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Helen Kinsman Hughes, MD, MPH, is our guest this week on the Faculty Factory Podcast. Dr. Hughes joins us for the latest installment of our Habits and Hacks from Hopkins series.
She discusses the importance of being able to make effective pivots and changes during a career in academic medicine.
With Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Dr. Hughes serves as Associate Medical Director in the Office of Telemedicine, Medical Director of Pediatric Telemedicine, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of General Pediatrics.
“Even if you’re making a big pivot that completely changes your career, if you know that it’s for the right reasons, it’s easier to feel reassured and confident,” Dr. Hughes said.
Telemedicine has been one of the major drivers of change for patients and providers throughout the healthcare community since the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s a timely and important topic of discussion that Dr. Hughes chats with us about.
She also touches on the path she took to becoming an expert in telemedicine. It’s no secret the pandemic changed the game for telemedicine in many ways. There became a larger need for telemedicine research with the pandemic and it opened up new opportunities.
“Covid-19 really melted away many of the logistical, regulatory, billing, and legal barriers to telemedicine being a viable part of care,” she said.
There are many more helpful nuggets of useful and inspiring information from today’s discussion with Dr. Hughes.
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