Patient advocate - a individual/organization who helps guide a patient through the healthcare system Two years out of residency and I started noticing a very troubling theme in the health care system I was apart of. Here I was, a doctor who with all the best intentions couldn't do right [...]
4 Days 96 hours 5760 minutes 345600 seconds That is how much time my website was down but it honestly felt like an eternity. I was so excited that day too, I was ready to publish my blog post on Whether your doctor is a good leader and I hit the [...]
How many times have you ever had to question whether the person in "charge" was the leader they should be? I don't know if you have ever had to experience the above scenario but I have and it's one of the most frustrating feelings. Here you are in a position [...]
Are young physicians better? I started to lose count the amount of times I heard " Are you my Doctor? Wow you look so young". For my patients seeing a physician under the age of 40 has been quite an adjustment. Many of them go through stages of grief during [...]
Its a decision that employers have to make and its probably one of the toughest orders to have to hand out to that employee of yours that has been around for a long time, has put in some great work & has some good memories to share but unfortunately for [...]
Today as I was scrolling across my timeline I came across a blog post in Forbes Most Doctors who Voted For Trump Don't Want Obamacare Repealed. A quick review of the blog post yielded several important distinctions Over 60% are NOT in favor of completely repealing "Obamacare" Not one of the [...]
I focus on medical students here but honestly there isn't a field anymore where this information doesn't apply. This topic is definitely something I wanted to touch on especially since now I have almost a year under my belt teaching medical students as an attending. In case you might not [...]
The time has come where we really have to have a talk to talk about your doctor's appointment and just why spending 15 minutes with your doctor is a waste of his/hers & your's time. In the video below I am going to go over some important points on why [...]
You want the audio version of my 5 tips NOW?? Get it below “Do you have any questions for me?” That is the question I ask my patients before leaving the exam room because way too often when one of my friends or family members leave their doctor’s [...]
Articles like these are as disturbing as they come. It's easy when you're in a position of vulnerability like most patients are to just let these things happen. This is the exact reason why you need a chaperone for any compromising exam. License to Betray
