Are doctors contributing to the polarization surrounding vaccines?
Why is it that illnesses that could be prevented by vaccination are on the rise despite scientific evidence they save lives? Recent articles noted measles exposure to people riding the Bay Area Rapid...
View ArticleWhy are doctors crazy enough to accept health care’s status quo?
We believe integrated will triumph fragmented every time. -Steve Jobs Two articles recently got my attention. The first was an interview by Dr. Robert Pearl, CEO of the Permanente Medical Group with my...
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A simple trick to remember your doctor’s recommendations
An excerpt from The Thrifty Patient – Vital Insider Tips for Saving Money and Staying Healthy. You’ve told your story. Your doctor gets it. He has completed the physical exam. He formulates a plan to...
View ArticleBetter care is mindfully listening to patients
“Dr. Liu, I don’t think he has diverticulitis.” So said the second-year medical student. She had just completed her first year of anatomy, biochemistry, pathology, and introduction to doctoring at the...
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Chest pain and what we can learn from changing flat tires
“Daddy, I think we have a flat tire.” I just rolled out of the garage with my 4th grade daughter. It was Tuesday morning. Usual daily routine. Drop her off at school then go to work. A little...
View ArticleMedicine in the 21st century: Talking to patients still matters
Even in the 21st century, talking to your doctor about your symptoms matters. This is something I tell my medical students. Talk to your patients. Listen to your patients. Use their story to determine...
View ArticleNot knowing what we don’t know: How can we help doctors?
Dr. Daniela Drake writes an provocative and bold piece on the plight of doctors in America and the impact it has on patient care: "Why Your Doctor Feels Like a ‘Beaten Dog’." Though health care is very...
View ArticleWhat the iPhone 6 bendgate can teach us about vaccines
I received my new thinner bigger iPhone. Within a few days, news reports highlighted how new iPhone 6 owners accidentally bent the latest Apple iteration of the modern smartphone. A blogger bent an...
View ArticleStaying healthy: More than an annual physical
Having a healthy life is more than getting an annual physical examination. It is about having healthy habits. Some of these healthy habits make common sense. Others seen unnatural, but yet are vitally...
View ArticleHealth reform will make us less healthy and more insolvent
As people select health insurance during open enrollment, what many don’t realize is how the creation of the health insurance exchanges or health insurance marketplace via the Affordable Care Act...
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Improve the lives of primary care doctors. Here’s how.
Making primary care better for doctors currently in practice and attractive to medical students and residents is critical given the needs of our health care system. It also has been a major focus of...
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Are millennial doctors ready for 21st century medicine?
Are millennial doctors well trained for the 21st century? That was the question posed in NPR’s Millennial Doctors May Be More Tech-Savvy, But Is That Better? I believe how millennial doctors are...
View ArticleWhen the back pain red flags aren’t enough
$28 million was awarded to a patient for a late diagnosis of a pelvic tumor, an osteosarcoma. This rare cancer presented as a case of low back pain and sciatica. The patient claimed that if the...
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An Uber for health care is closer than you think
Will there be an Uber for health care? Articles are split. The truth is there will be an Uber for health care. It just isn’t here yet. Expect it to be widely available in the next decade and as a...
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Will integrated health care startups make health care better?
With Obamacare and creation of health insurance exchanges, many believed that health insurers would compete for patients much the same way hotels, rental cars companies, and airlines compete for...
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Moving primary care to the cloud: A bold, new vision
“When companies start unbundling costs, it is a sign of increasing consumer power and weakening market power.” This is what CEO David Goldhill and author of Catastrophic Care: Why Everything We Think...
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Physicians must embrace the business side of medicine
“Does physician leadership matter?” asks cardiologist and author Dr. Sandeep Jauhar in his New York Times opinion piece “Shouldn’t Doctors Control Hospital Care?” He opens his piece with the...
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The case of HIPAA, an orthodontist, and Black Panther’s Michael B. Jordan
After an orthodontist blogged about an emergency visit where his patient broke her retainer after watching Michael B. Jordan in the blockbuster hit, the Black Panther, the young woman identified...
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Millennials want convenient care
The Kaiser Health News article, "Spurred By Convenience, Millennials Often Spurn The ‘Family Doctor’ Model," caught my eye. Millennial patients want “convenience, fast service, connectivity, and price...
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What’s wrong with health care, and do we have the will to change?
Our health care system is in crisis and needs significant change. So, I was excited to read Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum's great February 2019 three-part series in the New England Journal of Medicine and...
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