Using Collaborative Care to Improve Psychiatric Outcomes and Reduce Costs
There is limited access to quality mental healthcare in the United States. Only 20% of adults with common mental health disorder see a specialist…
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The Magic of Childbirth
It’s not the gentle flight of a stork through the glimmering sunshine of new day. It’s new life knit from blood and sinew in…
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The American Academy of Family Physicians Podcast: Interview Edition
Today I am interviewing Steven Brown, MD, Family Medicine Physician and creator of the American Family Physician Family Medicine Podcast, which has been in…
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Can Population Health Improve Health Outcomes and Reduce Healthcare Costs?
While population health has become an increasingly popular term in medicine, it still lacks a commonly-accepted definition. David Kindig, who coined the term in…
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To Appreciate What Gives Us Meaning
Growing up, it wasn’t uncommon to spend countless hours reading—getting lost in novels of mystery, fantasy, or for those so-inclined, a complex Greek philosophical…
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The Importance of Medical Ethics: A Short Anecdote
During one of our medical ethics lectures, Dr. David Beyda posed a question: Should convicted prisoners be eligible to receive organ transplants, even if…
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Transferring a Life
It looked like a fish out of water. I have never been fishing, but in movies the fish’s mouth puckers while it gasps for…
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Disability, Innovation, and Hope
My experience with disabilities started with my family. My grandmother had cataracts, macular degeneration, rheumatoid arthritis from age 70, and two full hip replacements…
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The Physician-Patient Relationship: A Personal Reflection
The physician-patient relationship is the bedrock of medical practice and humanity. Humanity is “compassionate, sympathetic, or generous behavior or disposition.” It includes the idea…
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How Hard Can Med School Be, Right?
When I was applying to medical school, many people told me to make sure that my application reflected that medical school would not be…
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