Ongoing payment reform, healthcare consolidation forces otolaryngology practices to reconsider ways doctors are paid

Ongoing payment reform, healthcare consolidation forces otolaryngology practices to reconsider ways doctors are paid
Routine checkups of what is or isn’t working at a current job can help otolaryngologists meld their values, strengths, passions with career path
Regarding the article “Malpractice and the Otolaryngologist" (ENTtoday, October 2013), EMRs are expensive, time consuming, and will lead to lawsuits
A 97-year-old man presents with worsening dysphagia, odynophagia, mild hoarseness
Recommendations clarify optimal use of tubes, perioperative assessment of patients, postsurgical care
Evidence suggests link between stomach enzyme and chronic pulmonary disease, presents treatment challenge for patients with positive pepsin test
Evidence does not support routine use of mastoid pressure dressing to prevent hematoma, but loose dressings may be beneficial
Sleep interruptions can reduce patients’ threshold of pain, increase risk of complications, extend convalescence, contribute to poor physical/mental performance, lower patient satisfaction