“I wonder what keeps us physicians going? What makes us show up to work every day? Even though it might sound clichéd, for most of us, it’s the love for medicine; it’s the love to be there and still be able to make a difference. And maybe money t…
Category: primary care
A DO’s take on the FIGS faux pas
Most health care providers are aware of the FIGS scrubs advertisement that depicted a female physician with a DO badge holding a Medical Terminology for Dummies book upside down. In one fell swoop, FIGS enraged the entire medical community causing bac…
Telehealth is the future but it is obscured by a dismal present [PODCAST]
“Will the unfavorable regulatory environment permit telehealth to flourish? Perforce we’re beginning to see a relaxation of restrictions that have hitherto obstructed progress. Recently, federal officials approved interstate licensing, thereby p…
2 stories that remind us to find joy and creativity in our new normal
“Hope things go back to normal soon.” That was the text I received from a friend yesterday. It struck me in reading those words that I have stopped thinking or worrying about the end of the pandemic. In those first months, absolutely. Daily thoughts of…
A patient makes this doctor realize the preciousness of time
He was in his 30s, strikingly handsome with the short-cropped hair of a soldier. This was Ukraine, and it was at war with Russia. He was now part of that war, a war the rest of the world has forgotten or no longer cares about, even as its’ young men co…
Expanding the osteopathic concept for the health of all things
To be seen. To be heard. To be understood. To be acknowledged. To be appreciated. To be accepted. To be welcomed. To be engaged. To be involved. To be worthy. To be helped. Common desires of patients. Common desires of physicians. We are all interrelat…
Make music out of the sounds that life presents
Way back when humans listened to music without Spotify, AirPods, or smartphones. In those BSP (before smartphone) days, people would actually get off their tooshies (the medical term for the gluteal area) and walk over to a thing called a stereo to adj…
Attacks on osteopathic medicine are attacks on all physicians
It was distressing to hear and read recent and ongoing disparaging comments about osteopathic medicine, attacking one of our own, from remarks by Rachel Maddow to tweets by Cher and a derogatory video, since removed, portraying a female DO by Figs Scru…
Conversations are the best ways to overcome concerns
When I organized my medical practice, I tried to find individuals with great customer service skills and medical knowledge to work in internal medicine practice. We all do our best to meet the needs of our patients, but sometimes, even with the best of…
Doctors already are actors, whether they want to be ones or not
The era of the empowered patient and patient-centered health care has been upon us for some time. Only a generation ago, there was a much more paternalistic approach to medicine. This has changed for the better across the western world. As somebody who…
