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1 month ago | 
kevinmd.com | Jaimie Cavanaugh |Daryl James |Ken Terry
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
kevinmd.com | Pamela Buchanan |Jaimie Cavanaugh |Daryl James |Ken Terry
As an emergency room physician with 20 years of experience, I’ve witnessed countless moments where patients come to the ER not because their symptoms demand urgent care, but because they lack understanding about their own medical conditions. These are not isolated incidents—they’re a systemic failure in communication that contributes to patient distress, health care inefficiency, and physician burnout.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
pacificlegal.org | Jaimie Cavanaugh
Health care shortages are a nationwide problem, but they are particularly concerning in Oregon – the state with the second fewest hospital beds and second fewest rehabilitation beds per capita. This problem didn’t pop up overnight. Instead, Oregon’s“certificate of need” laws have been restricting growth for decades, leaving Oregonians without access to much needed health care services. Consider Eugene.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Claire Abramoff |John Corsino |Jaimie Cavanaugh |Daryl James
Voting is one of the most fundamental rights in our democracy, and yet it can be incredibly challenging. Getting to your polling station, waiting in line, remembering to request your absentee ballot, checking your voter registration status—it is not a straightforward process. If you suffer from an unexpected illness or injury and find yourself hospitalized, it can feel impossible to make your voice heard and participate in an election.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
nsjonline.com | Jaimie Cavanaugh
From the White House to state capitals, politicians have recognized debt forgiveness as a powerful tool for swaying voters and rewarding preferred constituencies. At the same time, federal regulators are working to remove medical debt from credit scores. Recently, Vice President Kamala Harris’s office commended North Carolina for its forgiveness of $4 billion in medical debt. Anyone who is struggling with medical debt and sees that debt obligation removed would be relieved.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | G. Richard Olds |Jaimie Cavanaugh |Daryl James |Leslie Gregory
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!In this episode, we sit down with Jay Anders, a physician executive, to discuss the evolving landscape of health care. We explore his unique insights on leadership, the challenges facing today’s medical professionals, and the critical role of technology in shaping the future of patient care. Tune in for an engaging conversation that highlights the intersection of medicine, management, and innovation.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Steve Cohen |Gabriela Ramirez |Gabriela Ramírez |Jaimie Cavanaugh |Daryl James
Half of my family and many of my friends are doctors. I admire them enormously: they are smarter, work harder, and are more compassionate than any group I know. Yet sadly, they are all wimps. Despite non-stop carping about the dangers and cost of health insurers’ prior authorization machinations, not a single one is willing to step up and take on an insurance company. Of course, I understand why: doctors’ incomes are largely dependent on insurance companies paying them.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Jennifer Tillman |Jaimie Cavanaugh |Daryl James |Alexandra Beem
I enter the exam room, met by a faint but lovely strawberry fragrance. Mrs. B. rests comfortably on an office chair; she always eschews the exam table. In her 80s, she is a formidable woman, heavyset, her deep brown skin somewhat pale, yet she sparkles in a long, bright, flowery dress, glasses with large silver frames, one hand resting on a cane of knotty oak. Her two adult sons stand nearby, respectfully quiet.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Jay Anders |G. Richard Olds |Jaimie Cavanaugh |Daryl James
As a physician who grew up in a small town in central Illinois, I’ve witnessed firsthand the decline of rural health care in America. The hospital where I first became interested in medicine is now half its original size, merged with a larger health system, and struggling to stay afloat. This story is all too common across rural America, where health care access is becoming increasingly scarce, and the challenges for providers are mounting.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Sean Jordan |Peter Ubel |Marc Braunstein |Jaimie Cavanaugh
It is no secret that we are making great strides in reducing the mortality of lung cancer. From improving screening rates which have reduced the chances of dying from lung cancer due to earlier detection, increased adoption of minimally invasive surgical techniques, and exciting new drugs that have been shown to improve survival even in metastatic disease, there is reason to be hopeful in what has usually been a devastating and fatal diagnosis.
