There is a lot of talk about team-based care nowadays, and I had seen some shining examples of that, most recently when…
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“She is meant for more than just primary care,” mused an attending on my internal medicine rotation in medical school. He was…
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Telehealth, using video to have an acute medical care visit, puts some of the power of choice back into our patient’s hands.…
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A physician, like anyone, can be a poor explainer of things for several reasons, but foremost among these is the tendency to…
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Work-life balance is hard, and that’s true for so many career options both in and out of the medical field. The topic…
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What do we do when guidelines come crashing into the real world?
by Fred N. Pelzman MD April 8, 2019Every day, as we care for our patients, we are placed in a unique position, where we are armed with the world…
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Our doctors are feeling the emotional burden of the state of health care
by Michele Luckenbaugh April 5, 2019Death is an inevitable part of the journey of life. We all have experienced its effects: the death of a family member,…
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Policymakers: Put down your carrots and sticks. They will not work.
by W. Ryan Neuhofel DO MPH April 5, 2019As a family physician in the trenches, I routinely see blatantly poor medical care in the history of my new patients. Far…