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.
- “In the aftermath of COVID-19 and the largest mass protesting of our many failings as a country towards Black Americans, will the illness help tear us apart or bring us together?” asks Ripal H. Patel, MD, MPH, who reflects on race in medicine — Race and medicine: What will bring us together? (Locumstory)
- Enforcing a mask policy in your practice may be met with resistance from staff and customers. These strategies can increase mask-wearing compliance — Masks and your practice: Policies that work, set expectations, and reduce conflict (Physicians Practice)
- What are key ways the U.S. can address disparities in cardiovascular care and outcomes? Three cardiologists provide insight — Please mind the gap: 3 cardiologists discuss disparities in heart care outcomes (Becker’s Hospital Review)
- “You never really understand how important a primary care physician is until you don’t have access to one,” writes Raegan Le Douaron, who explores how to address a shortage of primary care providers — How employers and healthcare providers can fill primary care gaps (Forbes)
- Just one in four nurses believe they’re working under safe conditions during COVID-19, according to a recent survey — Nurses union survey finds most still feel unsafe at work amid pandemic (Healthcare Dive)
Lisa Grabl is president of the locum tenens division of CompHealth, the nation’s largest locum tenens physician staffing company and a leader in permanent and temporary allied healthcare staffing. She has worked in healthcare staffing for more than 19 years.
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