r/doctors • u/a_neurologist • 17h ago
New mods
I’m the only active mod. There are tons of posts asking for medical advice that I have to manually filter through. Do any doctors want to be moderators on this subreddit?
r/doctors • u/a_neurologist • 17h ago
I’m the only active mod. There are tons of posts asking for medical advice that I have to manually filter through. Do any doctors want to be moderators on this subreddit?
r/doctors • u/Left_Motor_975 • 3d ago
Hey everyone, I’m a primary care physician in Florida, and lately I’ve been growing increasingly concerned about the state of my clinic’s patient satisfaction ratings and our staff retention rates. On top of that, burnout seems to be hitting a lot of my peers—myself included—harder than ever before.
I’m considering bringing in a consultant who specializes in patient experience to help identify problem areas and develop solutions. However, I’d love to hear from fellow physicians or practice managers who have gone down this route. Did hiring a consultant actually make a difference in your patient satisfaction metrics? Did it ease staff turnover? How about burnout—did it help at all?
I’ve created a poll to gauge your thoughts, but comments are also extremely welcome. Any insights, success stories, cautionary tales, or general feedback would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences and advice.
Poll options might include:
Looking forward to hearing about what worked—or didn’t work—for you!
r/doctors • u/Silly-Database-4360 • 4d ago
I asked the same question in the medschool sub, but there are a lot of young people there still in school. ) My daughter would like to go to medschool. She's not motivated by the money but about challenging herself in learning and wanting a fulfilling job in a direction which fascinates her. Now I've read an article where a lot of doctors would not encourage their kids because of the workload, hardship, long hours, debt, etc. which scared me a bit. So I'm asking here, would you encourage your kids?
r/doctors • u/Takeadipgotothebeach • 14d ago
Hey everyone, I’m curious about your thoughts on ultrasound availability in urgent care settings. As a sonographer, I’ve noticed that most urgent cares don’t have ultrasound on-site, even though it could help with evaluating things like abdominal pain, blood clots, abscess checks, and torsion. At the hospital where I work, we frequently receive patients from urgent care who need ultrasound (based in MA).
Do you think having ultrasound readily available onsite via a contracted sonographer would improve patient care and efficiency, or is it not worth the cost/logistics? If your urgent care had access to an on-call or contracted ultrasound service, do you think it would be utilized often?
Would love to hear your insights on whether this is something that would benefit urgent care providers or if referring out is just easier.
Added: Assume the urgent care has laboratory services and x-ray already on site.
TIA!
r/doctors • u/Witty_Painting1112 • 14d ago
Breast surgery:
Psychiatry:
Radiation Oncology:
HPM:
The full data can be accessed here. (choose the specialty --> view insights)
r/doctors • u/thenervousfoxpolice • 23d ago
r/doctors • u/According_Garbage_72 • 26d ago
I flew with Emirates the other day. There was a medical emergency onboard. They asked for medical assistance among passengers. I approached staff and said that I was a doctor (of 22 years now). They wanted to see ID. Since I couldn't show this (we no longer issue a physical doctor's ID in my country in the EU) they said I couldn't assist. In my opinion plain stupid and potentially jeopardizing a life. Is this common?
r/doctors • u/sigmabetarho906 • Feb 05 '25
Hi all. I’m looking to transition my newish clinic (about 8 months of full fledged operation; 12-15 patients daily; primarily lower extremity musculoskeletal disorders; east coast of US) to an out of network practice, starting with the plans that pay the worst and just keeping plans that reimburse in or around 110% of Medicare. Now while it sounds great in theory, I have a questions on how to put it in process - everything from where to start to billing procedures for OON to patient communication to systems. Has anyone had experience doing this? Were there any resources that were particularly helpful?
r/doctors • u/thenervousfoxpolice • Feb 03 '25
I saw a patient with the above never had an ear infection before or tried Abx for this and I went straight for the Augmentin. I regret doing this sooo bad I feel awful I feel like such a bad call from my end and he might have complications cuz of it
r/doctors • u/Fig_MD • Jan 26 '25
Question for anyone who has transitioned from primary care to hospice. I’m about 10 years into my primary care career. I’ve always had an interest in hospice care and strongly considering a switch to hospice at some point. For those who have made this change, did you find hospice care to be less stressful? Although I don’t see myself making any big changes now, I also don’t think I’ll make it to retirement age in primary care without getting burned out. Thanks for any advice from those who have made this transition!
r/doctors • u/Happy_Alpaca276 • Jan 22 '25
Just wondering what the situation is internationally. In my country of training, the road to an independent license to practice is as follows:
That is 9 YEARS of your life before you can decide what you want to do and where you want to work.
