At one point or another everyone has felt social anxiety. It is normal to have momentary anxiety when you didn’t want to speak up in front of your class, or didn’t want to attend a party because you may have felt nervous about socializing in a new circle, and in your professional life you may have felt butterflies before giving a presentation. However, persisten...

Physician burnout is a huge problem. Studies have shown that almost 50% of physicians, regardless of specialty and work environment, show signs of burnout. Medical professionals are used to long hours, constantly being distracted by the rigors of electronic medical records, paperwork, patient follow-ups, etc. However, work-life balance is essential to good mental and physical health. So, what can...

Optimizing Telehealth for Future Needs Telehealth visits and remote patient care has doubled since 2016. And since the outbreak of COVID-19, people have gravitated even more towards online access to healthcare. More than 50% of the US physicians are using some form of telehealth services to care for their patients. Half of these physicians are using...

There is a worldwide epidemic of mental and behavioral health problems which is growing every day. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that globally mental health is the second leading cause of disease burden, and will overtake heart disease as the number one cause by 2030. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 50% of Americans will have at least one mental heal...

One of the most important elements in being an educated consumer of healthcare services is to understand the various models of how care can be delivered. We have become so accustomed to having an in-person visit with the doctor, that most people are unaware of the option of meeting with their doctor via a video call. This is not to say that in-person visits are not necessary, quite to the contrary...