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Hosted by Kevin Pho, MD, The Podcast by KevinMD shares the stories of the many who intersect with our health care system but are rarely heard from. 15 minutes a day. 7 days a week. 

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Prioritizing physician wellness: Reducing burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond [PODCAST]

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January 31, 2022
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“Ultimately, patients need doctors to help them be healthy, and need their doctors to be healthy to help them! Unless interventions are done now, our health care system risks a downward spiral. While the pandemic has brought increased levels of stress and burnout, it has prompted us to take action …

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Prioritizing physician wellness: Reducing burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond [PODCAST]

How physicians can play the hand they’re dealt [PODCAST]

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January 30, 2022
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“Anyone can win at poker when dealt a royal flush. But what can you do when the cards you are dealt don’t appear winning at all? My answer: Make the best of what you have.

Recently I learned of a colleague who sustained a broken back in an accident. He …

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How physicians can play the hand they’re dealt [PODCAST]

Pay heed to the little life traumas that hit us daily [PODCAST]

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January 29, 2022
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“Taking stock of all these experiences, I feel like I have no answers. They lead me to a space of unrest and dissatisfaction for not having a pill that would instantly drop 10 kilos, cure hep E, curb food craving or resolve a heartache.

But I feel grateful for bypassing most …

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Pay heed to the little life traumas that hit us daily [PODCAST]

When records are wrong, patients are at risk [PODCAST]

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January 28, 2022

“Inaccurate patient records aren’t just an inconvenience. They’re a risk. The EHR might speak for the patient when they cannot speak for themselves, and if it’s wrong, it’s a serious liability.

In lieu of any system-wide improvements to EHRs, I try to be vigilant. I ask the medical assistants to review the medication list …

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When records are wrong, patients are at risk [PODCAST]

Mental health and the balance between technology and the human touch [PODCAST]

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January 27, 2022
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“The reality of the last two years is that almost all of us have experienced some mental health disorder symptoms, and that mental and physical health are equally important components of overall health. We call these subclinical symptoms, or symptoms that are there but that don’t meet full criteria for …

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Mental health and the balance between technology and the human touch [PODCAST]

Men’s health is a catastrophe. Here’s how we can help. [PODCAST]

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January 26, 2022
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“A hundred years ago, women lived one year longer than men, but now they live five years longer than men. And things are getting worse. Currently, the lifespan of men in the U.S. is declining due to alcohol, opioids, and suicide. These trends need to change.

I take care of men. …

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Men’s health is a catastrophe. Here’s how we can help. [PODCAST]

Patient surveys: the quest for positive reviews [PODCAST]

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January 25, 2022
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“Studies show that those physicians with negative online reviews were more often scored poorly due to non-physician specific causes. In my career, I’ve read comments from patients that said they were not satisfied with their provider because they didn’t like the color of the walls in the exam room. …

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Patient surveys: the quest for positive reviews [PODCAST]

Lessons in caring too much from a fictional physician [PODCAST]

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January 24, 2022
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“All the faceless young men who are brought to his operating table, prepped and draped, broken and bleeding, are finding their experience of war bears little resemblance to their reveries of war. They should have known better. At corner taverns in Chicago, Albuquerque, and Murphysboro, there were tired veterans with …

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Lessons in caring too much from a fictional physician [PODCAST]

A physician’s self-care song [PODCAST]

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January 23, 2022
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“No matter what, your healing work matters. No one should tell you otherwise, and nothing can change that, not even a shortcoming. You provide healing in a way no one else can. Care for yourself, and you can be the healer you truly wish to be.”

J. C. Sue is a …

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A physician’s self-care song [PODCAST]

Information overload and physician burnout: a KevinMD panel discussion [PODCAST]

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January 22, 2022

Welcome to a special episode of The Podcast by KevinMD.

In this 60-minute episode, I partner with DrFirst, a pioneer in health IT for over 20 years. We bring together physicians with different backgrounds to explore information overload and physician burnout.

