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Dec 2, 2024 | 
healthcentral.com | Alok Patel
“That’s why I usually wear sweatshirts and hoodies—it covers my scar.”Every time I throw on a hoodie, these words, spoken by a teenager with congenital heart disease, come to mind. Many of my teenage patients juggle life with chronic disease and the social rigors of being a young adult. These individuals share common experiences, as approximately , with nearly 40% managing two or more conditions.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
mdedge.com | Alok Patel
Publish date: August 7, 2024 This transcript has been edited for clarity. We need more diverse students — more students from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds in medical school. That is not a controversial take. That’s not even a new thought. What is a hot take, however, is that free medical school alone is not going to accomplish this goal. In fact, based on data and what people think and are saying, that’s just reality.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
mdedge.com | Alok Patel
This transcript has been edited for clarity. Would free medical school encourage more students to pursue primary care? Overpriced medical training in this country definitely contributes to burnout and the physician shortage, and all that debt may influence what type of specialty somebody goes into. The question remains: If we change that one variable and make medical school free, is that enough to convince students to pursue primary care?
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Apr 6, 2024 | 
dev.to | Alok Patel
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Mar 7, 2024 | 
mdedge.com | Alok Patel
Publish date: March 7, 2024 This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hospital administrators and some department heads have been vocal about the potential for unions to affect both the attending-resident relationship and the ability for residents to directly discuss concerns and educational plans.
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Mar 6, 2024 | 
medscape.com | Alok Patel
This transcript has been edited for clarity. More and more residency programs are unionizing. There could be a secret meeting happening at your work right now. I want to ask you all a simple question. What do you think are the downsides to residents unionizing? Assuming you aren't a hospital administrator who is trying to save dollars, I'm legitimately curious. Even residents who are pro-union advocate for open dialogue and hearing from all sides. Let's chat about it.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
impactalpha.com | Ben Thornley |Alok Patel
Limited partners are becoming more adept at asking their impact-oriented managers a key question: Does it matter to financial performance if an impact-aligned company is owned by an impact investor rather than a traditional investor? At the same time, ESG strategies face growing pressure to substantiate their contribution to improved risk-adjusted financial returns.
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Oct 12, 2023 | 
mdedge.com | Alok Patel
Publish date: October 12, 2023 This transcript has been edited for clarity. The other day, I received a flowery, elaborate email from none other than a physician recruiter: “Beautiful parks, hiking, great schools, blah blah blah, worked RVU production bonus on top of base pay.”That last part – RVUs. I’m lost. I hear mixed reviews from physicians who work in RVU-based systems. The entire thing seems overly complex and confusing, so let’s clear it up.
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Oct 11, 2023 | 
medscape.com | Alok Patel
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Aug 2, 2023 | 
mdedge.com | Alok Patel
This transcript has been edited for clarity. Dr. Patel: A friend recently joked with me and said, “I wish you were a dermatologist so you could hook me up with Botox and fillers.” Well, little does this friend know that I could be a certified cosmetic injector just after a weekend course. Botox parties, here I come? I can’t blame any health care professional for having a side hustle. People are burned out, want to supplement their income, or scale back clinical hours.
