| KevinMD.com

February 16, 2022Feb 16, 2022

This episode is sponsored by Athelas, the number one provider of remote patient monitoring. "This last mile of the COVID pandemic—Omicron or not—is a painstaking one-on-one endeavor. As is most of primary care. Sadly, we now have to deal with…

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This episode is sponsored by Athelas, the number one provider of remote patient monitoring.

“This last mile of the COVID pandemic—Omicron or not—is a painstaking one-on-one endeavor. As is most of primary care. Sadly, we now have to deal with political epidemiology as much as emotional and …

BeMo MCAT Prep lesson #1: The liberal arts is a friend of MCAT test-takers

BeMo Academic Consulting

February 16, 2022Feb 16, 2022

This article is sponsored by BeMo Academic Consulting, one of the most sought-after academic consulting firms for helping applicants with admissions to highly competitive programs and its staunch advocacy for fair admissions. Almost every professional or academic program has its…

Almost every professional or academic program has its most feared admissions component. Those who …

Medications

Patients are captive pharmacy benefits manager consumers

Beth Waldron

February 16, 2022Feb 16, 2022

I still recall the ICU physician holding my hand and preparing me for the possibility I might not survive the blood clots in my lungs, pulmonary embolism. It was eighteen years ago when out of the blue, I found myself unexpectedly holding the hand of that gentle, concerned doctor, whose name I do not even know. My son was three years old at the time, and all I could think …

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Physician

Fellow physicians, what is our path forward?

Tammie Chang, MD

February 16, 2022Feb 16, 2022

As our health care system teeters yet again on the brink of collapse, the big questions on so many of our minds are: What does our future hold for us as physicians? What is our path forward? As physicians, we…

As our health care system teeters yet again on the brink of collapse, the big questions on so many of our minds are: What does our future hold for us as physicians? What is our path forward?

As physicians, we currently live and work in a constant state of crisis. We’ve seen record numbers of patients, experienced personnel shortages, and instituted crisis staffing and standards of care. We’ve cared for patients …

Conditions and Diseases

Misinformation in transgender health care is harming patient care

Christy L. Olezeski, PhD

February 16, 2022Feb 16, 2022

Living in the U.S., chances are you get some regular mail that you never signed up for — a magazine, a journal, a sales flier. As medical professionals, we also get these free journals related to our field. We don’t always have the time to fact-check a publication. And with names that appear to be legitimate, we might take information at face value. This is especially true if we are …

Physician Finance

Estate planning and asset protection challenges and strategies for single physicians

Syed Nishat, BFA

February 16, 2022Feb 16, 2022

While chatting with a physician client of mine recently, an important topic came up that she hadn’t really asked about previously. My client is in her late 40s and is currently single with no plans of getting married. She’s the only child of her aged parents, and after working as a physician for over 15 years, she has become financially successful enough to slow her career down a bit. Her …

Podcast

Medical-legal consulting as a side gig [PODCAST]

The Podcast by KevinMD

February 15, 2022Feb 15, 2022

This episode is sponsored by Athelas, the number one provider of remote patient monitoring. "Medical-legal consulting is a great way to use your medical training in a non-clinical field that helps people. I started this field 14 years ago and…

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“Medical-legal consulting is a great way to use your medical training in a non-clinical field that helps people. I started this field 14 years ago and have trained over 1,600 physicians to be medical-legal …

Health Technology

Here’s a crazy thought: Make technology work for doctors

Rodrigo Martínez, MD

February 15, 2022Feb 15, 2022

We are surrounded by technology. This hasn't always been the case in the health care industry—we can be a bit more "deliberate," if you will—but the pandemic notably accelerated the pace at which organizations invested in new technology. Rock Health's…

We are surrounded by technology.

This hasn’t always been the case in the health care industry—we can be a bit more “deliberate,” if you will—but the pandemic notably accelerated the pace at which organizations invested in new technology. Rock Health’s 2021 year-end report found that digital health funding among U.S.-based startups reached a record $29.1 billion in 2021, which almost doubled the number ($14.9 billion) from 2020. The …

Physician

The paradox of treating pain in a system too full to manage it

David Prologo, MD

February 15, 2022Feb 15, 2022

My 13-year-old daughter was writhing on the floor from pain in her back and belly, a fever, and intermittent chest pains. She was two days out from a spine surgery intended to fix an 8-month-old gymnastics injury. She couldn't take…

“Go to the ER,” the hospital answering service said.

I tried …

Medical Education

Beyond Jimmy Buffet: The new medical conference

Pat Rich

February 15, 2022Feb 15, 2022

The new reality of medical conferences shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic requires a new language and a fundamental rethink to make these major showcases of medical organizations and societies a place where physicians and patients can share their experiences and…

We can no longer characterize medical conferences as – in the words of an old Jimmy Buffet tune – “a Holiday Inn full of surgeons” who meet there every year …

Physician

Kids are not OK: Health care is failing them

Andrew Hertz, MD & Keili Mistovich, MD, MPH

February 15, 2022Feb 15, 2022

Our medical system is failing our children. The rate of chronic diseases in children is skyrocketing. Obesity has increased. Behavioral health issues are at new highs, making suicide a leading cause of death in children. During the pandemic, rates of pediatric preventive health visits, vaccinations, and screening tests have decreased, thereby losing opportunities for early intervention.

