Dr. EdApr 114 min readNow What Do I Do?When the Healthcare System Lets You Down Several years ago a promising baseball pitcher in his twenties was destined for stardom. He had...
Dr. EdDec 4, 20233 min readI Need a New Doctor. Now What?The letter arrived out of the blue like a notice from the IRS about an upcoming audit. The letter went something like this: Dear Valued...
Dr. EdNov 29, 20224 min readThe Asteroid That Destroyed Healthcare as We Knew ItWe humans survived on the grassy plains of East Africa millions of years ago by the power of community. The power of connectedness....
Dr. EdJul 5, 20225 min readWhat Dorothy Said to TotoIn the 1939 iconic musical fantasy, Wizard of Oz, Dorothy cradles her little dog Toto when a tornado transports them from her home state...
Dr. EdJun 26, 20223 min readWhat Our Prehistoric Ancestors Taught Us about Social Connection (and Why COVID Changed All That)Let us turn back the clock several million years. We humans survived in small groups of families and clans. We sat around campfires, we...
Dr. EdMar 23, 20213 min readLife after COVID (Spoiler alert: not much different) but Medical Care Is Changed ForeverOur nightmare of death and misery is over a year old now. We live with spikes and plateaus, shots and deniers, masks and distancing,...
Dr. EdDec 3, 20205 min readThe Doctor in the Mouse: Why telemedicine is the one stunningly hopeful change COVID has createdAs COVID infections spread in mid-2020, and as isolating was recognized as the path to prevention, patients were reluctant to show up for...