Ian Hu is a high school student exploring how social structures and technology shape patient care. Hu's book reviews have appeared in Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine and Portland Review.
My phone lit up in the dormitory: "Can you come back after camp? Mom needs you to help persuade Grandma." I was at a summer program in Seattle. I booked the earliest flight I could, already marshaling arguments in my…
My phone lit up in the dormitory: “Can you come back after camp? Mom needs you to help persuade Grandma.”
I was at a summer program in Seattle. I booked the earliest flight I could, already marshaling arguments in my head: statistics on cognitive decline, studies about social engagement, the kind of evidence-based reasoning I had absorbed from years of watching people around me in Silicon Valley try to optimize everything, …
Late at night, after basketball games or practices, with the physical exhaustion of the court still settling in, I often find myself staring at my laptop. I am watching how long it takes to complete something that has nothing to…
Late at night, after basketball games or practices, with the physical exhaustion of the court still settling in, I often find myself staring at my laptop. I am watching how long it takes to complete something that has nothing to do with sports, or even actual patient care. It is documentation. Coding. Forms. Insurance language that seems designed less for clinical clarity than for mere survival within a bureaucratic system.
