Same Injury, Different Rules: How State Laws Can Change Patient Care in Workers’ Comp
Erin Pressley, PA-C
Recurrent Bacterial Vaginosis in Female Patients: New Guidance on Treating Male Partners
If you’ve ever treated the same female patient for bacterial vaginosis (BV) more times than you can count, you’re not alone. Recurrent BV is incredibly common. In fact, more than 50% of women experience a recurrence within six months of treatment. For clinicians, it's tough to manage. For our patients, it’s disruptive and frustrating. But there’s good news: recent research has provided us with promising results. And no, it’s not a new...
Who Chooses the Treating Clinician? Understanding Direction of Care
Occupational medicine is rarely a "one size fits all” approach. For clinics and clinicians operating across state lines, managing workers' compensation isn't just a clinical challenge; it is a regulatory maze.
Introducing Hippo Education’s Latest Video Course: Occupational Medicine Bootcamp
Picture this: you walk into a patient’s room with a chief complaint of lower back pain. Straightforward, right? Then the patient casually adds, “It started after I hurt my back at work.”
Legionnaires’ Disease and the Cluster Outbreak in NYC: Guidance for Clinicians
You're midway through a busy day when a patient walks in with “just another pneumonia” — fever, cough, perhaps shortness of breath. They mention recent travel to NYC. That should immediately raise the question: Could this be Legionnaires' disease?
Tiny Ingestions, Big Worries: Navigating High-Risk Pediatric Foreign Body Ingestions in Urgent Care
As an urgent care clinician, I’ve handled my fair share of foreign body ingestions. But nothing quite prepares you for when the patient is your own child. One late night, just as I had finally settled in with Netflix, my seven-year-old son appeared at the top of the stairs—wide awake when he should have been fast asleep. If you’ve read my previous blog about Mycoplasma Pneumonia, you won’t be surprised to hear it was the same child. Out of...
When Little Lungs Meet a Big Problem: Mycoplasma Pneumoniae
Unfortunately, my son was part of the initial Mycoplasma pneumoniae outbreak that hit in the fall of 2023. We had just returned from a family cruise – bringing back more than just souvenirs. While most of my family tested positive for COVID post-cruise, my son kept testing negative. However, his cough and fever lingered just enough to keep my PA instincts and Mom Radar on high alert. Let’s dive into reviewing a condition that has made an...
Bite Me, Tick: A Guide to Lyme Disease Prophylaxis Treatment
Did you know that ticks can’t jump or fly? They simply lie and wait on the top edge of plants with their front legs stretched out. As soon as a warm-bodied being passes, they simply walk onboard. The practice is called “questing,” and it is the kind of knowledge that is perfect for your next water cooler conversation.