The Emperor Has No Clothes-The Case of Physician Imposters in the Time of COVID
COVID-19 opened a Pandora’s Box that exposed to the public many of the deficiencies in health care that healthcare professionals(HCPs)
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COVID-19 opened a Pandora’s Box that exposed to the public many of the deficiencies in health care that healthcare professionals(HCPs)
Continue readingHarry Markopolous was an American portfolio manager working for Rampart Investment Management in Boston when he first discovered the massive
Continue readingRecently a news report made the rounds on social media regarding truth and transparency in healthcare. The story involved two
Continue readingI have written many articles about scope creep and the unsupervised practice of medicine by non-physician practitioners(NPPs). It is no
Continue readingMany of my articles for Authentic Medicine discuss issues around full practice authority(FPA) for nurse practitioners(NPs) and Optimal Team Practice(OTP)
Continue readingAB 890, the California bill granting nurse practitioners(NPs) the ability to practice without physician oversight, passed on August 31, 2020.
Continue readingHey All, Good News! I have really enjoyed the cruise to Alaska this week now that Ralph is gone and
Continue readingWhen I was a child in the ‘70’s, there was a very popular series on the air called, “Emergency!”. It
Continue readingRecently a colleague, knowing my strong stance against Full Practice Authority (FPA) for nurse practitioners, asked me a question. In
Continue readingWhat is happening to academic medicine? Why are physicians relinquishing our discipline into nothingness? Nearly a year ago, I wrote
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