As larger organizations become more influential in the health care sector, the Code can help physicians navigate those organizations’ influence on their practices.
Upcoding and misrepresenting clinical information constitute fraud, cost a lot, and can result in patient harm and unnecessary procedures and prescriptions.
This article considers that benefits of using humor in clinical settings come with risks of diminishing therapeutic capacity in patient-clinician relationships.
Joshua Nagler, MD, MHPEd and Rebekah Mannix, MD, MPH
Humor can help motivate positive interactions amidst fast-paced clinical encounters but can alienate colleagues when weaponized to promote assumed superiority of an individual or group.
When we approach art with awe and treat medicine as serious business, perhaps we’re depriving ourselves of the funniest tool in the health and wellness toolbox.