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Why Your Doctor Doesn’t Listen to You

Doctors often spend more time in front of a computer than in front of the patient. How to get your doctor to pay attention.

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I Interrupt Your Day to Bring You This Blog on Interruptions

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Mar 43 min read

I Interrupt Your Day to Bring You This Blog on Interruptions

On a miserably cold, gray, and blustery Tuesday afternoon, a block of time miraculously appeared in my schedule when two Zoom calls were...

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How the PGA and NBA Can Prepare You for Your Next Medical Appointment

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Feb 124 min read

How the PGA and NBA Can Prepare You for Your Next Medical Appointment

No one has a greater stake in your healthcare than you do.

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Why is going to the doctor like buying a car?

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Jan 227 min read

Why is going to the doctor like buying a car?

Going through the economic and emotional acrobatics of buying a car is not the highlight of my world. However, it is one of those...

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Jan 82 min read

Not Just a Cup of Coffee

Once upon a time a gas station was called a filling station. These were mom-and-pop operations scattered throughout communities and...

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Dec 12, 20232 min read

A Holiday Story to Warm Your Heart

Once upon a time in a land not so far away, a little baby was born. He was the pride and joy of his mother and father. The entire...

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Dec 4, 20233 min read

I 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...

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More Lessons from the Piano in the Key of Life

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Nov 14, 20233 min read

More Lessons from the Piano in the Key of Life

It really does not take much to make a difference in someone’s day, in someone’s life. Let me explain. About twenty years ago an...

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Oct 25, 20234 min read

The Unexpected Lessons

I had the great privilege to address an audience of a thousand residents from my community who have been participating in a decade-long...

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Oct 9, 20234 min read

The Headline That Jumped Off the Page

We can become numb by the relentless news cycle that can focus on the negative. But every once in a while, a brief sentence can change...

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Sep 13, 20233 min read

One More Day

Jerry Maguire was a brash sports agent representing a player for the Arizona Cardinals, wide receiver Rod Tidwell, who demanded a lavish...

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Aug 5, 20234 min read

A Horse of Course and a Life Lesson

Medicine is complex. The body of medical information doubles approximately every 72 days. Surgical procedures now routinely performed in...

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Imagine Cancer Testing with a Drop of Blood

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Jul 5, 20235 min read

Imagine Cancer Testing with a Drop of Blood

The phone call was completely unexpected. A colleague with whom I had trained was in town for the evaluation of a potentially serious...

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Democratization of Medicine: Does your doctor know best? Maybe not

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Jun 18, 20235 min read

Democratization of Medicine: Does your doctor know best? Maybe not

Not too many decades ago, in the history of medicine, healthcare providers were culled from the ranks of the clergy. These practitioners,...

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When AI Customer Service Goes Horribly Wrong, Humans to the Rescue

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Jun 5, 20234 min read

When AI Customer Service Goes Horribly Wrong, Humans to the Rescue

Many of us live in a fast-paced, hyper-caffeinated digitally driven culture of intermittent constant interruptions, unreasonable demands.

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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Who’s the Greatest Athlete of All?

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Apr 23, 20235 min read

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Who’s the Greatest Athlete of All?

Once upon a time the term GOAT was a term of derision to describe someone who underperformed under pressure. The player who fumbles the...

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What Empowered Patients Can Learn from the Car Repair Guy

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Nov 14, 20223 min read

What Empowered Patients Can Learn from the Car Repair Guy

When it comes to maintenance of our cars, we here in the Midwest take the annual winter checkup seriously. If the car does not start,...

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