It may seem reasonable to assume that a five-star physician provides better care than a four-star physician, but patient ratings can vary wildly, with one patient giving a five-star review for an “excellent doctor” and another leaving a three-star review for “the most responsive doctor that we’ve ever seen.”
Awards for outstanding candidate theses were given out at this year’s Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings in Boston. Congratulations to this year’s recipients.
Facial paralysis, whether caused by a virus, tumor, trauma, or congenital abnormality, can be devastating to patients and significantly impact their quality of life, but new treatments and specialized facial nerve centers can make a big difference.
In today’s media-saturated environment, an otolaryngologist’s chances of winding up as a mainstream media source have risen considerably. Although this can be personally and professionally rewarding, physicians must navigate a learning curve and consider some risks.
Having a better understanding of what is important to patients and educating patients and referring providers may help decrease the number of patients with an expectation that surgery is the only answer.
There are otolaryngologists who focus their surgical practices on patients with thyroid/parathyroid diseases; some have completed fellowships while others have not, and continuing board certification activities aren’t currently focused on this content. These issues, among others, were part of the genesis of the new focused practice designation.
We may be at a saturation point in otolaryngology where the number of fellows is as high as it’s going to get, but who knows what the future holds?
Dr. Lindsay took the opportunity to speak with senior women in healthcare about current barriers to gender equity in healthcare, and two words became mainstays: complacency and intentionality.
Although the artificial intelligence app ChatGPT has created chaos in some medical areas, it may be a promising yet ambiguous alternative to traditional search engines for patient information.
