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The corporate money behind psychedelic drug legalization

Conditions and Diseases

June 13, 2026

In April, President Trump, with psychedelic advocates HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr. and podcaster Joe Rogan at his side, signed the “Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness” executive order, which dramatically decreases some drug approval times. FDA Commissioner Makary promptly issued priority review vouchers to companies that make psilocybin and the Ecstasy chemical cousin methylone.

Many public health professionals are surprised at how fast the move to legalize Schedule 1 …

You won the lawsuit. Search still says you lost.

Tim Brocklehurst, MBA

Health Technology

June 13, 2026

Kevin Pho has spent two decades making one argument to physicians: Your online reputation does not manage itself. Patients Google you before they call your office. What they find shapes their decision before you say a word. The solution, as he has consistently framed it, is to create content, to claim the top listings rather than leaving them to chance.

That advice is correct. It is also, in one specific and …

Experienced nurse pay is leadership, not a liability

Rennae Revell, RN

Conditions and Diseases

June 13, 2026

There was a time when longevity in nursing was something to be proud of, something that reflected commitment, growth, and a deep dedication to patient care. But somewhere along the way, that narrative has shifted. It has become increasingly unsettling to watch longevity in nursing, commitment, loyalty, and experience, be treated not as an asset, but as something to be managed, limited, and at times, even quietly penalized.

Many of us …

Workplace mental health is a culture problem

Ronke Lawal, MBA

Conditions and Diseases

June 13, 2026

The illusion of safety

“I suffer from depression and my boss told my coworker behind my back that I was using it as an excuse to be lazy, and that if I just listened to some Taylor Swift I’d feel much better.”
– Junior Associate

Anyone with an HR voice will tell you that one of the most important steps you can take to protect your well-being at work is to talk to …

AI medical notes are losing the patient story

Paul Vance, DO

Health Technology

June 13, 2026

There was a time when a SOAP note meant something simple and important. It was a shared language among clinicians: Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan, designed to capture what actually happened in the exam room and to communicate it clearly to the next physician who would care for the patient. It was, at its best, a tool for continuity, safety, and professional accountability.

That time is slipping away.

Over the past two decades, …

EMR errors get blamed on physicians, not systems

Dennis Hursh, Esq

Health Policy

June 13, 2026

I don’t think many physicians would disagree that EMR usability is a patient safety issue. And yet, health systems seem perfectly happy to place 100 percent of the blame for any glitches on physicians.

I was recently involved in a situation where a physician was being blamed for an obvious system error. The physician in question is an experienced and dedicated pediatrician, well known in the area for her compassion …

Permanent discipline punishes nurses in recovery

Natalie Conrad, MBA, RN

Conditions and Diseases

June 13, 2026

I did everything the system asked of me, and much more.

I sought help for a treatable medical condition. I laid down every ounce of pride I had and accepted accountability. I completed every requirement, rebuilt my practice, and spent years proving, through safe, competent care, that recovery works.

And still, my past follows me into every room.

In health care, we tell clinicians to speak up, to seek help early, to protect …

Why the risk aversion that makes you a good doctor wrecks your finances [PODCAST]

The Podcast by KevinMD

Podcast

June 12, 2026

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The same instinct that makes you a careful clinician may be the one sabotaging your financial future. Cardiologist and fiduciary financial planner Stanley Liu joins this episode to explain why physicians’ deeply trained …

Health care system design isn’t failing, it’s working

Tiffiny Black, DM, MPA, MBA

Physician

June 12, 2026

In health care, we often describe what we are experiencing as system failure. We point to clinician burnout, staffing shortages, administrative burden, and the growing distance between those delivering care and those designing it. We talk about breakdowns in communication, gaps in safety, and the increasing strain placed on a workforce asked to adapt faster than it can recover. The language is familiar. The concern is real. But the conclusion …

How insulin drives polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome

Oluyemisi Famuyiwa, MD

Conditions and Diseases

June 12, 2026

One of the most misunderstood aspects of polycystic ovary syndrome, now increasingly reframed as Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS), is the role insulin plays in the disorder. For years, insulin resistance in PMOS was discussed primarily through the lens of diabetes risk and abnormal glucose metabolism. Yet insulin’s role in the syndrome appears to extend far beyond blood sugar alone.

