Thyroid cancer rates are up worldwide. Total thyroidectomy rates are declining. This apparent dichotomy is driven by two trends: increased diagnosis of thyroid cancer, largely due to increased availability and utilization of advanced imaging, and technological advances that enable physicians to treat thyroid cancers and nodules more precisely.
Today’s physicians must ensure that patients understand all possible implications of image sharing—as well as the consequences of refusing or revoking access—in a quickly evolving landscape.
Hospital- and system-based training on emergency preparedness is likely a mandatory learning module for the healthcare workforce due to the increasing frequency of both natural and man-made disasters, from wildfires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and snowstorms to mass casualties.
The BREATHE (Boosting REsources And caregiver empowerment for Tracheostomy care at HomE) study is a five-year, six-hospital trial that will advance understanding of how hospitals can better support caregivers of children with tracheostomies as they resume life, work, and family activities after discharge.
Quiet quitting: A new term surfacing over the past several years is putting a contemporary spin on a long-term problem within the workforce.
Accord-ing to a 2021 Laryngoscope article, “Gender-Based Pay Discrimination in Otolaryngology,” “female otolaryn-gologist are paid 77 cents on the dollar compared to their male colleagues.
Raising concerns about pay equity is a legally protected activity—employers cannot retaliate against you for bringing these issues forward.
When over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids debuted two years ago, Justin S. Golub, MD, MS, an otology specialist and associate professor of otolaryngology – head and neck surgery at Columbia University in New York, was enthusiastic.
When otolaryngologists leave clinical practice to pursue other vocations, the reasons for making the move vary, as do the factors that might have prevented the transition.