Articles by Section - Departments
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- Health Policy: Medicare Battle Heats Up: Geographic Disparities spark look into spending variation
- Bryn Nelson
- Published: Aug 09, 2010
- In the wake of this year’s landmark health care reform legislation, one of the most hotly debated topics comes courtesy of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, as politicians, analysts, researchers and physicians grapple over how to resolve the contentious issue of geographical disparities in health care spending.
- Legal Matters: Anatomy of a Noncompetition Clause: Now's the time to review your employment contract
- Steven M. Harris, Esq.
- Published: Aug 09, 2010
- A physician who was recently offered a lucrative position with an otolaryngology practice in his community asked me to review his current employment agreement to determine if it contained any prohibitions against accepting the job. His previous employment contract contained a noncompetition clause that, justifiably, caused him and his prospective employer some concern. As it turned out, in his case, and in many others, the noncompetition clause was not as restrictive as it appeared at first glance. The...
- Literature Review: Literature Review: A roundup of the important recent studies
- Published: Aug 09, 2010
- Clarity Needed on Which Patients with PTC Can Be Safely Observed; HPV Status an Independent Prognostic Factor for Oropharyngeal Cancer Survival; Laryngeal Framework Surgery Has High Level of Efficacy; Demographic Disparities Exist Among Children with Otitis Media; Bioabsorbable Miniplates for Subglottic Stenosis Are Safe and Effective; Surgery for Chronic Rhinosinusitis May Help Sleep, Sex
- Special Report: Managing Expectations: Facial plastic surgeons emphasize the limits of injectable fillers
- Mary Beth Nierengarten
- Published: Aug 09, 2010
- With the availability of noninvasive procedures that use injectable fillers to do the work surgery once monopolized, more people than ever before are seeking the elixir of youth that comes now at the end of a needle rather than a knife.
- Practice Management: Audit Agony: Prepare yourself as insurers look to recoup funds
- Richard Quinn
- Published: Jul 02, 2010
- Hayes Wanamaker, MD, an otolaryngologist in Syracuse, N.Y., refers to the recovery audit process of insurance carriers as the proverbial camel’s nose under the tent.
- Career Development: Adverse Event Aftermath: Departments are creating programs to help physicians cope
- Gina Shaw
- Published: Jul 02, 2010
- When Rahul Shah, MD, then a pediatric otolaryngologist at Children’s Hospital in Boston, and several colleagues first undertook a survey of otolaryngologists’ reactions to adverse events in 2004, they provided a blank form for respondents to write about what had happened. In the more than 200 responses they received, Dr. Shah and his colleagues read an outpouring of emotion.
- Literature Review: Literature Review: A roundup of the important recent studies
- Published: Jul 02, 2010
- Polydioxanone Foil Can Be Used to Support the Nasal Septum; Intranasal Corticosteroid Not Recommended as Monotherapy for Acute Rhinosinusitis; Thyroid Palpation Should Follow Serum Hormone Measurement; Carbon Dioxide Laser-Assisted Cartilage Reshaping Otoplasty; More Research Needed into Management of Facial Paralysis from Intratemporal Blunt Trauma; Researchers Identify Patients at Risk for MRSA
- Special Report: Promise for Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis: Pediatric otolaryngologists have high hopes for the HPV vaccine
- Thomas R. Collins
- Published: Jul 02, 2010
- Optimism is growing that a new HPV vaccine will drastically decrease the number of cases of pediatric recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP), a rare but devastating disease.
- Literature Review: Literature Review: A roundup of the most important recent studies
- Published: Jun 09, 2010
- Presbyphonia Voice Therapy Effective in Older Patients; Steroid-Impregnated Nasal Dressing Improves Post-ESS Healing; The Faculty Mentor…from theResident’s Perspective; Understanding Otosclerosis Etiology and Impacting Factors; Irradiated Homologous Costal Cartilage Used Effectively in Rhinoplasty; Polydioxanone Foil Can Be Used to Support the Nasal Septum
- Legal Matters: Who’s Covering Your Tail? The ins and outs of professional liability insurance
- Steven M. Harris, Esq.
- Published: Jun 09, 2010
- Are you looking to switch medical practices? Are you in the market to purchase a professional malpractice insurance policy? Are you planning to retire soon? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, you will likely confront the concept of “tail” insurance.
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