As a family physician in the trenches, I routinely see blatantly poor medical care in the history of my new patients. Far…
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I have three kids — all with very different temperaments and different personalities. Sometimes I use the term superpower to identify and…
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“Hi, Doctor Kamajian! I finally got health insurance that I can use to come to see you with my son.” I looked…
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6 essential tips (and more) that I never learned in medical school
by Annette Chavez MD March 28, 20191. Cover your patients It was my first year of practice. One day I saw a new patient, a 25-year-old man with…
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How Big Medicine is hurting patients and putting small practices out of business
by John Machata MD March 27, 2019Recently the CEO of a large health care network stated: “Market forces don’t apply to health care.” Of course, economic and political…
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As someone who has been in the medical field for nearly ten years, I have had the opportunity to follow many physicians.…
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“The patient-clinician relationship is dead.” Those of us in health care hear this refrain constantly these days, coming at us from all…
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My late father often repeated the adage, “Any man who serves as his own lawyer has a fool for a client.” We…