Two years ago, Drs. Aaron Morgenstein, Corinne Sundar Rao, and Shreekant Vasudhev drew a compelling parallel between the Titanic’s tragic voyage and the looming crisis in U.S. health care. They highlighted systemic issues such as administrative egotism, outdated practices, and substandard resources, warning that without significant course corrections, the health care system was on a collision path with disaster.

Today, in 2025, the iceberg has struck, and the cracks are …

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I am smart, I swear.

I graduated near the top of my class in medical school, I swear.

I kicked butt on the Step exams, I swear.

But ask me to manage someone’s diabetes or hypertension; No, thank you!

Thank God for hospitalists, a set of remarkable physicians that allow me to do my job effectively. Without them, I would be lost. Would you really want me, an orthopedic surgeon, to manage complex medical …

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