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“My disbelief was quickly replaced by relief and immense gratitude at being able to pursue my dreams on my own terms. In so many ways, the universe made a hard decision on my behalf.” — Travis Hughes, PhD, MPH, on the brighter side of not matching into residency. “The hospital is not and should not …

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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. Most healthcare settings are bouncing back from the pandemic, with the exception of long-term care – Long-term care settings, physicians missed out on 2021’s gradual healthcare workforce recovery …

Measuring Quality in Healthcare; Physician-Public Health Practitioners Needed Read More »

Use of the 21-gene recurrence score (RS) combined with response to 3-week preoperative endocrine therapy can be used to guide systemic therapy in early breast cancer patients with limited nodal involvement, and can help avoid overtreatment with chemotherapy, according to German investigators. Among patients with early, hormone receptor (HR)-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer, the 5-year invasive disease-free …

Gene Score, Endocrine Response Can Guide Early Breast Cancer Therapy Read More »

For two decades, I have worked to improve health systems in countries during conflict and natural disasters, or those in recovery from these events. As an emergency medicine physician, I am accustomed to seeing suffering, and I have absolute respect for healthcare workers who are enduring in Ukraine’s harsh, grim environment. The abundance of graphic …

The Triple Threat to Healthcare Workers in Ukraine Read More »