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Here are the stories you missed on KevinMD. Thank you for your continuing readership. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ --------------------------------------------------------------- Here are the stories you missed on KevinMD. Thank you for your continuing readership. --------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsors [More than 300 health care professionals]( shared their firsthand insights on key challenges, strategies, trends, and the importance of the contact center in the patient experience. [Read the results here](. [Leadership matters]( when tackling physician burnout. Thought leaders in the field weigh in on the best ways to address the [occupational phenomenon](. [Convenience is a major factor]( for younger generations when choosing a health care provider. But how can providers give them what they want? Learn 5 ways on how you can [build a practice for younger patients](. [Workplace violence in health care]( isn’t an easy or simple challenge to address. In this blog post, learn specific ways communication technology can help protect [your health care staff](. [We simplify disability and life insurance]( for busy doctors so they feel confident they have the right policy and that their [income is protected](. --------------------------------------------------------------- KevinMD Plus: Nov 7, 2019 [Don’t want to wear a helmet? Sign up as an organ donor.]( I walk out my front door today to do my obligatory walk around the block with my pups. Two police cars with blue lights flashing, lead a caravan of over 100 motorcyclists to a funeral for one of their fallen brothers. They revved up their motors in the procession, I guess, as a sign of […] [How this physician reset her life]( It hasn’t always been this way. For years, I worked at the typical high-achiever pace, like many striving to become a doctor. Upon entering medical school, I set challenging expectations of myself — graduate at the top of my class, study a relentless number of hours, score at least one standard deviation above the mean […] [Has health care lost its humanity?]( As doctors, most of us went into medicine with a true desire to help other people. What was once a noble profession is now being worn down by outside forces trying to control us. Third-party insurance companies are driven by profits, not by optimal care of patients. Politicians are driven by their own political agendas […] [How the administrative burden contributes to physician burnout]( A guest column by the American College of Physicians, exclusive to KevinMD.com. The administrative burden associated with caring for patients in today’s health care system has emerged as a primary driver of the loss of joy in the practice of medicine and the epidemic of burnout among physicians. No medical specialty is immune from the […] [Are our senior presidential candidates mentally fit?]( Did you know, one in four people over 65 have abnormal memory impairment? This is the finding from screening with an objective test. In half of those who test abnormal, there were common conditions – such as depression and medication interactions – which can be addressed and even reverse the memory problem. But for the […] [To fight physician burnout, empower nurses]( Twenty-five years ago, when I entered medical school, clinical notes were written in paper charts that were filed numerically on shelves. We didn’t have the electronic medical record (EMR), and burnout wasn’t on the radar. In the past few years, this has changed. Burnout rates among medical providers have increased dramatically as professional fulfillment has […] [Over 2,000 prayers for the dead. This was my hardest.]( The day began in Mom’s room with a 10:00 a.m. conference at Upper Valley Medical Center, west of Columbus, Ohio. In attendance were my 93-year-old mother Joanne (now in her third week of hospitalization), her palliative-care nurse Richard, her Episcopal priest Mother Nancy and myself. Mom was on high-flow oxygen therapy delivered through a nasal […] [Why primary care will soon only treat chronic conditions]( In most other human activities, there are two speeds, fast and slow. Usually, one dominates. Think firefighting versus bridge design. Health care spans from one extreme to the other. Think code blue versus diabetes care. Primary care was once a place where you treated things like earaches and unexplained weight loss in appointments of different […] [When physicians are complicit]( The other day I asked myself why do I focus my attention on immigrants when there are plenty of other underserved and neglected populations. When an opioid crisis surrounds me, why do I speak of a crisis at the border? When structural and overt racism contributes to an infant mortality rate of 10.97 for black […] [The doctors guide to making a good real estate offer]( An excerpt from The Doctors Guide to Real Estate Investing for Busy Professionals. Only make offers on property you think would be good for you to own for 40-plus years. Don’t mistake this statement to mean if you are 70 years old then you shouldn’t buy real estate. Positive and growing cash flow is money in […] [What rushed patient encounters are doing to patients and physicians]( Research shows that as many as 50 percent of physicians report some level of burnout that manifests as depression, dissociation, indifference, and even substance use disorders. Medicine has become focused on monetary gains by large corporations, major hospitals, and insurance companies. As much as doctors want to focus on quality patient care, they are forced […] [Letting go when people let go of their lives]( My 83-year-old patient had outlived peoples’ expectations on several occasions. Faced with a critical illness three years ago, she underwent emergency surgery and spent several months in the hospital with a series of complications, including septic shock, renal failure, and hospital-acquired pneumonia. I’d seen her in the office for a new visit soon after she […] [Why physicians should adopt the roles of guides]( The family doctor used to be almost the only source of medical information patients had access to. Now, few people need us to bring them the latest news. It’s there for everyone to see. There’s even too much of it. Today, our role is to help make sense of it all. In order to do […] [What if you are one of the 2 percent?]( I’m a member of the ACR (American College of Radiology). One of their recent online postings is entitled: Choosing Wisely. Number three (of ten things physicians and patients should question) is: “Avoid admission or preoperative chest X-rays for ambulatory patients with unremarkable history and physical exam.” In only 2 percent of cases, will it make a […] [The weight of it: a pediatrician’s thoughts on how words last a lifetime]( Start at the origin. Over two, up four. Down three, right six. Left five, up one. Keep connecting the dots. Everything will take shape. I liked graphs. Plotting coordinates — whether it be for a parabola or ellipse — was always calming for me: numbers told you exactly where you needed to be. But my […] --------------------------------------------------------------- If a friend sent you this email and you want to subscribe, go to [KevinMD](. --------------------------------------------------------------- 345 Hudson Street New York NY 10014 USA [Unsubscribe]( | [Change Subscriber Options](