What many patients, and even many clinicians outside endocrinology and reproductive …

3 traits the physician leadership model is missing

Bertina Marie Hooks, MD

Physician

June 12, 2026

There is a growing conversation in medicine about leadership. We talk about the need for more physician leaders, more voices at the table, more representation in decision-making spaces. And while these conversations are important, they often overlook a more fundamental issue. The problem is not a lack of physician leadership. It is the model of leadership we continue to promote.

From early training, physicians are conditioned to equate leadership with endurance: …

Why we know the model’s name but not the surgeon’s

Anna Estrin

Conditions and Diseases

June 12, 2026

I spent fifteen years in the world of fashion. Runway shows, parties, exclusive events, beautiful photographs, perfect smiles, the right connections. A world where the outer shell is often valued more than what lies beneath it.

Over those years, I met hundreds of people. Many called themselves friends. Many said all the right things. Many built around themselves an image of success, importance, and influence.

And then, in a single second, everything …

AI in health care is quietly displacing physicians

Matt Hasan, PhD

Health Technology

June 12, 2026

Every physician knows the feeling. You trained for years to think independently, to assess, to judge. Now you spend more than half your workday staring at a screen, entering data into fields someone else designed, responding to alerts someone else configured. The patient is in front of you. The system is between you.

That experience is not just a workflow frustration. It is a signal of something far more consequential that …

Corporate practice of medicine vs. the golden days

Edmond Cabbabe, MD

Physician

June 12, 2026

In the golden days of practicing medicine, the hospitals’ boards were composed of community leaders acting on behalf of the hospitals to raise funds, negotiate insurance contracts, screen and supervise the performance of the key employees, and interact with the government. They used their passion and influence to facilitate the delivery of health care to the communities they served. Most of these board members were volunteers or philanthropists. Few practicing …

The assumptions in medicine that put patients at risk

Christine King, CRNA

Conditions and Diseases

June 12, 2026

We all make assumptions based on beliefs that may or may not be true. We all have made the mistake of judging books by their cover and been wrong. Making assumptions is not always intentional or inherently bad. Our human brain uses these mental shortcuts to classify things in this large, ever-changing world we live in. We learn very early to classify things by color and shape, and this system …

Nursing during the Holocaust, one IV at a time

Dr. Jonathan Hammel

Physician

June 12, 2026

Lena spotted Dr. Kreindl, who without his cigarette, seemed a bit lost. But he knew better than to light up: The Gestapo would have never tolerated such an act of freedom, coming from a Jew.

“Ah, there you are,” he said. “Listen, it’s quite simple. Most of these patients have ingested large doses of Veronal. Do you know this drug? It’s a highly powerful sedative. Anyway, many of these people were …

Why diversity in medicine is a clinical intervention

Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA

Medical Education

June 12, 2026

Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) had a reasonable institutional story to tell.

U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick, MD, MBA, is an alumnus. He is an emergency medicine physician, a Marine veteran, a former student body president, and the first MSM graduate elected to Congress. From the perspective of a communications office, the announcement almost writes itself: alumnus returns home to deliver the commencement speech; physician-leader addresses the next generation; a school devoted …

Actual Intelligence: the skill AI cannot replace

Alan P. Feren, MD

Health Technology

June 12, 2026

Artificial intelligence is no longer arriving in medicine. It has arrived. The American Medical Association’s 2026 Physician Survey found that 81 percent of physicians now use AI in their practices, more than double the 38 percent who reported using it in 2023. In three years it went from a minority tool to a default one, concentrated most heavily in documentation and summarization, the workflows closest to how we think.

The same …

Physician burnout is not your fault, and here’s why blaming yourself keeps you stuck [PODCAST]

The Podcast by KevinMD

Podcast

June 11, 2026

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What if the cure for physician burnout has been making it worse the whole time? Lisa Rubiano, an internal medicine physician and physician coach, spent over a decade as a hospitalist before burning out in 2021 and stepping back to figure out …

Recording medical visits is your legal right

Laurel A. Coons, PhD

Conditions and Diseases

June 11, 2026

Patients are not guests in their own medical care. Their bodies are examined, their symptoms interpreted, their diagnoses explained, their treatment risks discussed, their consent sought, and their lives affected by the plan that follows. Yet when patients try to lawfully document those care conversations, they are too often treated as if they are doing something improper. They are told they are “not allowed” to record. They are told it …

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