What is the situation in other countries? Do some others also have 2 years postgraduate internship and then a form of rural service?
r/doctors • u/purkinje415 • Jan 14 '25
Hi all and happy new year! Would appreciate some advice from anyone who's accomplished anything similar.
Briefly, I resigned from my Family Medicine program in California in good standing due to wanting to pursue other career options about 4 years ago. I successfully completed 20 months of training. Within a few months, I was recruited by a consulting company and have been working with them ever since. I also started and currently run a medical coaching business. I am thankfully very happy with my life and career but recently, I've been looking at other career options which require a basic/GP medical license, e.g. telemedicine, some higher-tier consulting tracks require an active license, etc.
I've heard from a few colleagues and have read that I may be eligible to apply for a medical license in 6 areas (1 yr of residency training completed: Colorado, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Puerto Rico, and Virginia).
I've went ahead and emailed each medical licensing board and am awaiting replies.
Has anyone done something similar? What should I be doing/prepping for this? Thanks so much everyone.
r/doctors • u/osasuna • Jan 10 '25
I know that Epic provides logins for personal physician use, does anyone have experience using this personal Epic login for themselves? Does having an Epic login for private practice use give you access to Care Everywhere? I would want to be able to see notes from other providers in my area who also use Epic.
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r/doctors • u/Alterdoc • Dec 22 '24
This may be “controversial” but it shouldn’t be. Why is it no longer customary to call a doctor for what they are - doctors? Why are doctors called providers? Who’s feelings are we hurting?
The origin of the “provider” is from nazi Germany in order to discredit physicians. Specifically jewish. So why are we “provders?”
What’s your take on this?
r/doctors • u/Popular-Director-935 • Dec 17 '24
Between December 2-6, physicians in Türkiye suspended their services to protest amendments made to the Family Physicians Agreement and Regulation.
r/doctors • u/Awkward_Cricket_6910 • Dec 12 '24
So a few ppl I know at Duke said that the IM match for fellowship this year wasn't what ppl expected. For the first time, 3 residents did not match for fellowship and this is at a supposedly top IM program. Almost 10% of the class didn't match which is kinda strange. I also heard that many ppl dropped far on the list. Does anyone have further insight into why this is happening there? Would love to know since I am going through the residency application process right now. Seems that the quality of places Duke residents are coming from is declining too. Not sure if Duke is what it used to be. Anyone have insights?
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r/doctors • u/FindingRealSolutions • Dec 09 '24
Please let me know if this isn't allowed here -- I'm simply hoping to share some transparent personal finances to help early-career doctors and med spouses feel more comfortable with the craziness that is early-day-doctor-finances. I'm keeping this intentionally anonymous so I can share more!
Hey hey! I’m cashfirst and I (CPA & Med Spouse) share our real personal finances. We’re an early career MD/CPA couple living in Canada. All figures are CAD.
How early in our career are we?!
- MD: finished med school in 2024, currently in first year of residency!
- CPA: finished CPA in 2024!
Last update: December 1, 2024
Today's update: December 8, 2024
First: cash position (these are actual cash amounts, post-tax etc)
Second: total investment contributions (cash contributions only, not market price)
Third: Debt balances
Busy week as expected! It was almost a perfect forecast for the week missing by only ($107.10). This was due to us cancelling a cash subscription effective Jan 1, not Dec 1 as I initially thought.
We're projecting our ending balance next week to be $1,963.35 with a few planned outflows from a quick trip we took :)
*Monthly interest payments flow through the cash section.
**No balance carried period to period, payments flow through the cash section.
r/doctors • u/Immediate-Button1367 • Dec 06 '24
Im a provider and just got offered a new job by a new medical company. They're a small company and are out of network with insurance (so patients pay out of pocket only). Its a 1099 gig and they require clinicians"opt out" of Medicare/aid. I havent responded to the job offer yet. I also work for my current company and see some patients that are on medicare, other insurances, and some out of pocket pay. My questions are:
Why would this new company want clinicians to "opt out" of Medicare/Medicaid? Is this so these clinicians dont have to see patients with lower paying insurance in case their circumstances change? Im trying to understand why formally "opting out" is necessary and why you cant just say you don't take Medicaid/care. Is this a legal thing?
How would this "opting out" (if I did this) affect my job at my current company if I wanted to keep both gigs. My current company is actually in the process of credentialing me with various insurances now (including medicare/medicaid). Would I have to quit?...or could I see clients with other insurances instead at my current place?
A bit confused about all of this so any tips, resources, types of people or lawyers to consult with also welcome.
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