you prepare?
Long COVID: Mild symptoms can lead to long-term effects
Symptoms can appear two to three months later.
Long COVID: A physician becomes the patient
Long COVID effects are ‘eye-opening and shocking’.
Long COVID: An introduction
Long COVID symptoms in patients.
Physician payment in 2023: The situation is unsustainable
An almost 10% cut in Medicare reimbursement is untenable.
Physician payment in 2023: Prior auths and telehealth
What to watch in Washington as 2022 draws to a close.
Physician payment in 2023: Will a lame duck Congress take action?
Time is running out this year for Congress to act on many, many issues.
Physician payment in 2023: Alternative payment models
The 5% alternative payment models need extension.
Physician payment in 2023: Understanding statutory PAYGO
And another 4% pay cut on the horizon?
The Physician Financial Checkup
Why many doctors underperform their wealth potential — and how to maximize yours.
Physician payment in 2023: The Medicare PFS conversion factor
A 4.47% pay cut on the horizon?
Physician payment in 2023: An introduction to Medicare PFS
How much will Medicare pay to physicians?
Will health care worker shortages get worse?
Could a better economy lead to more retirements?