by Brad Sopher | Sep 1, 2017 | Practice Pearls, Relating to Your Patients
What your patients need to know about a new law aimed at those with hearing loss A new law aims to make hearing aids cheaper and more widely used by making them available over-the-counter without a prescription or a doctor’s involvement. Is this good news for the...
by Brad Sopher | Aug 11, 2017 | Relating to Your Patients
Eye doctors can help identify early hearing loss in at-risk patients, ensuring they get treatment If our eyesight was failing, most of us would go see an eye doctor. And if our hearing was failing, most of us would…put off treatment for years, risking further...
by Brad Sopher | Apr 28, 2017 | Patient Engagement, Relating to Your Patients
Patient education, engagement, and convenience are critical pieces of the health care puzzle for this population Reducing the burdens of chronic disease is one of the biggest challenges facing the health care industry today. More than half of Americans are currently...
by Brad Sopher | Mar 7, 2017 | Relating to Your Patients
Awareness of concussions and traumatic brain injury (TBI) is on the rise. High-profile stories such as the National Football League controversy and the link between TBI and post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought...
by Brad Sopher | Nov 8, 2016 | Relating to Your Patients, Work-Life Balance
As a doctor, your patients’ health is your top priority. You educate your patients on the fact that chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, type 2 diabetes, and obesity are the leading causes of death and disease in this country. You teach patients...
