Medscape Reader Polls

• How’s the Food? Rate Your Hospital Cafeteria Historically, hospital cafeterias have not been celebrated for the quality of their cuisine, typically feeding their staff from the same kitchen that prepared patient meals. How would you rate your hospital's cafeteria?
  Medscape Reader Polls, December 05, 2023
• Should Doctors Fundraise From Patients? Hospitals and other healthcare institutions sometimes turn to grateful patients for donations, and physicians are often asked to solicit these gifts. But is doing so ethical?
  Medscape Reader Polls, October 11, 2023
• What Emergency Medical Equipment Do You Carry With You? An emergency can pop up when you least expect it — on the side of the road, in a restaurant, while in line at the store. Do you keep supplies at the ready or stored in your personal vehicle?
  Medscape Reader Polls, August 31, 2023
• Why Poor Conduct by Doctors Can Hurt Business In this brief survey, Medscape would like to hear your thoughts about how a physician's poor individual behavior can affect their business.
  Medscape Reader Polls, July 18, 2023
• You Need to Hire a New Doctor -- Can You Find a Good Match? What tactics are working to fill a physician vacancy?
  Medscape Reader Polls, June 14, 2023
• What Are the Biggest Obstacles to Accepting Medicaid Patients? What are the biggest obstacles to accepting Medicaid patients?
  Medscape Reader Polls, May 02, 2023
• Is ChatGPT an Effective Tool in Medicine? Do you use applications of artificial intelligence in your practice?
  Medscape Reader Polls, April 13, 2023
• Are You Satisfied With the Medical Specialty You Have Chosen? How satisfied are you with your medical specialty?
  Medscape Reader Polls, March 31, 2023
• What Are Doctors' Ideal Places to Practice Medicine? If you could practice medicine anywhere in the US, what would that place look like?
  Medscape Reader Polls, February 15, 2023
• Would You Recommend Your Children Become Doctors? Insurance snafus, endless red tape, long hours, prior approvals. With all that physicians go through, would you want your children to become doctors?
  Medscape Reader Polls, January 10, 2023
• Do Doctors Feel Safe With Patients? Physicians deal with patients who become upset; some may become threatening or even violent. Medscape wants to know what your experience has been.
  Medscape Reader Polls, December 28, 2022
• Caring for Physicians as Patients: Do You Treat Them Differently? Having physician-patients can lead to changes in the standard of care, which can create problems for the treating physician and can lead to worse patient outcomes.
  Medscape Reader Polls, November 14, 2022
• Do Residents Think Medical School Debt Was Worth It? Medical school loans can be an enormous burden. Do you have any regrets about how much medical school debt you've taken on?
  Medscape Reader Polls, November 10, 2022
• On Call and Holidays How do you feel about working on holidays?
  Medscape Reader Polls, November 08, 2022
• Do PAs Think Telemedicine Was Helpful During Early COVID and Now? Is telemedicine as helpful to PAs now as it was at the beginning of the pandemic?
  Medscape Reader Polls, October 26, 2022
• Coping With a Cancer Patient's Anger Are you the target of your oncology patients' emotions?
  Medscape Reader Polls, October 25, 2022
• Do You Take Your Own Advice on Healthy Habits? How well do you follow your own "healthy habits" advice?
  Medscape Reader Polls, October 12, 2022
• Biggest Money Mistakes Med Students Make: Poll Medical schools teach the basics of being a doctor, but students told Medscape they want to learn how to handle future earnings too. So we asked them: What kinds of money faux pas have you made or fear?
  Medscape Reader Polls, September 28, 2022
• Do You Ask Your Patients About Recreational Cannabis Use? Many cannabis users do not consider it a 'real drug' and therefore may not tell their physicians that they use the substance.
  Medscape Reader Polls, September 28, 2022
• Poll: Do Doctors Come to Work Sick? Whereas physicians coming to work sick was fairly common in the past, has the COVID pandemic changed the culture of coming to work while feeling ill?
  Medscape Reader Polls, September 28, 2022
• How Burdensome Are Prior Authorizations for Your Practice? Health plans often require doctors to obtain prior authorization before they will pay for medical services, procedures, or medications. What has your experience been?
  Medscape Reader Polls, September 20, 2022