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2 weeks ago | 
kevinmd.com | Arthur Lazarus |Leslie Gregory |Paul Pender |Christopher Habig
The term “core competency” was coined by management experts C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel in their influential 1990 article titled “The core competence of the corporation,” published in the Harvard Business Review. Prahalad and Hamel defined core competencies as the unique capabilities or advantages that a company possesses, which are critical to its ability to achieve competitive advantage and long-term success.
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4 weeks ago | 
kevinmd.com | M. Bennet Broner |Kasey M. Johnson |Arthur Lazarus |Michele Luckenbaugh
In past decades, physicians practiced medicine. The majority were dedicated to patient well-being. They were paternalistic and decided what was in their patients’ best interests, and patients generally trusted their judgments. In the 1970s, ethicists concluded that patients and clinicians should make treatment decisions jointly. This position has been championed since then, despite multiple surveys demonstrating that more than 50 percent of patients prefer their physicians to be the decision-makers.
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1 month ago | 
kevinmd.com | Sara Pastoor |Arthur Lazarus |Andy Bonner
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!Internal medicine physician Ryan McCarthy discusses the article, “What The Far Side taught me about belonging in science.” In this episode, Ryan reflects on the unexpected inspiration he found in Gary Larson’s comic strip The Far Side and how it shaped his journey in science and medicine.
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1 month ago | 
kevinmd.com | Timothy Hoff |Sara Pastoor |Arthur Lazarus |Andy Bonner
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!Family physician Dan Muntean discusses the article, “The heart of family medicine: a doctor’s journey of compassion and care.” In this episode, Dan shares his personal journey through 30 years of practice in family medicine, reflecting on the lessons learned from his upbringing in Romania, his diverse training experiences, and the deep connections formed with his patients.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
msn.com | Arthur Lazarus
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
kevinmd.com | Arthur Lazarus |Wendy Hind |Advait Suvarnakar |Aashka Suvarnakar
The peaceful transition of power to the 47th president of the U.S. occurred January 6, 2025. It was the loser of the presidential election who ensured an orderly process and ironically certified the results. In medicine, transitions of care – whether from inpatient to skilled nursing facility, from hospital to home, or during the passing of responsibility from one practitioner to another – represent pivotal moments in the continuity of patient treatment.
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
kevinmd.com | Arthur Lazarus
Many songs and famous refrains flooded my mind as we transitioned into 2025. “Living on a thin line,” “It’s all over now, baby blue,” and “Can’t find my way home” were some of the notable downers. On the flip side (no pun intended), I was uplifted by “Land of hope and dreams” and “It’s gonna be a bright sun-shiny day,” and the thought that “Love [would] reign o’er me.”Of all, what stood out was “Don’t dream it’s over,” a hit song written in 1986 by New Zealand-born Neil Finn.
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Jan 1, 2025 | 
kevinmd.com | Arthur Lazarus
Frank Sinatra’s 1965 hit, “It was a very good year,” framed the benchmarks of a life well-lived through relationships at various ages: when he was 17, “small-town girls … on the village green”; at 21, “city girls who lived up the stair”; at 35, “blue-blooded girls of independent means.”Fast forward 60 years.
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Dec 21, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Arthur Lazarus
Around Christmas time every year, The BMJ publishes lighthearted feature articles and original, peer-reviewed research intended to ease physicians into the holiday season and help them escape the drudgery of practice. The 2024 collection of articles is no exception, with enticing papers like “How to transport a polar bear, and other idiosyncrasies in providing emergency medical services in the Arctic” and “Living happily ever after?
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Arthur Lazarus
A fellow writer and I were having an online exchange. She said her painting was being interrupted by bursts of writing. She texted, “I’m writing about how storytelling is liberating itself from commerce, politics, religion, and emerging as medicine and culture.”I asked if I could use her quote as my biographical tagline. On my LinkedIn profile I could say: “I write about how storytelling liberates us from commerce, politics, and religion, emerging as medicine and culture.”“No,” she replied.
