Abraham Verghese, MD
Abraham Verghese is an internal medicine physician.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has upended health care, with telemedicine emerging as a strategy to reduce risk exposures for patients and clinicians. Originating from the Greek root tēle-, tēl-, tēle meaning "far off, afar, at or to a distance," telemedicine encompasses…
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended health care, with telemedicine emerging as a strategy to reduce risk exposures for patients and clinicians. Originating from the Greek root tēle-, tēl-, tēle meaning “far off, afar, at or to a distance,” telemedicine encompasses virtual clinical services. Video visits, in particular, can be effective for many types of clinical care and offer convenience and savings for patients. As care …
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Strategies to foster meaningful connection during telemedicine visits
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In advance of their annual User Conference, the social media team at athenahealth was able to talk about modern medicine with the event’s keynote speaker, Dr. Abraham Verghese. A physician and Stanford professor, Verghese has also authored several books, including…
In advance of their annual User Conference, the social media team at athenahealth was able to talk about modern medicine with the event’s keynote speaker, Dr. Abraham Verghese. A physician and Stanford professor, Verghese has also authored several books, including the New York Times bestseller, “Cutting for Stone.” Here he talks about the importance of being present during the exam, in an era with so many distractions threatening to …
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Neglecting the patient in the era of health IT and EMR
Conditions and diseases
by Abraham Verghese, MD I can't get over the incredible images generated by our latest CT scans and MRI's. The details of organ anatomy and the 3D reconstructions they can do are just amazing. One side effect of getting such…
by Abraham Verghese, MD
I can’t get over the incredible images generated by our latest CT scans and MRI’s. The details of organ anatomy and the 3D reconstructions they can do are just amazing. One side effect of getting such fine resolution, is that more and more we are stumbling onto abnormalities that we were not necessarily looking for–incidentalomas, we call them.
Sometimes the discovery is fortuitous and lifesaving. But often …
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Balancing the risks and benefits of cancer screening is an individual decision
Health policy
by Abraham Verghese, MD The unfortunate politicians who have braved town hall meetings to talk about health reform seem to have been taken by surprise by the vitriol and volume of the push back. Yes, I know the audiences were…
by Abraham Verghese, MD
The unfortunate politicians who have braved town hall meetings to talk about health reform seem to have been taken by surprise by the vitriol and volume of the push back. Yes, I know the audiences were marshaled and recruited to shout down the speakers but still the passion on display was genuine and not in the least surprising to me. What the President and our politicians should …
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Health care reform protests and how fears and beliefs are exploited
Patient voices
by Abraham Verghese, MD This month I am the attending physician overseeing an internal medicine team, one of four such teams that admit patients to my teaching hospital. It's a great time to be an attending physician. I have seasoned…
by Abraham Verghese, MD
This month I am the attending physician overseeing an internal medicine team, one of four such teams that admit patients to my teaching hospital. It’s a great time to be an attending physician. I have seasoned interns who in just a few weeks will be junior residents, and I have even more seasoned senior residents on their way to entering practice or entering subspecialty training. The team …
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How a wealth of information takes attention away from the patient
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