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1 month ago | 
kevinmd.com | Dale J. Bingham |Alexa Mason |Elizabeth M. Barreras-Rivest |Caitlin Ryus
My wife once told me, “It was like everyone was your friend.” And she may be right. I connect well with others and take an honest interest in them. In practice, I always ask where they are from. I find that a great opener, and even Alzheimer’s patients and the elderly can often answer that one. I have done that since my paramedic days.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Phindile Chowa |Kimi Chernoby |Claire Dowell |Elizabeth M. Barreras-Rivest
The moment my daughter was placed on my chest, I knew something was wrong. Her skin had a blue-purple tinge, and she barely cried. I instinctively began rubbing her tiny body, trying to stimulate her, but she remained quiet and minimally responsive. When I tried to put her on my chest to nurse, she did nothing. My doctor quietly left the room, and soon after, a team of medical professionals entered. They quickly took her from me, saying they needed to weigh and clean her up.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Aaron Morgenstein |Amy Bissada |Jen Barna |Elizabeth M. Barreras-Rivest
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!We sit down with Dike Drummond, a family practice physician, to explore how AI-powered note-writing software is revolutionizing medical documentation. While these tools offer short-term relief to overworked physicians by drastically reducing charting time, could they ultimately lead to increased patient loads and a new form of burnout?
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Emily Little |Eric Beam |Elizabeth M. Barreras-Rivest |Sarah Murad
Did you know? August 22nd marks World Plant Milk Day. Get ready for a creamy, non-dairy cheers! Once just reserved for soy, the list of alternate milk options now includes everything from macadamia to hemp to flax to rice milk. But has anyone stopped to wonder why our milk craze, first ignited with the glass bottle deliveries of 1878 and now perpetuated with the bougiest of non-dairy creamy concoctions, has never fully and wholeheartedly embraced the original, actual milk made for humans.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | L. Joseph Parker |Rita Agarwal |Richard A. Lawhern |Elizabeth M. Barreras-Rivest
The CDC is trying, desperately, it seems, to pound a square peg into a round hole, blaming COVID-19 for a surge in alcohol use and ignoring a glaring problem with the evidence. That’s not something you generally expect from scientists. However, I would argue the CDC is no longer controlled by scientists. While dedicated scientists still work there, the CDC is now controlled by politics.
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Mar 24, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Dike Drummond |Elizabeth M. Barreras-Rivest |Michael McGuire |Advait Suvarnakar
Our physician coaching team and I have extensive experience working with thousands of doctors over the past 13 years who have approached us feeling burned out, exhausted, and uncertain about their future. We have developed a structured method to assist them in recovering from burnout by focusing on new strategies aimed at constructing their ideal practice. For years, we’ve recognized that these strategies can be categorized into seven distinct groups.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Martin Young |Nicole Russell |Steven Zhang |Elizabeth M. Barreras-Rivest
Some years ago, I came across a very useful little device – a thumb (flash) drive that also had the ability to record sound. It powered up simply by being slotted into a USB port. Inserting the drive did not raise any suspicion that I was recording. Sometimes I used this overtly, such as when obtaining informed consent or giving instructions that were vital to be followed.
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
kevinmd.com | Emil Shakov |Monique Tello |Elizabeth M. Barreras-Rivest |Torie Sepah
The alarming rise in physicians resigning from their roles is a testament to the severity of the crisis. Where physicians were once the pillars of health care, delivering vital services to their communities, they now find themselves struggling with diminishing job satisfaction, declining productivity, and inadequate self-care routines. The result is a mass exodus from the profession, leading to a shortage of health care professionals and jeopardizing patient care.
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Nov 8, 2023 | 
kevinmd.com | Laya Jalilian-Khave |Monique Tello |Edwin Leap |Elizabeth M. Barreras-Rivest
“When and how much?” I tried to recall the list of questions for intoxicated patients. A middle-aged man, much older than the demographics printed on the documents I hold, was writhing in pain, vomiting, and sobbing. The paper stated: chief complaint – mouse poison pellet ingestion, attempting suicide. “How and why?” I kept asking. I was his first encounter upon entering the emergency room, a terrified fifth-year medical student at a hospital in Tehran.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
kevinmd.com | Josh Schwarzbaum |Edwin Leap |Elizabeth M. Barreras-Rivest |Amanda Xi
We are human and we all make mistakes. It’s an inherent part of our nature. It’s easy to get caught up in the belief that our mistakes define us or determine our worth; however, this couldn’t be further from the truth. As physicians, mistakes often serve as the uninvited guests in our otherwise meticulously planned professional lives. Yet, it is crucial to recognize that these errors are not stamps of incompetence but rather intricate threads woven into the fabric of our growth and wisdom.