Dr. Sameer Badlani is chief digital officer, …

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Information overload and physician burnout: a KevinMD panel discussion [PODCAST]

Coal mining culture and the opioid crisis [PODCAST]

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January 21, 2022
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“For me, my own personal stories of opioid patients come to mind, including one who keyed my car when I stopped prescribing his opioid after an acute injury. I think of some local opioid overdose deaths in my community. I would love to hear what other doctors and clinicians have …

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Coal mining culture and the opioid crisis [PODCAST]

How advanced analytics can help social determinants of health [PODCAST]

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January 20, 2022
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“Advanced analytics can provide the insights needed to understand social determinants and help develop interventions that assist patients in overcoming some of the challenges and adverse environmental and social factors that are barriers to healthier behavior. Moreover, analytics are needed to support the team-based approach to care delivery. With advanced …

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How advanced analytics can help social determinants of health [PODCAST]

What I learned about medicine in the House of Pain [PODCAST]

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January 19, 2022
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“Guiding kindly illustrates mentorship, whether it be in the dojo or in an academic medical setting. Regardless of one’s stage in medical training, certain errors in patient management will be made … this is part of the learning process. It is the role of the mentor (i.e., attending physician to …

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What I learned about medicine in the House of Pain [PODCAST]

Culinary medicine and why clinicians should garden [PODCAST]

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January 18, 2022
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“For too long have gardeners allowed our food supply to be dependent on mysterious logistics. We have criminally allowed our own food growing capacity to be displaced. Growing something you eat and trading with people who grow what you don’t are ways to be less reliant on Big Food and …

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Culinary medicine and why clinicians should garden [PODCAST]

Analyzing the deficit of African-Americans in academic medicine [PODCAST]

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January 17, 2022
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“The lack of diversity in academic medicine is a significant issue that can compromise our patients’ health and the education of our training clinicians. There is a vicious cycle in which there are few black academic physicians, leading to seemingly fewer available mentors for black students, which in turn leads …

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Analyzing the deficit of African-Americans in academic medicine [PODCAST]

Empathy and decreasing medical liability [PODCAST]

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January 16, 2022
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“Through empathy-based training, physicians and other health care providers learn the skills to have honest informed consent discussions without causing undo fear, while also preparing patients for all possible outcomes. Empathic skills make for better physicians, better communications, and better conversations for all outcomes.

With a strong alliance, a reduction in …

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Empathy and decreasing medical liability [PODCAST]

Superheroes can have disabilities, too [PODCAST]

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January 15, 2022
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“Today, more students are disclosing and speaking out about their disability and how their disability is an asset to their way of learning and what they can bring to their field. Across college campuses, more student-led organizations are forming to promote initiatives to identify and remove structural and systematic …

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Superheroes can have disabilities, too [PODCAST]

What medicine can learn from the antiwork movement [PODCAST]

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January 14, 2022
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“The classic thinking has always been that a career in medicine is more than just a job; it is a passion, a calling, an anchor of identity. There is a pervasive stigma in medicine against the self-advocacy of the worker. Bedside care providers who push back against their work/life …

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What medicine can learn from the antiwork movement [PODCAST]

Our patients become an inextricable part of our lives [PODCAST]

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January 13, 2022
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“The weekend after Isabelle’s discharge, I take my shoes outside onto the driveway. The sky is a brilliant blue, and green tinges of leaves poke through shells of buds; the wind slips through my fleece. I scrub the spots of blood with an antibacterial wipe, and tan shoe polish comes …

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Our patients become an inextricable part of our lives [PODCAST]

How to end the misinformation pandemic [PODCAST]

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January 12, 2022
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“The way to do this is by recognizing the power of words. I don’t mean fervently declaring one’s position and arguing why those who disagree are wrong. There has been way too much of this, and health professionals are no exception. Rather what’s needed to deliver the best health outcomes …

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How to end the misinformation pandemic [PODCAST]

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