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Check this out. What you will see is a thoughtful article by a business minded physician. The point of the article? Doctors need to “understand their

Here is a novel idea from an ER physician who prides himself on being the “Efficient MD.” Rather than have patients sitting for hours aimlessly pouring

We have touched on this topic before, so I will be brief. Check this out. In previous posts, we have shared the emotions of some blogging

Check this out.  What you will see is the WEB presence of a physician/entrepreneur who assists physicians in developing their “profitable brands on line.” Just let

Check this out. Based on the graphic above, you can probably guess what you are going to see and here in the latest of RFL’s great

Go here and watch the video. The founder of Elevate Healthcare, pictured above, argues that if HCP’s are going to give us their time, we need

Check this out.  What you will see are the lamentations of an ER doctor about patients’ requests to be “put to sleep.” There are a couple

Check this out.  What you will see is a report that marketing research giant Nielsen is adding a suite of “Behavioral Science” offerings to the

Check this out.  What you will find is a very well-reasoned and important piece penned by Koen Smets, the “organization development adviser” pictured here.   As

This post follows up on my most recent offering, in which I described the legal travails a Neurologist had with her (former) group practice. Today’s post is actually

I don’t know what else to say about this case. Check this out. What you will see is an article describing the legal travails of Dr. Diana

Check this out.  Play the video. What you will hear is the story of customer satisfaction research gone horribly wrong. More specifically, you will hear

Numbers are one thing. Like, 10-15% of medical professionals will, at some point in their lives, become involved in substance abuse. But as usual, numbers

Here is a fascinating little article. Commentary from one surgeon as to why it is so important for the doctor who placed the sutures to

Check this out. Usually when I do a riff on Pamela Wible, M.D., it focuses on her work in understanding and preventing physician burnout and

Check this out. What you will see is an Oncologist’s recounting of the sad story of a 46-year old, non-smoking, active runner, wife and mother.

The FAA requires that airline pilots retire at age 65. Should there be a similar rule for surgeons?  Check this out. What you will learn is

Check this out. What you will see is a thought-provoking article by a physician who is also a freelance writer. In it, he questions the

I’ve done riffs on the craziness of evaluating and compensating physicians based on patient satisfaction before. But you will find new, and humorous, insights on

Check this out. What you will see is a post that posits that trends that are occurring across healthcare can be viewed as fractal repeats of

Today, I have for you a one-two punch. I am going to send you to two URL’s. No extra charge. Here is the first one. An

  Check this out. What you will find is the story of a physician mother who temporarily loses her young son in a busy department

I can’t top the title that the author of this book serves up, so I am not going to try to conjure up some hokey

As most of you know by now, I love words. I am fascinated by words. One of my favorite learnings in undergraduate school was the

Check this out. What you will see is a piece that notes that, with increasing frequency, people are turning to crowd sourcing to help cover

We have talked about ER docs before. The strains of encountering an endless stream of unknown patients. Dealing with drug seekers. Fuming as they sew

Check this out.  We have talked about this kind of thing before. But here it comes again. Physicians building “side gig” careers by helping other doctors

Okay, that question is sort of tongue in cheek. But it reflects the spirit expressed by the MD Whistleblower in this post about consumer genetic testing kits

Here is something I hadn’t really thought a lot about. According to this blogging medical student’s astute observation, medical school is a largely fractured experience. One month

I haven’t hit you with one of ZDoggMD’s riffs lately, so here goes. Take a listen, it’s only two minutes. As usual, while the parody is cute

Check this out.  What you will see is a list that purports to hold forth some of the best apps available for doctors. Don’t spend a

In last Thursday’s post, we talked about Dr. Arbindi’s informed perspectives on the changing role of pharmacists and the impact that corporate policies have on

The physician pictured above, Dr. Vamsi Arbindi, blogs under the title “The Medical Intellectual.” Laying claim to that territory is one thing, defending it is another.

Yup! Check this out. What you will see are the results of an annual contest which has students write essays on selected ethical issues. This year

Check this out. What you will see is an ER doc with a real dilemma. What he has in front of him is a homeless

Check this out. What you will see is the story of a lawsuit against AETNA for denying coverage for a potentially lifesaving therapy for the

Check this out. What you will see is a piece that is interesting at two different levels. First, it is interesting because it is written

Check this out. What you will see is a piece that focuses on the importance of a physician allowing a patient to tell her story.

Huh?  Check this out.  What you will see is a blog post, penned by an Endocrinologist, arguing that Mainstream Medicine needs to do a better job in

Only this time she is not writing about physician burnout and suicide, which we have frequently seen her do in the past and on which

Check this out. What you will see is a fascinating article from the association of hospitalists. In it, you will see the author wrestle with why

Check this out. What you will see is the review of an app that helps the user to diagnose and keep track of moles that

In this article, you will see Dr. Andrea Eisenberg, the Ob/Gyn pictured above, describe the first time she attended a patient’s funeral. Read the story.

Check this out. What you will see is a really strange debate that has been going on for some time now. The question? What is

Check this out. What you will see is a piece by a physician who, with a colleague, set up a “direct pay” primary care practice.

Easy one. Foe. Check this out. You will see that in a recent JAMA report, the AMA called for “protecting” the sanctity of medical science in

At least according to this physician’s perspective. I think this doc is on to something. In a world in which Alexa and Siri can readily

Check this out.  What you will see is commentary on Telemedicine that is as damning as it gets. The problem of telemedicine doctors writing unnecessary

Check this out. What you will see is an article that describes what JNJ is doing to counter the influence of a recent expose’ that

Check this out.  What you will see is the summary of a presentation given a few weeks ago by habit expert Nir Eyal. The point