A Day in the Life Scenarios
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ER DOCTORS STRUGGLE WITH DRUG SEEKERS!
In the recent blog about drug-seeking behavior, I referred to the emergency or urgent care physician who faces drug seekers…
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SPECIALISTS: WE MUST HAVE THEM!
I’ve discovered that some specialists have a very easy time of it. Seeing patients, that is! They really do. Imagine…
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DO YOU STILL TRUST YOUR DOCTOR?
If you’ve gone to the same doctor for a long time, you probably do trust him/her. You’ve consulted your doctor…
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WHEN A PATIENT DIES, WHAT’S THE DOCTOR’S ROLE?
WHEN A PATIENT DIES, WHAT’S THE DOCTOR’S ROLE? A couple of years ago I wrote a blog about the death…
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GOOD DOCTORS GET A’S
PHYSICIANS STRIVE TO GET “A’s” Even though many educational institutions have abandoned letter grades and adopted a “pass-fail” grading system,…
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NURSING HOMES: Memories I’d Like to Forget!
When I first started practice, I was the “new kid in town.” I was the new doctor who everyone called…
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MANNERS: WHAT’S HAPPENED TO THEM?
The dictionary defines manners as “social comportment, ways of behaving with reference to polite standards.” Basically, manners refer to the…
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THE CONCIERGE PRACTICE MODEL
ADDENDUM: A recent editorial in Medical Economics gave new perspective to the concierge practice model. Specialdocs, a company that transforms…
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I’M EMBARRASSED BY MY COLLEAGUES
I am continually embarrassed for and concerned about the medical profession. Yes, I’m embarrassed because of the image of physicians…
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DOING HIS PART TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CARE
In the blog explaining why individuals go to medical school and why they choose a particular specialty, I mentioned the…
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