Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSelf-care isn't self-indulgence, and burnout isn't only a personal problem
Being offered partnership in a medical practice is usually good news, but not always. One physician paid $60,000 to buy in, then signed a contract ma…
15 hours ago
Self-care isn't self-indulgence, and burnout isn't only a personal problem
Doctors and nurses are trained to take excellent care of other people's health, and often don't look after their own. Close to half the health care w…
1 day, 15 hours ago
Why malpractice lawsuits are rarer but more expensive than ever
Doctors are sued far less often than they were 25 years ago, but the average malpractice payout has never been higher. Robert E. White, Jr., presiden…
2 days, 15 hours ago
Active sitting: Why ergonomic chairs and standing desks fail
The office chairs most of us sit in all day have little science behind them, and the popular fixes may not be much better. Turner Osler is a trauma s…
3 days, 15 hours ago
Fired for seeing her own patients: moral injury and life after medicine
A physician was fired by the doctors she had trained, in part because she preferred to see her own patients herself. Moral injury, she argues, does n…
4 days, 15 hours ago
Disability claim denied? Your chart notes may be why.
The words you put in a patient's chart can be used to deny their disability claim. A note that says "stable" or "improved" can mean one thing to you …
5 days, 15 hours ago
Doctors lose hours to admin work that AI or an assistant could do
Many doctors who run their own practices spend hours on work someone else could do. One practice owner who charges $300 an hour was his own reception…
6 days, 15 hours ago
Your living will could get you too much care, or too little
When you can't speak for yourself, a living will is supposed to speak for you. Too often, it doesn't. Seventy percent of U.S. adults don't have one, …
1 week ago
Memory loss is not normal aging, and waiting costs the treatment window
Someone tells you their memory is slipping. What you say next can decide whether treatment is still an option for them. Emer MacSweeney is a neurorad…
1 week, 1 day ago
A diagnosis no one authored can follow your patient from visit to visit
A patient arrives already sure of what is wrong with them. The words they use came from somewhere else. Alan P. Feren is a retired surgeon, health ca…
1 week, 2 days ago