It’s no secret that medicine is changing. Technology is redefining everything about what it is to be a clinician. Precision medicine is reducing the human to its most fundamental parts. Clinical industrialization is reducing physicians to line workers. And the stats on burnout among health professionals show that we’re having a hard time with the ... Continue Reading about DotMD 2019 – Celebrating Medicine’s Human Side
Physician Anti-Semitism – Where’s the Physician Outrage?
Earlier this month a Cleveland clinic medical resident was fired for a long trail of social media posts laced with anti-Semitism. While the story caught the attention of the national media, I found the response by the online physician community to be anemic relative to other incidents. Surprising, really. Because it seems physician activists of all backgrounds and ... Continue Reading about Physician Anti-Semitism – Where’s the Physician Outrage?
The Value of Physician Social Media Disasters
When social media was making its meteoric rise a decade ago, physician social media disasters were exhibit A for why you need to remain silent and stay offline. As a result, early social media training in hospitals was made up of endless strings of doctor-as-jackass screenshots intended to scare residents straight. But the idea of Twitter as a place where good ... Continue Reading about The Value of Physician Social Media Disasters
Don’t Unplug – How Technology Saved My Life and Can Save Yours Too
I had the chance recently to interview Chris Dancy, author of Don't Unplug - How Technology Saved My Life and Can Save Yours Too Known as the most connected man in the world, Dancy is a hard-core advocate for the intentional use of technology and its capacity to support our values. In a world that wants to demonize all things electric, his message is ... Continue Reading about Don’t Unplug – How Technology Saved My Life and Can Save Yours Too
Bridging the Doctor Patient Divide to Improve Communication
One of my biggest challenges is bridging the doctor patient divide. It’s the gap that separates the way doctors and patients see a problem. What parents under my care think is typically different from what I think. Their concerns and fears are often removed from the reality of my thinking. That’s not a judgment, it’s a recognition of differences of how we frame and ... Continue Reading about Bridging the Doctor Patient Divide to Improve Communication
The Fate of Fired Cleveland Clinic Resident Lara Kollab
Cleveland Clinic resident Lara Kollab was terminated last week after a trail of anti-semitic social media posts were identified under her name. In a statement issued yesterday with her lawyer, she issued a formal apology. MedTwitter has reflected a variety sentiments about the case, some of which are sympathetic and suggest that she deserves a second chance. But ... Continue Reading about The Fate of Fired Cleveland Clinic Resident Lara Kollab