COVID-19 – MD Update

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The Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare Professionals: Occupational Hazard, Unique Opportunity

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FRANKFORT The ferocity, duration, and unpredictability of the current pandemic leave healthcare providers particularly vulnerable to negative psychosocial impacts: COVID-19

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Critical Delays: The Importance of Meeting the Standard of Care for Cancer Diagnosis

December 1, 2021December 10, 2021 Andrew Desimone, Esq additional pain, breach, breach of the standard of care, cancer, cancer screen program, causation, causation defense, causation standard, chance, common lawsuit, competent physician, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 patient, critical delay, damage exposure, defend delay, defendant physician, delay, delayed diagnosis, diagnosis, diagnosis case, diagnosis of cancer, diagnosis of cancer case, diminished chance, diminished chance of survival, expert testimony, general negligence claim, healthcare, healthcare professional, hospital redirect resource, injury, jury, Kentucky, legal causation standard, levels.1, lost chance, lost chance of survival, malpractice, malpractice case, malpractice defense, medical malpractice case, medical malpractice defense, medical probability, multiple hospitalization, necessary expert proof, negligence, NIH find show, oncology, oncology service, oppose expert, outcome, pandemic, patient-physician, patient-physician relationship, physician, physician breach, physician breach of the standard of care, pre-pandemic, pre-pandemic levels.1, probability, provider, reasonable degree, reasonable degree of medical probability, reasonable degree of probability, reduction of the odds of recovery, requirement of an expert witness, routine cancer screen, significant damage exposure, site surgery, standard of care, subset of a general negligence claim, summary dismissal of the lawsuit, surgery, survivability, survival, testimony, wrong site surgery

One of the most common lawsuits in medical malpractice defense is a delay in diagnosis of cancer. According to the

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Special Section

A Shoulder to Lean On

August 1, 2021October 18, 2021 Jim Kelsey ACL, ACL injury, Beliveau, chi, chi saint, Cincinnati, combination of stress, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, difficult healthcare decision, dinner, Dr. Jean-Maurice Page, Dr. Patrice Beliveau, elbow, elbow surgery, family trade, family trade of orthopedics, great mentor enter practice, happy work, hasty choice, image001 photo, image002 photo, image003 photo, importance of trusted guidance, injury, Jerry Magone, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph medical group, junior person, Kevin Magone, London ideal, Magone, Magone credit chi saint, non-surgical patient, NYU Langone, NYU Langone orthopedic hospital, orthopedic surgeon, orthopedics, pending birth, photo, practice go, prospect of surgery, question whirl, recruitment dinner, scope-related, scope-related procedure, shoulder, shoulder replacement, surgeon, surgery, trusted guidance

LONDON The prospect of surgery is at the least unsettling if not downright terrifying for many people. The questions whirl.

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Legal Liability During the COVID-19 Pandemic – What Do We Know?

August 1, 2021October 18, 2021 Doug Stephan applicable exception, business owner, care facility, Care professional, care provider, causation, COVID-19, COVID-19 case, COVID-19 death, COVID-19 immunity protection, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccination, COVID-19 vaccine, Delta variant, Delta variant spread, Dittert, employee, employee of long-term care facility, employer, essential worker, federal bill, federal medicare, frontline worker, great risk of severe illness, healthcare, healthcare provider, HEROES-RECOVER, home case, immunity, infection, injury, Jamie W., Kentucky, Kentucky constitution, Kentucky law, lawsuit, liability, liability immunity, litigation, long term care facility, long-term care provider, low vaccination rate, mandatory vaccine, negligence, negligence litigation, nurse home, nurse home case, one-third of U.S. COVID-19 death, pandemic circumstance, plaintiff, provider, staff vaccination, standard of care, statute, study of health care worker, U.S. count, U.S. COVID-19, U.S. COVID-19 death, underlie health condition, universal staff vaccination, urge national COVID-19 civil liability immunity, vaccinated people, vaccination, vaccination mandate, vaccine, virus, W.

As of summer 2021, the U.S. counts over 35 million COVID-19 cases and more than 616,000 deaths. Nearly one-third of

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Outsourcing: The New Normal in Healthcare Accounting?

August 1, 2021October 18, 2021 Justin Hubbard account team, capability in-house, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Dean Dorton, facet of healthcare, healthcare, healthcare account, healthcare industry, industry 's top priority, long-term initiative, new normal, new normal call, new normal look, next pandemic, outsourcing, Outsourcing partner, Outsourcing partner offer, pandemic, partner, professional accountant, remote work, repeat of recent event, right outsourcing partner, routine account obligation, specialized financial insight, sudden remote work requirement, time-intensive effort, unprecedented difficulty, unpredictable staff shortage

The COVID-19 pandemic challenged every assumption in healthcare. Systems that were supposed to be redundant and resilient were pushed to

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What the Pandemic Taught Us About the Importance of Diversity in Health Care

June 1, 2021September 9, 2021 Geraldine Q. Young, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CDE, FAANP Black people, Black respondent, Caren Blantin, CDC, contribute factor, COVID, COVID death, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccine, current medical negligence, death toll rate, DEI, delivery, disparity, diversity, diversity impact conference, Earth-Shameenah, Earth-Shameenah barber, equity, exist disparity, FNU, frontier, frontier nurse university, Geraldine young, health care provider, health disparity, healthcare, healthcare delivery system, healthcare disparity, healthcare workforce, image001 photo, image002 photo, importance of diversity, inclusion, inequitable outcome, inequitable outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic, inequity, Maria Cruz, Mary Alogidi-Egbuson, MD-UPDATE, minority, minority population, national impact, nurse, outcome, pandemic, soc, socioeconomic hardship, structural racism, treatment of Black people, undeniable reality check, underrepresented, vaccine, Versailles change, virtual event, white population of healthcare professional, workforce

