A professional violist is playing for neurology patients at a Chicago hospital to study music’s effect on their anxiety and isolation; “It’s very comforting for people when they’re sick.” More
Covid-19 has created a new set of challenges for an essential support network for mothers in recovery. More
This NPR, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and RWJF polling series examines the most serious health and financial problems facing households across America prior to the expiration of federal coronavirus support programs. More
A new study finds that small changes to the definition of "burnout" leads to wide variations in how common it is among medical residents. More
Why clinician satisfaction should be a metric of quality, from guest writer John Corsino, PT. More
The epidemic of clinician burnout and the COVID-19 pandemic are making each other worse. More
A nationwide patchwork of women workers has become indispensable to immigrant parents. More
Residents put their health on the line to treat Covid-19 patients. Not being acknowledged for the trauma they faced leaves them feeling forgotten. More
An ER doctor in New York City shares his experience amid the COVID-19 pandemic: "I don't think we’ve had time to process what's happened to us." More
I continue to love it despite being tired. I’m starting to think that I’m a masochist. More
Boston Medical Center trauma surgeon Dr. Tracey Dechert is used to tragedy. She has to rush into operating rooms to perform complex surgeries on people who've been in terrible accidents or shot, or have suffered other trauma and the outcome isn't always good. More
After months of fighting the pandemic, health care workers are breaking under heavy emotional and physical strain. More
Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of the human response to health and disease. The science behind it underscores the vital roles that nurses play. More
Telehealth forces clinicians to keep their distance and do exactly what is "essential." We have much to learn about the long-term implications of that. More
This essay describes the author’s adaptations to dystopian changes in hospital procedures and the reverberations throughout her life brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. More
“I’m sure they will want to work with you because, well, you know…you’re black.” More
Because clinicians understand the meaning of a new event or diagnosis, it’s easy to forget patients and families often don’t. More
A new set of recommendations in the Annals of Internal Medicine offers health systems a blueprint for better responding to incidents of patient bias. More
Before public health officials can manage the pandemic, they must deal with a broken data system that sends incomplete results in formats they can’t easily use. More
Black and Latinx doctors are good for Black and Latinx patients. The reverse is also true: Black and Latinx physicians need their communities to thrive. More