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Why exhaustion can make you see things that aren’t there [PODCAST]

You drive home after a long shift and see someone standing at the roadside. It turns out to be a sign. ≈ had that happen more than once, and her first thought was that something was wrong with her. She…

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You drive home after a long shift and see someone standing at the roadside. It turns out to be a sign. ≈ had that happen more than once, and her first thought was that something was wrong with her. She is a physician and multidisciplinary artist. This episode is based …

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Why exhaustion can make you see things that aren’t there [PODCAST]

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Making AI work for physicians [PODCAST]

This episode is sponsored by Oracle Health and Life Sciences. Doctors have heard promises about health technology for decades. Now artificial intelligence has to deliver something better than what health care already has. Seema Verma, executive vice president and general…

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This episode is sponsored by Oracle Health and Life Sciences.

Doctors have heard promises about health technology for decades. Now artificial intelligence has to deliver something better than what health care already has. Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences and former administrator of …

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Why business pressure and threats ended a career she loved [PODCAST]

She loved the job for 20 years. She left anyway. Christine King, certified registered nurse anesthetist, returns to explain what changed in the operating room and what it cost her. This episode is based on her article "Why I left…

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She loved the job for 20 years. She left anyway. Christine King, certified registered nurse anesthetist, returns to explain what changed in the operating room and what it cost her. This episode is based on her article “Why I left health care after almost 20 years,” published on KevinMD. You …

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Why business pressure and threats ended a career she loved [PODCAST]

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Retirement isn’t the end of medicine, it’s a second act [PODCAST]

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Many doctors picture themselves practicing until the day they die. Andrea Hayes decided otherwise, and tells you what came next. She is a retired endocrinologist, author, and speaker. This episode is based on her article "From endocrinologist to writer: a…

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Many doctors picture themselves practicing until the day they die. Andrea Hayes decided otherwise, and tells you what came next. She is a retired endocrinologist, author, and speaker. This episode is based on her article “From endocrinologist to writer: a doctor’s second act,” published on KevinMD. You will hear how …

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Retirement isn’t the end of medicine, it’s a second act [PODCAST]

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Blaming the doctor is cheaper than fixing the record system [PODCAST]

A pediatrician gave a child vaccines the chart said he needed. The record showing he had already had them was buried in the system. Dennis Hursh is a health law attorney and founder of Physician Agreements Health Law. This episode…

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A pediatrician gave a child vaccines the chart said he needed. The record showing he had already had them was buried in the system. Dennis Hursh is a health law attorney and founder of Physician Agreements Health Law. This episode is based on his article “EMR errors get blamed on …

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Blaming the doctor is cheaper than fixing the record system [PODCAST]

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Why acne, chin hair, and irregular cycles are more than an ovary problem [PODCAST]

A condition named for the ovaries turns out to run through the muscle, the liver, and the pancreas. Insulin is the signal connecting them, and different organs hear it differently. Oluyemisi Famuyiwa, reproductive endocrinologist and founder of the Montgomery Fertility…

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A condition named for the ovaries turns out to run through the muscle, the liver, and the pancreas. Insulin is the signal connecting them, and different organs hear it differently. Oluyemisi Famuyiwa, reproductive endocrinologist and founder of the Montgomery Fertility Center, returns to walk through it. This episode is based on …

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Why acne, chin hair, and irregular cycles are more than an ovary problem [PODCAST]

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Insurance companies are being sued over directories that aren’t real [PODCAST]

Your insurance company says these therapists take your plan. Most of them do not. That is the allegation behind seven class action lawsuits now moving through courts from Massachusetts to California. Attorney Steve Cohen returns to explain what his firm…

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Your insurance company says these therapists take your plan. Most of them do not. That is the allegation behind seven class action lawsuits now moving through courts from Massachusetts to California. Attorney Steve Cohen returns to explain what his firm found when it called the names on those lists. This episode …

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Insurance companies are being sued over directories that aren’t real [PODCAST]

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Burnout isn’t only about autonomy, it’s about your bank account [PODCAST]

Physicians stay in jobs they cannot afford to leave. The wellness conversation talks about resilience and meaning, and never about what is in your bank account. Stanley Liu, cardiologist, financial planner, and founder of DocEmpowered, returns with a concept traditional…

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Physicians stay in jobs they cannot afford to leave. The wellness conversation talks about resilience and meaning, and never about what is in your bank account. Stanley Liu, cardiologist, financial planner, and founder of DocEmpowered, returns with a concept traditional financial planning does not have. This episode is based on his …

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Burnout isn’t only about autonomy, it’s about your bank account [PODCAST]

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Genetic test results, social media advice, and an irreversible choice [PODCAST]

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Your genetic test results now arrive on your phone before anyone is available to explain them. So the questions go to an online mom group, or to ChatGPT, and strangers answer first. Stephanie Waggel, physician and founder of Improve Medical…

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Your genetic test results now arrive on your phone before anyone is available to explain them. So the questions go to an online mom group, or to ChatGPT, and strangers answer first. Stephanie Waggel, physician and founder of Improve Medical Culture, has been watching that happen in real time. This …

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Genetic test results, social media advice, and an irreversible choice [PODCAST]

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A cure for aggressive lymphoma exists, and most patients never get it [PODCAST]

A treatment exists that can cure aggressive lymphoma after chemotherapy has failed. Only about two in ten eligible patients receive it. Manali Kamdar is clinical director of lymphoma services at the University of Colorado Anschutz, and Paolo Strati is an…

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A treatment exists that can cure aggressive lymphoma after chemotherapy has failed. Only about two in ten eligible patients receive it. Manali Kamdar is clinical director of lymphoma services at the University of Colorado Anschutz, and Paolo Strati is an associate professor of lymphoma and myeloma at MD Anderson Cancer Center. …

