How to be an Authentic Doctor #6: Be A Little Thick-Skinned
This job is tough in many ways. It challenges you emotionally, physically, mentally and even spiritually. We also see bad
Continue readingEntertaining, Educating, and Criticizing Our Broken Healthcare System for 22 Years
This job is tough in many ways. It challenges you emotionally, physically, mentally and even spiritually. We also see bad
Continue readingI found the above image on the internet. It has been a while since I have picked on Obamacare. I
Continue readingThis was sent in to me by a reader. It was a screen shot. Here is what he points out:
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Continue readingI don’t mean this figuratively. This is a literal recommendation. Do not commit suicide. There I said it. No one else
Continue reading“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” Winston Churchill
Continue readingHow is that I have to point out the need for one of the most basic human expressions known to
Continue readingMy professors always emphasized on-the-job learning. Questions typically began with “If you were the resident seeing this patient…” I also
Continue readingOn this most blessed and joyful occasion, I got to wondering about our medical history from the Emerald Isle. Prior
Continue readingIt takes more than putting a portal out there. This model, as described in the study below, needs some rethinking
Continue readingThe Advisory Board Company offers a software package that offers hospitals everything they need to decide which physicians are turning
Continue readingWhat does your outfit tell about you? A lot, it turns out. It tells patients whether you take care of
Continue reading“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” Henry David Thoreau
Continue reading“An Awkward Obamacare Moment” is based on a daily concern expressed by my elderly patients. – Steven
Continue readingDo you believe that I have to mention this? I can’t believe it either but since the advent of the
Continue readingHere is an interesting finding recently: One-quarter of active-duty soldiers who have never deployed to combat have some sort of
Continue readingI wrote a blog entry called “Can the Poor Eat Healthy?” a while back and it got someone interested enough
Continue readingIt has been 20 years since I graduated from medical school. I have seen lots of patients over those years.
Continue readingHere is a nice little punch in the stomach this morning. How many of you have heard or work with
Continue reading“Michelle and I were saddened to hear of the passing of Harold Ramis, one of America’s greatest satirists, and like so
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