Something is deeply misaligned when clinicians can't even voice their despair. This trauma and collective lived experience deserve deeper exploration, and it demands an answer from the medical community and policy leaders.
Just weeks after the largest nurses strike in New York City history, the CEO of NYC Health and Hospitals has a bold vision for a future where AI, not human radiologists, examines and diagnoses X-rays.
Most internal medicine physicians assume that when they sit for a board examination, their answers determine one thing: whether they pass. Few realize that their exam performance has been linked to federal Medicare claims data and used in research, without their knowledge or consent.
Among my possessions is a frayed newspaper clipping of the first time my grandfather was arrested for engaging in union activity. Edward Houchins joined General Electric (GE) as a factory worker in 1924. During the Depression, he couldn't afford just one job, so he worked weekends at the corner store..
“Dr. Goldman, it’s the emergency department calling,” says an emergency room ward clerk named Vivica. At the dinner table, my family sees me flinch. “Sorry to bother you, but the department is backing up,” says Vivica. “We’re hoping you can come in early.”
Visa processing delays are sidelining foreign physicians at hospitals and clinics across the nation, adding to staffing shortages and recruitment headaches for hospitals.
On October 20, 2015, I did something unremarkable: I turned on the GPS app on my Android phone before driving to work. I had no idea that routine act would one day save my career and expose a pattern of institutional behavior that every academic physician needs to understand.
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