“People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe.” – Simon Sinek. Business is equated with money—dollars, profits, ledgers, etc. But there is much more to business than financ…
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How workplace civility can transform health care and save lives [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Explore the critical role of civility in health care with insights from Matthew Sherrer, associate professor and director of care team collaboration at the University of A…
How innovative partnerships are transforming patient safety in health care
As health care leaders and providers, our ultimate mission is to provide safer care for all—but there’s a flaw in our system. Today, as many as 4 in 10 patients are harmed in primary and ambulatory health care settings, and up to 80 percent of th…
The political crossroads shaping the future of medical training
As a training physician, the experience of navigating graduate medical education in today’s political landscape has introduced unprecedented adversity Whether transitions in health policy or the continually evolving public perceptions of medicine…
How payment models shape your doctor’s decisions [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! In this episode, family physician Jonathan Staloff and internal medicine physician Joseph H. Joo join us to discuss the challenges and opportunities in reshaping health ca…
Medicare’s decision to stop telehealth coverage in 2025: an urgent call to action
Medicare is planning to stop coverage for telehealth in 2025—unless Congress acts by the end of 2024. According to Medicare’s website: Absent Congressional action, beginning January 1, 2025, the statutory limitations that were in place for Medica…
The rise and fall of telepsychiatry
Telepsychiatry is a private audio (telephony) or video (video with sound) conference connection through which most psychiatric services can be provided to patients. I have been an early adopter and advocate for providing services, through telepsychiatr…
Christmas in a children’s hospital
In December, the questions parents ask in the hospital are different. Instead of “Will my child be OK?” we pediatric hospitalists hear: “We have plane tickets to go skiing for Christmas. Will he be well by then?” “She̵…
Rethinking shift work: Why “job sharing” is the key to happier, healthier doctors
In the realm of shift-based health care, the term “job sharing” doesn’t technically exist—after all, shifts aren’t a single continuous job to split. Yet, still, a full-time workload is considered the norm, and the concept of div…
Breaking the silence on physician burnout and suicide
KevinMD has been publishing multiple reports about the current widespread, deeply worrisome physician burnout and suicide phenomena. As a card-carrying epidemiologist, I have sought to categorize these reports into the three overarching factors we migh…
