Alarming? Sobering? Why?
I have written over and over about the “cavalry” that is pretending to come and save us physicians from burnout.
Continue readingEntertaining, Educating, and Criticizing Our Broken Healthcare System for 22 Years
I have written over and over about the “cavalry” that is pretending to come and save us physicians from burnout.
Continue readingHere’s some recent news about quality measures: The American College of Physicians, responding to provider concerns about current performance measurement
Continue readingYears ago at a medical school reunion, a graduate from an earlier year stood up to proudly proclaim how much
Continue readingI dare you to print and hand these out. This was from the Placebo Journal about a decade ago. We
Continue reading“Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live.” Anne
Continue readingA new study in Circulation called Cigarette Smoking and Incident Heart Failure: Insights From the Jackson Heart Study was highlighted in Family
Continue readingPlease have a listen to my podcast with ZDoggMD (Zubin Damania). In this episode I talk with him about his
Continue readingI was alerted to take some survey about board certification and this is interesting. It came via the AAFP website:
Continue readingThis recent article in the NY Times, about urgent care centers, is really interesting. It’s called The Disappearing Doctor: How Mega-Mergers Are Changing the
Continue readingWe wonder at the ongoing loss of respect accorded doctors by a whiny, furtive public, and then this: “Leading Scots
Continue readingThis humor isn’t for everyone but I think it is funny and it’s my blog. 🙂 Don’t forget listen to
Continue reading“If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary.” Jim Rohn Don’t
Continue readingDid you know that there was “qualitative study comparing the way family medicine and pediatric vs specialty care providers evaluate and
Continue readingThe first two episodes of the Authentic Medicine Podcast are up. The first is just an introduction and the second
Continue readingI received this message recently from a reader of this blog: “Just got the latest ABFM mailer. The creepy ‘get
Continue readingA few years back I highlighted how ACOs were failing but when does that stop bureaucracy? At that time (2015)
Continue readingOn the rare morning when I stumble into work and am immediately peppered with coding questions from the day before,
Continue readingListen the the audio commercial below. It is an old file so there is some background noise. Not sure why.
Continue reading“You should always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise, they won’t come to yours.” Yogi Berra Get your “Physician Be
Continue readingIn a time of rising out-of-pocket healthcare costs, increasing health insurance premiums and less time with the doctor, the Direct
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