These failures were evident before COVID …

Conditions and Diseases

Recognizing high functioning depression

Tomi Mitchell, MD

February 15, 2022Feb 15, 2022

High functioning depression (or HFD) is the mental health diagnosis given to an individual who exhibits symptoms of high-level depression but manages to maintain overall functionality in life. An HFD person will often engage in activities that would be considered “normal” and healthy for a typical person, maintaining a job and even social relationships (though they may not appear as close and involved as typically expected). However, they might find …

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Recognizing high functioning depression

Podcast

Fund this: Policies can fill medical funding gaps for all [PODCAST]

The Podcast by KevinMD

February 14, 2022Feb 14, 2022

This episode is sponsored by Athelas, the number one provider of remote patient monitoring. "Instead of trying to earn a spot on a talk show to help a person dealing with costly treatments for illness, perhaps it is best to…

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“Instead of trying to earn a spot on a talk show to help a person dealing with costly treatments for illness, perhaps it is best to lobby policymakers to pass legislation that impacts …

Conditions and Diseases

A random act of kindness on a plane

Daniel P. Kraft, MD, MPH

February 14, 2022Feb 14, 2022

My wife and I were on a short flight from Rome to Brindisi in the region called Puglia in the southern part of Italy last year. As we were starting to taxi down the runway, I heard a child crying…

My wife and I were on a short flight from Rome to Brindisi in the region called Puglia in the southern part of Italy last year.

As we were starting to taxi down the runway, I heard a child crying a few rows behind us, but it was very different from a baby’s or a normal child’s crying. It reminded me of when I have experienced autistic children screaming, usually from …

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A random act of kindness on a plane

Physician

Losing our most valuable non-renewable resource: physicians

Elham Raker, MD

February 14, 2022Feb 14, 2022

Suppose you have watched the news, been on social media, or have had any conversations with others. In that case, it should not be a surprise that health care workers are physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted and extremely burned out.…

We are currently entering our third year of a global pandemic. So, burnout physicians are not a big surprise, especially when doctors’ opinions are marginalized over political beliefs about a virus. …

Physician

A love letter from your doctor

Eve Makoff, MD

February 14, 2022Feb 14, 2022

You know who you are. I’m writing to tell you no matter how wrenching our time was together, or messy, or scary, or short were the hours, I love you. I cherish you. And no matter how hard I tried,…

You know who you are.

I’m writing to tell you no matter how wrenching our time was together, or messy, or scary, or short were the hours, I love you. I cherish you. And no matter how hard I tried, it was you who gave more. Because you let me in when I showed up unannounced in my pale blouse and loud heels.

You might have been curled up

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A love letter from your doctor

Podcast

Autism spectrum disorder and the masks we wear [PODCAST]

The Podcast by KevinMD

February 13, 2022Feb 13, 2022

This episode is sponsored by Athelas, the number one provider of remote patient monitoring. "In the ongoing saga of the pandemic, there is the debate whether to wear a mask or not. These are physical masks that temporarily hide our…

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“In the ongoing saga of the pandemic, there is the debate whether to wear a mask or not. These are physical masks that temporarily hide our face, but we all wear another type of …

Physician

Dog poop, the social contract, and pandemic behaviors

Therese Zink, MD, MPH

February 13, 2022Feb 13, 2022

Dogs have been part of my extended family for most of my sixty-plus years. With a dog comes poop. It doesn’t really matter on a farm, but in the city, there is an expectation, a social contract of sorts. In…

Dogs have been part of my extended family for most of my sixty-plus years. With a dog comes poop.

It doesn’t really matter on a farm, but in the city, there is an expectation, a social contract of sorts. In the public parks and boulevards, the dog owner is expected to scoop the poop.

While some dog walkers dutifully pick up their dog’s poop, others don’t bother, and before I know it, …

Health Policy

Stand and deliver: Health care systems need to serve up health equity missions

Angela Moss, PhD, APRN & Christina Manheimer, DNP, APRN & Terry Gallagher, DNP, APRN

February 13, 2022Feb 13, 2022

One year after the White House instated an executive order focusing on health equity and support for underserved communities, changes are in progress. But even with the positive news that the Omicron surge has peaked with the seven-day case average…

Some hospitals and health care systems such as CoxHealth have hired diversity, equity, …

Medical Education

9 medical student tips to prepare for the Match

Diego Razura

February 13, 2022Feb 13, 2022

Medical students are quickly familiarized with which specialties are most competitive when they finish their first year. The prior year’s Match statistics can make the process seem daunting. As if the enormous amount of material to be learned is not enough, students also face the anxiety of adequately preparing for a coveted residency position. There might be additional stressors for a medical student in a small city or rural area …