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A cure for aggressive lymphoma exists, and most patients never get it [PODCAST]

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Doctors were told to be blind to the cost of care [PODCAST]

He counts four wounds in American medicine. Patients rarely bring up the first one, which is what health care costs. Narinder Singh Parhar is a physician with more than three decades in internal medicine, hospital medicine, and intensive care. This…

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He counts four wounds in American medicine. Patients rarely bring up the first one, which is what health care costs. Narinder Singh Parhar is a physician with more than three decades in internal medicine, hospital medicine, and intensive care. This episode is based on his article “Health care affordability is …

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Doctors were told to be blind to the cost of care [PODCAST]

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Hurricane season is a fifth season, and medicine has to plan for it [PODCAST]

In South Louisiana, hurricane season is treated like a fifth season of the year. Angela C. Johnson explains what that means for physicians and patients. She is an internal medicine physician and member of the American College of Physicians Board…

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In South Louisiana, hurricane season is treated like a fifth season of the year. Angela C. Johnson explains what that means for physicians and patients. She is an internal medicine physician and member of the American College of Physicians Board of Regents. This episode is based on her article “Physicians …

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Hurricane season is a fifth season, and medicine has to plan for it [PODCAST]

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Antibiotics for sinusitis without a real diagnosis [PODCAST]

Most people who get antibiotics for a sinus infection never needed them, and the real problem goes untreated. Franklyn R. Gergits is a board-certified otolaryngologist who sees the patients that three, four, and five rounds of antibiotics did not fix.…

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Most people who get antibiotics for a sinus infection never needed them, and the real problem goes untreated. Franklyn R. Gergits is a board-certified otolaryngologist who sees the patients that three, four, and five rounds of antibiotics did not fix. This episode is based on his article “We prescribe antibiotics …

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Antibiotics for sinusitis without a real diagnosis [PODCAST]

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Your AI judges patients by how they write, not their symptoms [PODCAST]

What if medical AI judges you by how you write instead of what's actually wrong? A health care executive says it already does. Craig Hauben has spent 30 years in health care and the last several years researching AI, and…

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What if medical AI judges you by how you write instead of what’s actually wrong? A health care executive says it already does. Craig Hauben has spent 30 years in health care and the last several years researching AI, and he walks through studies showing that large language models trained on …

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Your AI judges patients by how they write, not their symptoms [PODCAST]

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Leaving medicine isn’t a loss, it’s a translation problem [PODCAST]

Leaving medicine can feel like erasing 20 years of work. What if it isn't a loss at all, but a language problem you can solve? Physician executive Shveta Gupta, a pediatric hematologist-oncologist, joins to unpack why so many doctors quietly…

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Leaving medicine can feel like erasing 20 years of work. What if it isn’t a loss at all, but a language problem you can solve? Physician executive Shveta Gupta, a pediatric hematologist-oncologist, joins to unpack why so many doctors quietly fuse their identity with the white coat, and why a change …

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Leaving medicine isn’t a loss, it’s a translation problem [PODCAST]

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Why value-based care hasn’t lowered your medical bills [PODCAST]

Everyone agrees health care should reward better outcomes at lower cost. So why hasn't it happened? The answer isn't payment models or policy. It comes down to the everyday choices individual clinicians make, and whether anyone can actually see them.…

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Everyone agrees health care should reward better outcomes at lower cost. So why hasn’t it happened? The answer isn’t payment models or policy. It comes down to the everyday choices individual clinicians make, and whether anyone can actually see them. Jeanne Cohen, a health care analytics founder and CEO, argues that …

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Why value-based care hasn’t lowered your medical bills [PODCAST]

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Why weak branding is costing private practices patients and talent [PODCAST]

Patients now choose doctors the way they shop for everything else, judging your practice online before they walk in. Ashley Gay, a branding expert, argues that a strong brand is not about ego but about earning trust, and that physicians…

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Patients now choose doctors the way they shop for everything else, judging your practice online before they walk in. Ashley Gay, a branding expert, argues that a strong brand is not about ego but about earning trust, and that physicians who ignore this are quietly losing patients and talent to competitors …

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Why weak branding is costing private practices patients and talent [PODCAST]

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Bloated from all that fiber? You added it too fast.

Social media says to spike your fiber intake as fast as you can. That is where the bloating starts. Lisa Talamini is a registered dietitian nutritionist and senior vice president of clinical solutions at Wondr Health. This episode is based…

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Social media says to spike your fiber intake as fast as you can. That is where the bloating starts. Lisa Talamini is a registered dietitian nutritionist and senior vice president of clinical solutions at Wondr Health. This episode is based on her article “How to eat more fiber without the …

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Bloated from all that fiber? You added it too fast.

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Addiction stigma costs lives, and one word can change that [PODCAST]

A man told his doctor he was struggling with addiction. The doctor told him this was not something he could help with. Devika Bhushan is a public health physician and a former acting surgeon general of California. This episode is…

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A man told his doctor he was struggling with addiction. The doctor told him this was not something he could help with. Devika Bhushan is a public health physician and a former acting surgeon general of California. This episode is based on her article “How addiction stigma in health care …

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Addiction stigma costs lives, and one word can change that [PODCAST]

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Health insurance mergers are why your doctor is leaving [PODCAST]

In a lot of towns there is only one health insurer left, and that is starting to show up in patient care. Rita Agarwal is a pediatric anesthesiologist who started asking why colleagues in a specialty she loves are heading…

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In a lot of towns there is only one health insurer left, and that is starting to show up in patient care. Rita Agarwal is a pediatric anesthesiologist who started asking why colleagues in a specialty she loves are heading for the door. This episode is based on her article ” …

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Health insurance mergers are why your doctor is leaving [PODCAST]

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