Category: Hospital-Based Medicine

From tragedy to advocacy: a journey through medical errors [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! In this episode, Alisa Sano, a public health research assistant, shares her personal story of loss and the impact of medical errors on families. We will explore the complexities of the heal…

A personal journey through hospital-acquired psychosis [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join us for a touching and insightful episode with Natasha Khalid, a geriatrics fellow, as she shares her personal experience of dealing with ICU psychosis in a loved one. Natasha takes us …

The addictive quest for achievement and its dangerous consequences

An excerpt from Lean Out: A Professional Woman’s Guide to Finding Authentic Work-Life Balance. In the third grade, my teacher identified me as a high achiever. Aside from recognition, he “rewarded” me with the opportunity to write an …

From doctor to worried family member: a call for more humanized care in the ICU

Recently I had the unfortunate experience of changing my perspective from being a doctor to becoming a worried family member. My father spent five weeks in a hospital with a severe infection. Visiting hours were restricted to one hour per day – the aft…

Don’t hold your breath: Non-competes are unlikely to disappear for physicians

Physician non-compete clauses have been a controversial topic for many years. These clauses within contractual agreements prevent physicians from joining or operating a competing practice within a certain distance or timeframe. With the Federal Trade C…

Celebrate Banana Cream Pie Day with your friendly hospitalist

I am smart, I swear. I graduated near the top of my class in medical school, I swear. I kicked butt on the Step exams, I swear. But ask me to manage someone’s diabetes or hypertension; No, thank you! Thank God for hospitalists, a set of remarkabl…

Good doctors vs. bad hospitals: the battle for patient care

The public and the politicians may be missing the boat when they do not question the role of hospitals in the present health care debate. The hospitals have hung themselves out to be the “good guys” who hire and keep good doctors and promot…

Breaking down the broken medical system: a physician’s eye-opening experience with patient neglect

I am asking my fellow medical professionals to give a sincere show of hands: How many of you are terrified of your fate should you become the patient? The prospect of navigating the medical system as a patient should strike fear in your heart, especial…

Breaking the communication barrier: a survival guide for doctors, nurses, and patients [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! In this episode, we sit down with attorney and author Michael J. Grace to discuss his book, The Mumbo Jumbo Fix: A Survival Guide for Effective Doctor-Patient-Nurse Communication. As a defe…

Breaking the glass ceiling in medicine: the struggles and strengths of female doctors

There’s some pretty good evidence out there that women physicians provide really good medical care—in some cases, better than their male counterparts. For instance, a 2017 study showed that hospitalized Medicare patients under the care of a femal…