"I don't know yet." They're only four words, but they may be among the most important words a physician can say. Most of us are uncomfortable with uncertainty, especially when our health is involved.

A patient receives a hospital bill and does what every responsible article tells them to do. They check it. They see room charges, imaging charges, pharmacy charges, supplies, insurance adjustments, ...

For most of the past two decades, community practice has managed treatment-resistant depression (TRD) the way STAR*D described: one medication after another, with remission rates falling below 15 ...

An excerpt from Jimmy’s Story: Forging a New Path for American Healthcare. Looking back, I had submitted my fictional tale, “Standing Vigil 2020,” to the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), a ...

Being offered partnership in a medical practice is usually good news, but not always. One physician paid $60,000 to buy in, then signed a contract making her cover all of a $325,000 bonus her two ...

Doctors and nurses are trained to take excellent care of other people’s health, and often don’t look after their own. Close to half the health care workforce has burnout, and it shows in rounded ...

There I was lying on my bathroom floor: semi-conscious, teeth-chattering; relieved my fever-sweat was plastering my back to the cold tile. I was weak, trying my best to will my body to the warmth of ...

The words you put in a patient’s chart can be used to deny their disability claim. A note that says “stable” or “improved” can mean one thing to you and another to the insurer. Jennifer Hess, an ERISA ...

Aleksandra Filipovic is a practicing medical oncologist and chief medical officer at Gallop Oncology. She has more than 20 years of experience in clinical oncology. She previously held roles at ...

Many doctors who run their own practices spend hours on work someone else could do. One practice owner who charges $300 an hour was his own receptionist, verifying insurance all night and stepping ...

An emergency physician bought a new iPad and found 53 phone numbers he had forgotten were there. Each one was a family he put on a video call to say goodbye before he intubated their loved one. Howie ...