“The COVID-19 pandemic challenged health care systems and patients’ personal economic capacity, leading to approximately six million adults losing their dental insurance. Additionally, the World Health Organization and the American Dental Associa…
Category: primary care
Should you stay or leave medicine? [PODCAST]
“I left my primary care practice earlier this year to focus on life coaching. Why did I leave? Because I wanted to do more and make a bigger impact. I remember how eager I was to complete medical training as I approached the light at the end of t…
It’s a lifestyle: Adopting behavioral approach to health care is urgent
If you are a frequent flyer in an airlines program, this is often a benefit. If you are a “frequent flyer” in a health care setting, this is not. It means you may have a chronic illness and are often seen in a health care setting, treated, sent home, a…
How can technology innovation save primary care? [PODCAST]
“I believe there is a formula that can reduce the risk of burnout and save primary care, rooted in one key objective: Remove work from primary care doctors and nursing staff’s plates immediately. Easier said than done. And that’s where technology…
Black female physicians and the bias against them [PODCAST]
“I am a woman of history who stands up and tells the truth, irrespective of what other people say. I remember the words of the late Representative John Lewis, ‘Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is …
Doctors are humans, not heroes [PODCAST]
“The truth is, we were all drowning, alone, and hiding behind the image of perfection. Clearly, each of us secretly thought that the others had it all figured out. We were so afraid of admitting weakness or asking for help, so we kept it to ourse…
Playing the Doctor Card and the difference it makes
I had surgery recently, and as most physicians do at some point, I found myself on the other side of the bed. Definitely not the side where I have the most experience or feel most comfortable, but it is what it is. The whole process makes a person fe…
3 strategies to lower the risk of fragmented medical care
After a minor bike accident, you go to the emergency room with a broken wrist. While you’re being triaged, you tell the nurse you take blood thinners because you had deep vein thrombosis a few years ago. The doctor treating you says he’s read your medi…
Understand the power of words when curing and harming
Some things in a physician’s life are perpetual. Nowadays, COVID-19 has become one of these inescapable crises that doctors must deal with. At this point, everyone – including medical practitioners – is exhausted to the core. It feels…
Direct primary care is an answer to volume-based insurance reimbursement models
An excerpt from Medical Answers Now!: How Direct Primary Care Guarantees Fast Access to Your Doctor. Health care costs are out of control and volume-based insurance reimbursement models are felt to be contributing to the problem. Medicare and most majo…
