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May/June 2025

Volume 3, Issue 3

May/June 2025

This study examines rare murders of doctors by patients, analyzing 123 cases since 1860. Common motives include dissatisfaction with care, mental illness, and personal issues. Prevention focuses on building caring provider-patient relationships.

May/June 2025

Healthcare workers value patients who are independent, rational, and compliant, but ethical principles must guide clinician–patient relationships despite patient behavior.

May/June 2025

Population health management (PHM) focuses on improving specific population health, using multidisciplinary teams, data analytics, and interventions. It aligns with value-based care (VBC) to enhance care quality and reduce costs.

May/June 2025

This article examines how healthcare leaders can build psychological safety, detailing its history, four stages, guiding principles, 15 strategies, myth debunking, hands-on exercises, and assessment questions.

May/June 2025

Our lives and healthcare are marked by transitions. Effective physician leadership and total experience management can enhance patient care. Each professional drives change.

May/June 2025

This article presents several pieces of advice from the writings of Mark Twain that are applicable to the modern healthcare professional.

May/June 2025

This article reviews the economic and political developments of the first quarter of 2025 and provides insights into the anticipated trends for the second quarter of 2025.

May/June 2025

The Stanford marshmallow experiment by Walter Mischel in the late 1960s studied delayed gratification in children and influenced various fields, including medicine.

May/June 2025

AI is revolutionizing healthcare by processing vast data quickly for better diagnostics, treatment, and personalized care. It enhances accessibility, cost-efficiency, mental health support, and predictive analytics, while challenges like fairness and...

May/June 2025

Graduate Medical Education (GME) is crucial for training physicians. Expanding GME funding and residency slots is vital to address physician shortages, especially in underserved areas.

May/June 2025

This article discusses how accountability, humility, and vulnerability in healthcare leadership—especially between CMOs and CNOs—enhance patient care and organizational excellence.

May/June 2025

A post-discharge clinic (PDC) reduces readmission and emergency visits, lowering costs. Evaluations show significant cost savings over three years.

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