Gender discrimination is felt much more in women physicians than it is in men, according to a new report. It found that two-thirds of the female physicians have experienced gender discrimination from a medical colleague, and 57% of them have experienced it from a patients. These numbers were 30% and 19%, respectively, for male physicians.
Medscape has launched the beta Oncology Decision Point tool for lung cancer. The full launch of the tool will include all major cancer types and will happen later this year.
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
A new survey from Medscape took a closer look at the fourth element of the Quadruple Aim: provider well-being. In addition to asking physicians about their feelings of burnout and depression, the survey asked respondents about what was contributing to their burnout.
A new survey from WebMD, Medscape and STAT dug deeper into the prevalence of patient bias. Among 822 physician respondents, 59 percent said they'd heard a derogatory remark about their personal characteristics from a patient within the past five years.
The crowdsourcing consult app will be available to doctors in 245 countries.
The uses of telemedicine seem to be growing by the day, with the latest application coming in the form of treating children with ADD or ADHD in under-served areas, according to a recent study from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The study, first reported in Medscape (subscription) found that telehealth, or more […]
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
Google shared a few more details on its efforts to bring more accurate, reliable medical information online, detailing some of its main sources and partners. In addition to the Mayo Clinic, other key partners on the effort include Lumiata and VoxHealth. To what extent those two companies are involved is not entirely known, other than […]
Dr. Eric Topol, the well-known editor-in-chief of Medscape and expert on genomics and digital health, recently conducted an interview with physician-turned author Dr. Abraham Verghese, who is also a professor of medicine at Stanford University. Among other topics, the two physician touch on some themes that are central to the evolving landscape of healthcare, and […]
After the recent MHealth13 conference took place, we find each year more focus on mobile health for consumers is being created. While there are a range of apps available for consumers, one in depth study from Medscape took a closer look at the array of applications on the market and sought to narrow down the […]