Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a hot topic in health care, capturing headlines for its ability to solve diagnostic mysteries and even outperform trained physicians in specific tasks. While we are still far from going to your local AI “doct…
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Auto-brewery syndrome: Navigating diagnosis and advocacy [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Nurse researcher Barbara Cordell discusses her KevinMD article, “My husband’s rare drunken disease made me an international advocate.” She explores the c…
How operational inefficiencies are undermining patient trust and care
As I step into my fifth year of superspecialty surgical practice in corporate hospitals, I find myself reflecting on a recurring challenge that has profound implications for both patient care and professional satisfaction. Despite clinical expertise an…
Why patients choose the surgeon, not the hospital
It was a Sunday morning, a rare moment of leisure for a young surgeon stepping into the fifth year of his superspecialty practice. Sitting with his family, savoring the tranquility of a slow day, he felt grateful for the pause. But as the evening crept…
Understanding the testosterone surge: risks, trends, and solutions in men’s health [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Internal medicine physician Scott Selinger discusses his KevinMD article, “The testosterone surge: Are men chasing solutions or creating new risks?“, delving i…
Innovation or exploitation: the ethical challenges of AI in speech therapy
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. It’s in our phones, our search engines, and increasingly, in our health care systems. For speech-language pathologists (SLPs), AI holds the potential to be a powerful ally—offering tools to enhance pati…
Doctors, grounded in our oath, must act now more than ever
In this time of change, it seems appropriate to take a step back and reflect upon the oath we took when we graduated from medical school. Here’s the version we use at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine from the World Medical Association Decla…
How I rediscovered love and forgiveness for my parents
My mother has always been very close to me. I was her eldest daughter, born in an unfamiliar city where she had relocated as a newlywed bride. She didn’t have any family or friends in this unfamiliar city. I was practically her only friend. My mo…
How the ARISE model transforms feedback into professional growth [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Alicia DiGiammarino, an expert in health professions education innovation and research, discusses her KevinMD article, “Transform feedback into growth with the ARISE…
How legal exploitation shaped the U.S. medical malpractice system
Random mal-occurrences have always accompanied medical interventions, even under the best of circumstances. These are errors of nature. In the 1960s, some attorneys in California were the first to exploit these unfortunate random outcomes to their adva…
