Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “As a parent of elementary school children, every mass shooting, particularly ones killing school children like in Uvalde, jolts my doing-the-mom-thing-just-keep-busy-can’t-stop denia…
Category: Public Health & Policy
Migrants need and deserve access to healthy lives in the U.S.
Anti-immigrant rhetoric was at an all-time high during the midterm election season, and now as the 2024 presidential election gathers momentum, it is urgent to note how it fosters violence against immigrant communities and creates a chilling effect. Te…
Don’t lie about medical errors. Apologize.
Time of death: unknown. It was around 6 p.m. on April 21, 2013. My mom saw my grandfather dying slowly in the hospital bed. She had pressed the nurse call button frantically over the last 20 minutes. She rushed to the nurse station only to find out nob…
Science impacts our lives more profoundly than we appreciate [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “Scientific research impacts our lives, however, and much more profoundly than we generally appreciate. Considering the wide-ranging benefits, science is not just for scientists. Rese…
Political creep: government intrusion in health care
The American Medical Association (AMA) would have you believe that the biggest threat to the medical profession is “scope creep” – the intrusion of advanced practice providers into medical practice. The way I see it, this is no big deal; th…
It is time that medical societies acknowledge that pro-life views are legitimate
The recent Dobbs decision has led to strong reactions from many major medical associations arguing that limiting abortion options will significantly harm women with unexpected pregnancies. This needs to be acknowledged, and the desire to do what is bes…
Keeping rural hospitals in the game [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “Without a strong rural health care system, our nation’s ability to expand and contract with surges in demand will become very limited. When hospitals work together, they can better e…
Health care is upside down [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “With regard to health care in the USA, the quote from Dickens is twice correct. We are in the best of times for knowledge, capability, and potential. We also are in the worst of time…
Addressing pain in patient experience surveys [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “Yes, the opioid crisis in this country has caused a reckoning in the medical field about how to treat patient pain. Ignoring the pain will not make it go away. Options are available …
New proposals for universal health care in Oregon and Washington
Once again, it’s time to consider universal health care. What are the implications? Could it happen? After something of a hiatus during the passage of the Affordable Care Act and the battles over its implementation, legislative committees in Oregon and…
