Endocrine Society member Michael Morkos, MD, shares his recommendations for best practices in dealing with the often-daunting task of the email inbox. His pointers for accommodating a practice’s patient portal could help any physician manage his or her practice more efficiently. “The most effective way to do it is to do it.” — Amelia Earhart...
Building Your Path and Enjoying Your Clinician/Educator Journey
Zeb Saeed, MD, a member of the steering committee for the Early-Career Special Interest Group (SIG), says that endocrinologists are trained to understand and translate complex processes, which makes them an educator at heart. Here, she gives some valuable key points to navigate the clinician/educator career journey. As endocrinologists, we are innate educators at heart. ...
Bills, Bills, Bills: Tips for Navigating the Revenue Landscape
Despite the reasons for pursuing medicine as a career, there will always be speed bumps that can lead to frustration, stress, burnout, or even a career or job change. Michael Morkos, MD, offers some tips on navigating the challenging and often confusing world of medical billing. Many of us decided to pursue medicine for a...
Beating Burnout: Simple Tips to Make Patient Encounters More Efficient
Michael Morkos, MD, shares his recommendations for managing patients and their data as efficiently and stress-free as possible. He says that a few simple changes can make your day at the office run a lot easier and might even reduce the threat of burnout! The patient encounter is the core of clinical physician practices. That’s...
Software Company Simplifies Glycemic Management for Clinicians and Pharmacists
In August, the insulin management software company Glytec unveiled the latest version of its Glucommander insulin dosing software to make it easier for providers, nurses, and pharmacists to offer optimal, personalized care. More than 300 hospitals in the U.S. use Glytec’s eGlycemic Management System® (eGMS®) for glycemic management for their patients. Glytec chief medical officer...
A new book spotlights athletes thriving with diabetes. In the new book, Winning with Diabetes: Inspiring Stories from Athletes to Help You Thrive, Rita R. Kalyani, MD, MHS; Mark D. Corriere, MD; and Patrick Smith have created an inspirational handbook that clinicians can share with their patients to help them overcome the challenges they may...
Cultural Connections: How Understanding Hispanic Traditions Can Improve Treatment Outcomes
Aside from a litany of cultural and clinical barriers many Hispanics face in getting proper healthcare, supply and demand has proven difficult with certain medications, most recently tirzepatide. Rodolfo Galindo, MD, discusses these issues as well as why clinicians must often go “beyond the guidelines” when treating specific patient populations. In 2023, Hispanics represent the...
Glytec Announces Next Evolution of GlucoMetrics as Hospitals Prepare for New CMS Measures
Glytec today announced the next evolution of GlucoMetricsⓇ to provide new analytics, dashboards, and data visualizations that give hospitals and health systems new insight into glycemic outcomes. The enhanced visibility comes as hospitals prepare for new measures from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on severe hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia that encourage facilities to report metrics starting...