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What being a hospice volunteer taught me about health care [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “The finality of death is a powerful teacher. For some patients, being diagnosed with a terminal illness is an experience that lends a tremendous shift in perspective and newfound aut…
Ensuring equitable, quality treatment in Black and marginalized people [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “For Black patients—or any member of any marginalized group—to ensure you receive equitable and equal treatment, it is important to advocate for yourself. Speak up, ask questions, and…
Let’s focus more on caring, rather than coding [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “With the shift to value-based care models, it will be more important than ever to give clinicians a diagnostically focused view for each patient and each of their medical problems. C…
Absent-Father Syndrome: Overcoming the trauma of a fatherless childhood [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “My father’s struggle to exist as a father after getting married was evident. But at the same time, the birth of his children changed his world forever. His march towards success thro…
How a positive staff helped an uncertain hospital stay [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “Hospitals and health systems should bolster the skills of care teams through education to improve patient outcomes by minimizing variations in obstetric care and being equipped to pr…
Treating rare, multi-system illnesses [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “If patients had an accurate diagnosis and their physicians knew the root of their illness and could treat it effectively, then the medical care costs would go down. The effect on pat…
Why the internet of things (IoT) must pivot to achieve health care potential [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “In many ways, internet of things (IoT) is a double-edged sword: connected devices are capturing huge volumes and varieties of data that can be mined for everything from potentially l…
Secrets from a physician-entrepreneur [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “Health care has changed dramatically in the last decades, from the introduction of electronic medical records to the COVID-19 pandemic serving as a catalyst for telehealth and…
A physician’s passion for obstetrics-gynecology [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “As trainees, we have unpredictable schedules. Sometimes we work days; others, we work long nights. As the weekends come by, my best friend inevitably asks me: “Who’s showing up this …
Leadership lessons from Mayo Clinic [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “In the emergency department I treat patients based upon my expert judgment. I can explain to you the sensitivities and specificities of the tests I order, I can detail the physiology…
