Prepare early. Gather data. Develop a plan. Know your market. Consider termination. Hire a lawyer. These are some tips experts suggest physicians and physician groups keep in mind when negotiating contractual arrangements with insurance companies.

Prepare early. Gather data. Develop a plan. Know your market. Consider termination. Hire a lawyer. These are some tips experts suggest physicians and physician groups keep in mind when negotiating contractual arrangements with insurance companies.
Quiet quitting refers to employees who do the bare minimum to remain employed. The trend is prevalent among younger workers—Gen Z and younger millennials—who report that they feel unsupported, that managers do not care about their development, and that they lack opportunities to learn and grow.
It’s predicted that the capabilities of AI and AI-supported applications will include enhancement of pertinent data summaries that are far more comprehensive than individual physician literature searches can provide.
Social media use within otolaryngology is increasing rapidly, mainly for professional networking but also for applications that directly impact patient care, such as patient education and study recruitment.
Dr. Miguel Goncalves Ferreira, a rhinoplasty surgeon in Portugal, brought together the international rhinoplasty community during COVID-19 by creating the Evidence-Based Rhinoplasty Research Group (EBRRG) to provide a forum for discussion of high-quality manuscripts by members of our field to increase the quality of care patients receive.
Unison expressions with large groups can be very powerful, however, the richness of harmony is unparalleled and can surpass the power of unison work. A creative endeavor marked by everyone doing exactly the same thing will lose the interest of the audience eventually. Harmony, on the other can create interest and excitement. See how this translates for diversity and inclusion in the medical community.
Designing parental leave is part of a broader issue of acknowledging that physicians have other things going on in their lives—personal and family.
Being fully informed about the logistics of family-planning efforts—whether it’s fertility preservation, in vitro fertilization, or surrogate parenting—and being your own advocate can help physicians through this challenging terrain of work-life integration.
While resilience has been said to be a form of growth, we should be asking what we can do within our organization and societies so that everyone gets a slice and then see what individuals can achieve with that support.
Getting involved enriches your professional life, which requires saying “yes”—a lot.