I frequently talk about the visibility of doctors in the online space. How can doctors make content, contribute to the broader dialog, and be more visible? Maybe I need to spend less time pushing the idea that every doctor needs to create. Most doctors, after all, just want to listen and watch. Maybe we need to be cultivating dedicated communicators. There's a ... Continue Reading about Physician Conversation Agents
And a Child Will Lead Them
This week I lost one of my patients, Cooper. He was a feisty 4-year-old with mitochondrial depletion syndrome. I began looking after him as an infant when he wouldn’t stop screaming. I saw him through surgeries, diagnostic rabbit trails, and ultimately helped with the painful decision to undergo small bowel transplantation. Inexplicable symptoms and strange ... Continue Reading about And a Child Will Lead Them
Thinking Beyond Health at SXSW Interactive
The inclusion of a health track at this week's SXSWi is big news. Health, once a second-thought in the social world, is finally seeing the light of day. This reflects the maturation of the social health community and the progressive thinking of folks like Hugh Forrest and others inside of SXSWi. I'm honored to have served on the advisory board for this year's ... Continue Reading about Thinking Beyond Health at SXSW Interactive
Book Notes: Poke the Box
Poke the Box is Seth Godin’s latest book/manifesto. This is different from his other books in that it runs only 70 pages and is published as part of a new venture with Amazon called The Domino Project. You may remember last year Seth Godin rocked the world by suggesting he was done with mainstream publishers. This is where he’s landed. Poke the Box is a short, ... Continue Reading about Book Notes: Poke the Box
Helping Parents Manage Uncertainty
How comfortable are we with uncertainty? I struggle with this question every day. I treat children with abdominal pain. Some of these children suffer with crohns disease, eosinophilic esophagitis, and other serious problems. Some children struggle with abdominal pain from anxiety or social concerns. I see all kinds. But kids are tricky and sometimes I can’t ... Continue Reading about Helping Parents Manage Uncertainty
Defining Online Professional Behavior
This week a reporter cornered me on the issue of professional behavior in the social space. How is it defined? I didn’t have an answer. But it’s something that I think about. Perhaps there isn’t much to think about. As a ‘representative’ of my hospital and a physician to the children in my community, how I behave in public isn’t any different than a decade ago. ... Continue Reading about Defining Online Professional Behavior