The Law: Get a Flu Shot or Wear a Mask, Healthcare Workers!
New York State has made it a law that healthcare workers either get a flu shot or wear a mask. It's a good decision, says bioethicist Art Caplan. Patient safety should come first. (Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast - November 7, 2013 Category: Dermatology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
FDA's Hamburg on Clearing the Hurdles to Drug Approvals
FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, MD, talks with Medscape at the National Health Research Forum in Washington, DC. (Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast - October 17, 2013 Category: Dermatology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Ipilimumab Goes the Distance in Melanoma Survival
Drs. Antoni Ribas and Caroline Robert discuss hallmark melanoma findings in targeted therapies, immunotherapy, and combination therapies presented at ECC 2013. (Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast - October 8, 2013 Category: Dermatology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Second Opinion: Should It Be No Opinion?
Dr. Frank Veith questions the sacred cow of seeking a second opinion for a risky procedure. (Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast - October 1, 2013 Category: Dermatology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Health IT Czar on Making Meaningful Use 'Meaningful'
Farzad Mostashari, MD, reflects on his tenure as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in an interview with Medscape Editor-in-Chief Eric J. Topol, MD. (Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast - September 4, 2013 Category: Dermatology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Cancer? Not!
What ' s in a word? Enough to ' set your hair on fire ' if the word is cancer, says Dr. George Lundberg, who comments on the importance of not calling a lesion ' cancer ' when it is not. (Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast - August 29, 2013 Category: Dermatology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Cancer? Not!
What's in a word? Enough to 'set your hair on fire' if the word is cancer, says Dr. George Lundberg, who comments on the importance of not calling a lesion 'cancer' when it is not. (Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast - August 29, 2013 Category: Dermatology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
What Is and Is Not Cancer?
What's in a word? Enough to 'set your hair on fire' if the word is cancer, says Dr. George Lundberg, who comments on the importance of not calling a lesion 'cancer' when it is not. (Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast - August 29, 2013 Category: Dermatology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Doctors and Nurses Should Be Drug-Tested -- Get Used to It
Many doctors consider mandatory drug testing for health professionals an insult, but if we ' re going to improve quality of patient care, it makes sense, says bioethicist Art Caplan. (Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast - August 1, 2013 Category: Dermatology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Topol on Replacing Clinicians With Algorithms
Is the nation on the verge of a healthcare provider shortage, or are clinicians being phased out by algorithms? (Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast - July 1, 2013 Category: Dermatology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Venter and Topol on the True Revolution in Medicine
Drs. Eric Topol and J. Craig Venter explain why the true revolution in medicine is just beginning. (Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast - March 8, 2013 Category: Dermatology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Topol: Hospitals, Office Visits of Little Use in the Future
Dr. Eric Topol wonders why anyone would want to visit a hospital or waste time at a physician office visit in the future and offers ways to improve on these models of patient care. (Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast - January 14, 2013 Category: Dermatology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Practice of Medicine: Anxiety Up, Morale Down
If healthcare as an industry is booming, asks Dr. John Marshall, then why is morale low among physicians? He has an idea or two -- and a question. (Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast - October 25, 2012 Category: Dermatology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Mycobacteria Infections Associated With Tattooing
William R. Jarvis, MD, highlights a recent report about a persistent raised erythematous rash occurring about 3 weeks post-tattoo. What were the results of the investigation? (Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Podcast - September 27, 2012 Category: Dermatology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
