Hamilton mirrors the duel between doctors-patients and insurance companies

Physician
July 5, 2016

It’s likely that you or someone you know has attempted to purchase tickets, or at least talked about the difficulties of purchasing tickets to Broadway’s most popular show, Hamilton. While participating or overhearing the discussion, the conversation has likely pivoted to how expensive ticket prices are on the secondary market. It has become so difficult to get tickets through the box office, even with the partial block ticket releases that …

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Hamilton mirrors the duel between doctors-patients and insurance companies

Solutionist medicine: How the concierge model can reinvent primary care

Physician
August 11, 2014

Call it concierge, call it direct care, boutique, fee-for-service, call it what you will. I call it a solution. As physicians, we’re all solutionists, are we not? With every differential diagnosis, assessment, and plan, we are creating solutions.  In accordance, one does not become a doctor for any reason other than changing the world. Perhaps this change happens one patient at a time, but working toward a greater cause and putting …

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Solutionist medicine: How the concierge model can reinvent primary care

Reflecting on the final year of pediatrics residency

Education
August 31, 2013

Now in my final year of residency in pediatrics, there will be a lot of “lasts.” Since the time we are kids, we often remember our different “lasts,” especially when it comes to school.

During the back-to-school rush at our primary care clinic, I had the opportunity to talk with several rising senior high school students who will be starting their “last first-day of high school” this week. I vividly remember …

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Reflecting on the final year of pediatrics residency