Challenges in Medicine

Examining the issues in medicine that you, your colleagues, and your patients face.

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It Took More Than 100 Days for My Patient to Get Approval for an Expanded Access Treatment

Jennifer Lycette, MD

Jun 10, 2019

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What to Do If You Ever Get Called a Disruptive Physician

Amanda Xi, MD

May 31, 2019 Link to What to Do If You Ever Get Called a Disruptive Physician

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The 'Promise of EHRs'

Mark Lloyd Braunstein, MD

May 30, 2019 Link to The 'Promise of EHRs'

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I Can't Help Patients Lead Better Lives in 15 Minutes

Cecile Yama, MD

May 30, 2019 Link to I Can't Help Patients Lead Better Lives in 15 Minutes

Read Last Year I Spent Almost $40,000 Just to Do My Jobarticle image

Last Year I Spent Almost $40,000 Just to Do My Job

Aalap C. Shah, MD

May 22, 2019 Link to Last Year I Spent Almost $40,000 Just to Do My Job

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Lifting the Veil of Mystery Medical Costs

Arti Thangudu, MD

May 20, 2019 Link to Lifting the Veil of Mystery Medical Costs

Read On the Menu: Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich?article image

On the Menu: Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich?

John Fornace, DO

May 17, 2019 Link to On the Menu: Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich?

Read How Do We Stay Current On Journals That Might Be Publishing False Research?article image

How Do We Stay Current On Journals That Might Be Publishing False Research?

Douglas Garland, MD

May 14, 2019 Link to How Do We Stay Current On Journals That Might Be Publishing False Research?

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Little Things Go a Long Way in Health Care Reform

Issam Koleilat, MD

May 14, 2019 Link to Little Things Go a Long Way in Health Care Reform

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The Click That Broke the Camel’s Back

Brian Templet, MD

May 13, 2019 Link to The Click That Broke the Camel’s Back

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There Will Never Be a Perfect Health Care System

Mark Rego, MD

May 8, 2019 Link to There Will Never Be a Perfect Health Care System

Read I Did the Math: Full-Time, Full-Service Doctors Cannot Ever Have a Work-Life Balancearticle image

I Did the Math: Full-Time, Full-Service Doctors Cannot Ever Have a Work-Life Balance

Steven F. Gordon, MD

May 7, 2019 Link to I Did the Math: Full-Time, Full-Service Doctors Cannot Ever Have a Work-Life Balance

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What Happens When Doctors Do As They're 'Supposed To'

Austin Reifel

May 3, 2019 Link to What Happens When Doctors Do As They're 'Supposed To'

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The Tyranny of the Electronic Medical Record

Kunal Sindhu, MD

May 2, 2019 Link to The Tyranny of the Electronic Medical Record

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Protecting the Vulnerable and Fighting For Evidence-Based Health Care Reform

Alec Feuerbach and 2 others

May 2, 2019 Link to Protecting the Vulnerable and Fighting For Evidence-Based Health Care Reform

Read What Medical Education Is To Practicing Physicians And What It Could Bearticle image

What Medical Education Is To Practicing Physicians And What It Could Be

Brian Gilmer, MD

May 1, 2019 Link to What Medical Education Is To Practicing Physicians And What It Could Be

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Price Transparency Is a Customer Service Opportunity In Health Care

Jonathan Kaplan, MD

Apr 26, 2019 Link to Price Transparency Is a Customer Service Opportunity In Health Care

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Clinicians Need More Time and We Need it Now

Mark Rego, MD

Apr 25, 2019 Link to Clinicians Need More Time and We Need it Now

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A Call to Action: Run Like the Future of Health Care Depends on It

Joe Ciavarro, PA-C

Apr 17, 2019 Link to A Call to Action: Run Like the Future of Health Care Depends on It

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What Motivates Doctors to Work for Insurance Companies?

Jennifer Lycette, MD

Apr 16, 2019 Link to What Motivates Doctors to Work for Insurance Companies?

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Moral Physicians Are Not Enough

Austin Perlmutter, MD

Apr 9, 2019 Link to Moral Physicians Are Not Enough

Read Libby Zion's Death Changed Hospital Schedules, And Not for the Betterarticle image

Libby Zion's Death Changed Hospital Schedules, And Not for the Better

Elliott Martin, MD

Apr 5, 2019 Link to Libby Zion's Death Changed Hospital Schedules, And Not for the Better