In recent months, three of the nation’s largest retailers have stirred up a frenzy on Wall Street with a string of high-profile health care deals. Amazon bought primary-care company One Medical in early August for $3.9 billion. That was a month b…
Category: primary care
Institutionalized racism in psychiatry: a doctor’s experience
I was sitting in front of a panel of six people for my psychiatry training interview in Wellington, New Zealand. Two community members, two psychiatry consultants, and a senior psychiatry registrar, all of which were of Caucasian ethnicity. I can recal…
We need to talk about the bullying in health care
As we continue our third year of the pandemic, there have been reports of hostile treatment directed at public health officials and medical personnel. This is escalating a crisis of burnout among health professionals, but there is an insidious, chronic…
Boundaries for women physicians [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “I learned the hard way what can happen when physicians—especially women physicians—lack personal boundaries. Before hitting my low point, I had no boundaries. I had been raised to gi…
26 hours in a day: the impossible math and timing of providing quality care
You recently told me that I have the physician’s group’s highest patient satisfaction scores. This doesn’t surprise me. I know what makes me great: I take time. I let patients tell their stories. I listen, educate and collaborate. Whe…
We are lost and forgotten in the immensity, waiting in the shadows
We traverse parallel paths, you and I. Paths that intersect during times of stress, loss, and illness. Each of us searching for truth, understanding, and resolution. Our stories need to be heard, but in these trying times, we are but mere specks in the…
I wanted to care for people, so I became a direct primary care doctor [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “I’ve started to understand many aspects of business, and although we’ve done some pretty amazing things in the past two years, we’ve also made people frustrated and mad while trying …
Tips to be a more productive, less stressed physician
Why should you be more productive? Because time is money? Not only that. I prefer time is family or time is go-home-sooner. Being more productive in medicine isn’t working more hours or faster; it means working better. Take breaks. Doctors rarely…
For a better practitioner and better outcomes, we need to start teaching this
Current medical education promotes and encourages the textbook approach to learning, while interactive patient-centered learning rarely happens. Although rote learning plays a critical role in medical education, applying what is learned deepens the und…
Is Google your first responder?
An excerpt from Taking Care of You: The Empowered Woman’s Guide to Better Health. How many times have you found yourself with an unusual symptom or ailment and then quickly opened your phone to Google what it means? A lot of us do it! Whether we …
