Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Viewpoints: How To Tackle Physician Burnout; Why Aren't We Taking Steps To Control The Tripledemic?
Burnout among American physicians is at an all-time high, according to a national study published in September by the Mayo Clinic. America's doctors are struggling to thrive in a broken health care system that has become more and more defined by red tape and bureaucracy. (Tamir Aldad, 11/21)
After nearly 20 years as an emergency room doctor, I walked away from the profession I once loved. I鈥檓 not the only one. According to a new report from the data analytics company Definitive Healthcare, 117,000 physicians left medicine in 2021. (Molly Phelps, 11/19)
A viral hurricane is making landfall on health care systems battered by three pandemic years. With the official start of winter still weeks away, pediatric hospitals are facing crushing caseloads of children sick with RSV and other viral illnesses. (Anne N. Sosin, Lakshmi Ganapathi and Martha Lincoln, 11/22)
The 鈥渢riple threat鈥 is real. Thanks to the combined impact聽of Covid-19, the flu and RSV among children, hospitals are pitching tents outside their emergency rooms. (11/21)
It鈥檚 an unacceptable fact that Black women are more than three times more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes in America than white women. That holds true regardless of education level, socioeconomic status, age, geography and type of healthcare coverage. (Kim Keck, 11/22)
As Dallas residents leave the pandemic behind, there is growing evidence that diabetes has increased in North Texas, especially among Black and Hispanic residents. Parkland Hospital is raising the alarm. (11/22)
In a world filled with so much darkness, Naomi was a beaming light. She was empathetic, kind and full of life and joy. She had so much life ahead of her before that fateful day when she was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer and given six months to a year to live. (Beatrice Louissaint, 11/21)
We can win the war against breast cancer. I鈥檝e learned this firsthand. This is my story of how I came to know we can win this war 鈭 not only for myself but for all women. (Michele Young, 11/21)