Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

Contributing Writer https://www.clinicaladvisor.com

Batya Swift Yasgur MA, LSW, is a freelance medical writer who writes news, features, CME materials, and books for a variety of venues and target audiences, including healthcare professionals and consumers. She has a passion for human rights activism and is the author of Behind the Burqa (John Wiley, 2002), a memoir of 2 Afghan sisters who escaped Afghanistan. In addition, she holds the 1995 Robert L. Fish Award for Best First Published Mystery Story. Her fiction has appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and several other publications. Beyond her desire to contribute to people's health and wellbeing through her writing, Batya offers emotional/spiritual support to clients in her Teaneck, New Jersey-based counseling practice to facilitate their journeys toward healing.

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Practice Management Information Center

An Uncomfortable Truth: Why Patients Lie to Their Clinicians

Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

July 7, 2022

A growing body of research suggests that patients are not always transparent with their clincians about critical information.

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Psychiatry Information Center

Using Apps to Improve Depression Care: 2 Models

Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

March 29, 2022

Two experts speak about how apps address different needs and use different technologies, but taken together, they shed light on the manifold ways that apps can be used for depression management in clinical practice.

The pitfall of self-reported stress levels is that the baseline stress for some people is so high, a cancer diagnosis doesn’t even register.

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Addressing Patient Emotions: Communication Style May Impact Visit Length

Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

March 10, 2022

Visits were shorter when the clinician’s responses explicitly focused on the patient’s affect.

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Medical Jargon Frequently Used in Patient Communications

Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

December 1, 2021

A team of researchers listened to audio recordings of patient encounters and found that less than half of all jargon terms were explained.

Vaccine Information Center

COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation: Ethical Concerns, Practical Challenges

Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

November 6, 2020

In the event of a likely scarcity of COVID-19 vaccines, a framework must be developed to inform who should get priority.

Infectious Diseases Information Center

Seven Things to Consider When Transitioning to Telemedicine During COVID-19

Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

April 30, 2020

The dramatic and rapid expansion in telemedicine has left many clinicians scrambling to institute this new means of conducting medicine; and even more seasoned providers who had been using telemedicine in their practice must learn to move telemedicine from the periphery to front and center of their practice.

Mood Disorder Information Center

Could Summer Depression Be Seasonal Affective Disorder?

Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

September 20, 2019

Although winter is most commonly associated with seasonal affective disorder, some people experience SAD during the summertime.

Mood Disorder Information Center

Detecting and Managing Serotonin Syndrome

Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

April 16, 2019

When combined with other serotonergic agents, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors can lead to a potentially fatal condition called serotonin syndrome, the incidence of which is likely underestimated.

An interview with Gary LeRoy: Integrating Guidelines into Clinical Practice.

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Incorporating Guidelines Into Clinical Practice: An Interview With Gary L. LeRoy, MD

Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

September 20, 2018

Despite their advantages, many clinicians do not necessarily agree with the centrality or content of CPGs. Others — especially primary care physicians (PCPs) — are overwhelmed by the vast and ever-increasing numbers of guidelines issued by multiple societies.

The heterogeneity of kidney cancer makes each of the tumors unique and treatment decisions based on

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Should You Record Your Patient Encounters? An Interview With Dr James Ryan

Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW

July 25, 2018

Patients are increasingly recording physician visits on their phones, should physicians do the same. MPR spoke with physician who advocates for recording in clinical practice.

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