Stop bashing physician-entrepreneurs

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 With [state and federal governments]( expanding supervision of health care professionals, preventing practice regulatory violations and subsequent investigations has become critical. [Six ways to optimize your EHR for better clinical communication](. Learn how to maximize your EHR investment. [Read the ultimate guide]( on extending the value of your organization’s EHR. [Get CME]( from listening to the only daily medical podcast. 15 minutes a day. 7 days a week. [Subscribe now](. --------------------------------------------------------------- KevinMD Plus: Jul 21, 2022 [Stop bashing physician-entrepreneurs]( I see your comments on social media, and I wonder: Why are you upset? How do the negative comments towards physician colleagues serve you? This is not an attack (that would be hypocritical). Rather, I invite you to genuinely ask yourself these questions as I sense something familiar — a projection of frustration and pain, [...] [Fat acceptance is a human acceptance movement]( The recent article by Danielle Crittenden, “The Danger of Fat Acceptance: The Average American Woman Is Now a Size 18” is more of the same perpetuation of our society’s deeply internalized diet culture, weight blaming, and shaming of the individual and collective pursuit of thin privilege. The article was sent to me by a friend, [...] [Historical lessons to improve health care today [PODCAST]]( “Medical advances can often stir up ethical issues, which ripple into two courts: the court of law and the court of public opinion. These news articles described a public relations nightmare brewing at the National Pituitary Agency (NPA), which operated with NIH funding. Founded in 1963, the NPA had [...] [Corruption in health care: when the mice mind the cheese]( That the United States spends the most on health care is unsurprising. What’s questionable is paying so much for the worst health care system amongst high-income countries and being far behind many countries that could not be considered high-income by any stretch of the imagination. Other than doing brilliantly at mammograms and seasonal flu vaccines, [...] [Health care’s band of brothers and sisters]( Recently, I was sitting in the DFW airport after my son’s soccer tournament witnessing multiple flight cancellations. Travelers became upset because their plans were ruined due to “staff shortages.” I felt lucky as my flight was just delayed, and I had patients scheduled the next day. I needed to be there for them. Because of [...] [Malpractice may be negative, but its data can generate positive results [PODCAST]]( “When most health care professionals hear the word ‘malpractice,’ they want to run the other way. This is understandable—but also a missed opportunity. We can leverage malpractice data to target and drive investment in patient safety efforts. Malpractice data shows us that good communication and teamwork are vital to [...] [He was more than a housekeeper]( Over 30 years ago, this man began working for our hospital system. He was assigned to our ICU/CVICU units. Though some health care employees hadn’t even been born yet, Charles was a tried and true “lifer.” He was our housekeeper. And he was our friend — our family. He was a man with energy and [...] [My journey being gaslighted about obesity, skinny fat, and body type]( When I was eight years old, I was a star soccer player on a state championship team. During shirts-off practice and while down at the local pool, I noticed how different my body was compared to my peers. After I referenced my scientifically approved human body anatomy book, most of my peers’ bodies looked just [...] [Florence Nightingale. Clara Barton. Radonda Vaught?]( Mistakes and errors are regrettable but inevitable risks of the job for any patient-facing role in health care. As nurses, we are trained to report mistakes and errors when they happen. The maintenance of transparency in this way is an important element of our profession, intended to inform improvements that will, in turn, reduce the [...] [Why a nurse should not go to jail [PODCAST]]( “From a place of personal accountability and commitment to system improvement, RaDonda Vaught’s conduct in the aftermath of this tragic event has been exemplary. She told what she knew, as soon as she knew it, to any stakeholder, for any purpose in hopes that understanding her actions, state of [...] [Chaos and order: the simulated context]( An excerpt from Reality Check: In Pursuit of the Right Questions. I was on the floor of the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare conference when I heard screaming in the near distance. I turned toward it and saw some people gathering and others running. It sounded like an emergency, and someone was in grave [...] [It’s time to invest in trauma-informed ACEs interventions]( Last year, I witnessed the extreme consequences of untreated childhood trauma as a medical trainee rotating through multiple safety-net hospitals in Los Angeles County. I helped care for children who arrived in our emergency departments after multiple suicide attempts due to trouble in the home. Some children confided in me about their parents’ struggle with [...] [The “golden consult” revisited]( For years, scholars have thought the perfect surgery consult was impossible. Comedic ophthalmologist Will Flanary, a.k.a. Dr. Glaucomflecken, characterizes the golden consult as one in which the surgeon is not consulted too soon — because the patient is not sick enough to require his or her services — and one in which the surgeon is [...] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Thousands of physicians are browsing this job board](. They love its selection of over 12,000 openings across the U.S. [Physicians are finding opportunities they almost missed](. --------------------------------------------------------------- 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](