It took me a long time to put a name to what I was feeling. Only recently had I started to read about imposter syndrome. I’ve had this feeling multiple times throughout my life, and it always had the potential to pull me backward instead of allow…
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Home buying tips for physicians
Financial planning is comprised of the six decisions people make with their money. Physicians need to make decisions as to how you earn, spend, save, borrow, give, and protect yours. Home buying typically touches on all of the six money decisions. Home…
Patient experience scores are being dragged down by process problems
Which statement fits your organization the best? Option A: Our organizational strategies, incentives, goals, and mantras are driven by patient experience. Option B: Our organizational strategies, incentives, goals, and mantras are driven by quality and…
Patient experience scores are being dragged down by process problems
Which statement fits your organization the best? Option A: Our organizational strategies, incentives, goals, and mantras are driven by patient experience. Option B: Our organizational strategies, incentives, goals, and mantras are driven by quality and…
Disproving the false claims of febrile seizures after vaccines
A seizure in response to a fever, called a febrile seizure, is an extremely common event in childhood. They affect 2 to 5 percent of children between 6 months and five years of age and have a peak incidence between 12 and 18 months of age. They general…
Medical judgment: Healing demands more than knowledge
I’ve delved into the issue of medical judgment more than once. I have argued that sound judgment is more important than medical knowledge. If one has a knowledge deficit, assuming he is aware of this, it is easily remedied. A judgment deficiency, pe…
Physicians can’t do everything for everybody in every visit
How long does it take to diagnose guttate psoriasis versus pityriasis rosea? Swimmers ear versus a ruptured eardrum? A kidney stone? A urinary tract infection? An ankle sprain? So why is the typical “cycle time,” the time it takes for a patient to get …
Physicians and the risk of a plateauing net worth
Wealth accumulation can follow many trajectories, depending on discipline and external factors like stock market health or economic fluctuations. With a proper financial plan, doctors can stick to a game plan that should allow them to reach financial …
3 reasons why your patients love you
I recently wrote an article giving 3 reasons why any patient may not have liked their doctor. They included the physician being visibly in a hurry, appearing to brush off concerns, or giving a general sense of not caring. While no doctor deliberately s…
The rise and fall of measles vaccinations
Ten years ago it would not have been worth my time to write about measles nor yours to read about it. In the year 2000, thanks to a very effective 2-shot childhood vaccination program using a combined measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, the U.S. was d…