Editor’s Introduction: Diversity, equity and inclusion are growing initiatives within healthcare. MD-Update asked Geraldine Young, DNP, APRN, to share her

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Special Section

‘It Is Such a Rewarding Career’

June 1, 2021September 9, 2021 Pat Henderson big myth, care doctor treat low-complexity case, chief resident, Chris Witzke image002, Chris Witzke image002 photo, Chris Witzke Louisville, Chris Witzke Louisville native Traci Edwards, client 's treatment, COVID, COVID-19, doctor, Dr. Edwards, dread come, dream job, Edwards, Edwards 's patient, family medicine, family medicine doctor, family medicine physician, family medicine practice, family practice doctor, family practice matter, family practice plan, family practitioner, healthcare, high-deductible, hometown doctor, image001 photo, impact care, impactful, Impactful lifestyle choice, importance of lifestyle, in-person gather, Kentucky, lifestyle, Louisville, Louisville 's west end, major diagnosis, medication cost, medicine, next kidney failure, office visit, physician, practitioner, primary care doctor treat low-complexity case, provider, reward career, reward scale, rise medication cost, south end of Louisville, specialty practice, St. Elizabeth, St. Elizabeth 's medical center, telehealth, top of the reward scale, Traci Edwards, traditional office visit, university of Kentucky college of medicine, UofL Health-Medical, UofL Health-Medical center, variety of specialty, vast body of knowledge, Wagner high school

LOUISVILLE While it may be debated as to whether the “dream job” actually exists or is just a fantasy, Traci

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Kentucky’s Top Doc, Steven J. Stack, MD, MBA, FACEP: His Finest Hour

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 MD-Update Staff 48, 48 hour shift, AMA, amaze amount of collaboration, anger boil, appointed public servant, bring organization, childhood well-being, colon cancer screen, commissioner, commissioner 's job, commissioner of the Kentucky department, communicable disease prevention, core mission of the department of public health, coronavirus epidemic, COVID, COVID test, COVID-19, dedicated team of civil servant, diabetes prevention, Dr. Connie White, early childhood well-being, emergency, emergency physician, enormous logistical undertake, epidemic, explosive public health crisis, full human potential, good interest of the people of Kentucky, great deal of hardship, groundhog, groundhog day, health crisis, health reference lab, healthy delivery, idea of the magnitude of the virus, image001 photo, important public health, incredible crisis, inject vaccine, J., Kentucky, Kentucky 's top, Kentucky commissioner, Kentucky department, Kentucky Perinatal, Kentucky Perinatal quality, Kentucky program, KY department, MDU, mobile lab, must-see TV, people of Kentucky, pharmaceutical distribution company, PPE, president of the AMA, press conference, public health, public health initiative, public health reference lab, radon inspection, recent ice storm, Remdesivir, restaurant safety, sick life, Sir Winston Churchill, stack, state commissioner of public health, statewide distribution, statewide distribution of the vaccine, Steven J. stack, Steven stack, sweep array, sweep array of public health initiative, tobacco, tobacco cessation, transformational experience, use tobacco product, vaccination, vaccine, virus, WIC program

“To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered

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Complementary Care

Demand for Medical Nutrition Therapy Increases During COVID-19

April 1, 2021June 16, 2021 Mary Branham academy of nutrition, appointment, average of four hours more, chi, chi saint, COVID-19, diabetes, dietitian, eastern Kentucky community, follow-up appointment, four hours more, individual stress, individualized nutrition treatment plan, initial appointment, Joseph, Joseph health, Joseph Heath, Karen Klefot, Klefot, lifestyle, lifestyle assessment, medical nutrition therapy, medical nutrition therapy increase, nutrition, nutrition plan, nutrition therapy, nutrition therapy process, nutrition treatment plan, OnePoll, OnePoll survey, outpatient, outpatient diabetes educator, pandemic, rd, recent OnePoll survey, referral, registered dietitian, specialized supplement, therapy, use of specialized supplement, wide variety of patient

LEXINGTON While it’s been over a year since COVID-19 was classified as a pandemic, taking a toll on countries worldwide,

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Special Section

Healthy at Home

February 1, 2021April 14, 2021 Jim Kelsey angioplasty, angioplasty procedure, Asymptomatic presentation, atrial fibrillation, atypical pain, atypical presentation, Bob Valvano, bunch of doctor, cardiac cath lab, cardiologist, cardiology, cardiology fellowship, cardiology residency, CardioMEMS, cath lab, Chandhiran Rangaswamy, congestive heart failure, COVID, COVID-19, expected presentation, failure, fibrillation, general cardiology, geriatrician, heart disease, heart failure, hospitalization, image001 photo, interventional cardiologist, kid call, Louisville, Louisville native, Louisville resident, Louisville school, manage condition, medical influence, mislead presentation, muscle pull, pain, patient call, physician, pillow, presentation, procedure, quality of life, Rangaswamy, Rangaswamy 's career path, Rango, reflection of people, shortness, shortness of breath, symptom, textbook presentation, textbook presentation of heart disease, time patient present, university of Louisville school of medicine, UofL, UofL health, UofL physician, will present

LOUISVILLE It is 3:00 am, and Chandhiran Rangaswamy, MD, an interventional cardiologist at UofL Health, is about to begin his

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