Welcome to this week’s edition of Healthcare Career Insights. This weekly roundup highlights healthcare career-related articles culled from across the Web to help you learn what’s next.Patients are relying less on primary care. How can you change that? – 5 ways PCPs can retain patients (and attract new ones) (Physicians Practice)Look for options to expand…
When a patient sexually harasses a physician, what recourse does that physician actually have? While the majority of physicians are white (56%) and male (64%), the physician workforce is diversifying to the point where women now outnumber men among physicians 34 years or younger in most racial and ethnic groups. This changing composition may create…
According to new CDC research, COVID-19 is a much greater threat to kids with obesity, with the average length of their hospital stay double that of kids without obesity. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) A new phase III trial found that oral octreotide (Mycapssa) was noninferior to injectable somatostatin receptor ligands for the treatment of…
For the first time in a year, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, held a CDC-only media briefing on Friday to discuss quarantine guidance, the state of the pandemic for children, and the possibility of a second booster shot. She said that while she did over 80 briefings last year, “we heard over the last week…
An Indiana pediatrician who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 has been unable to work at his hospital job for several weeks and is now speaking out, according to reports and a court document. In November, Paul Halczenko, MD, was removed from his position at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at Ascension St. Vincent in Indianapolis…
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Key Takeaways Arbitrum’s Arbitrum One chain is down. The last block on the network was processed at 10:29:22 UTC. Arbitrum has confirmed that it is “experiencing Sequencer downtime.” Arbitrum is one of many Layer 2 solutions aiming to help Ethereum overcome its scalability challenges. Arbitrum suffered from similar issues back in September—but they didn’t take…
Bitcoin came close to $40,000 Saturday, while Ethereum slid to just above $3,000. Many other lower cap assets have suffered harder blows over the weekend. Bearish sentiment prevails in the cryptocurrency space. Crypto Market Hit By Another DownturnThe cryptocurrency market is in volatile mode. Bitcoin took another big hit this weekend as it tumbled from $42,000 to…
Let’s take a closer look at today’s altcoins showing breakout signals. We’ll explain what the coin is, then dive into the trading charts and provide some analysis to help you decide. 1. Filecoin (FIL) Filecoin FIL is a decentralised storage system that aims to “store humanity’s most important information”. The project was first described back in 2014 as…
Crypto hacks continue as we enter 2022, with Peckshield recording losses of $6.8M in Ethereum-based tokens from Liechtenstein-based LCX AG. LCX AG has suffered a security breach that has seen one of its hot wallets compromised. They made the announcement on Twitter and have assured customers that they have taken security measures to protect other…
