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2 months ago | 
kevinmd.com | Brittany Ladson |Molly Walker |Martin Lustick |Alan P. Feren
ECRI just published in its Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2025 that the risks of dismissing patient, family, and caregiver concerns is now the number one safety concern. The term refers to instances where patients feel their symptoms are dismissed, minimized, or outright ignored by clinicians. Intentionality is not always present: Most occurrences are rooted in systemic issues such as time constraints, communication breakdowns, cognitive biases, and overwhelming administrative burdens.
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Mar 2, 2025 | 
kevinmd.com | Martin Lustick |Robert Pearl |Michael Poku
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!Physician executive Shamar Young discusses his article, “Geographic disparities in advanced cancer care: a call for innovation,” highlighting the uneven access to emerging cancer treatments across different health care systems.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
kevinmd.com | Shamar Young |Robert Pearl |Martin Lustick |Michael Poku
Imagine two patients are diagnosed with liver cancer on the same day. Both have similar tumors and overall health. The only difference? Their zip codes. While we’d like to believe that all patients in the United States receive standardized care regardless of location, the reality is far more complex. Where a patient lives—and more specifically, which health care system they can access—may fundamentally alter their treatment options and outcomes.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Debbie Moore-Black |Martin Lustick |Mitchell Berger |Timothy Hoff
It was that bewitching hour. 0300. Behavioral health unit/behavioral health intensive care unit. She was a small young woman. Her eyes appeared black as coal, as if her soul had been sucked out repeatedly. There were bruises around her eyes, black and blue punch marks up and down her arms. Several superficial cuts on her forearm—self-destruction. She was quiet, almost invisible. She wanted to sit in the corner of her bed, curled up in a fetal position. He was so charming.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Timir Banerjee |Casey Paul Schukow |Mustafa Farooq |Martin Lustick
I have found that many physicians are not happy. I wanted to share with them some ways to find “amrita” in life. Then we can face life with joyful countenance, ready to receive the Maker when we hear the knock, as described in Revelation 3:20. It is important to associate with virtuosity.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Shane Tenny |Steven Siegel |Martin Lustick |Mitchell Berger
Dr. Peter Onorato, an accomplished anesthesiologist, found himself at a crossroads. With a lucrative career and a substantial income, he was eager to grow his wealth. Like many high-income earners, Peter believed he could outsmart the market. Despite his wife’s concerns, he decided to invest over $300,000 in a tech startup after several days of online “research” and hearing from several colleagues in the doctor’s lounge about the expected 25-30 percent returns.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Arthur Lazarus |Casey Paul Schukow |Martin Lustick |Anna Gladstone
Over the past several months, I’ve’ been busy assembling various essays into a book—essays I’ve written and published here on KevinMD and elsewhere. The manuscript is now complete. Here’s a brief pitch I’ve given to about two dozen publishers (I do not have an agent):Dear Acquisitions Editor:I am writing to ascertain your interest in publishing my manuscript tentatively titled Narrative Rx: A Quick Guide to Narrative Medicine for Students, Residents, and Attendings.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Santina Wheat |Martin Lustick |Benjamin Brookwell |George Mathew
The American Medical Association recently reported a decline in physician burnout rates, which is fantastic news. Decreasing burnout means happier doctors, improved patient care, and healthier relationships with family and friends. Yet, even with this progress, burnout rates in my own specialty, family medicine, along with other primary care specialties, remain staggeringly high—over 50 percent.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Jennifer Jonsson |Martin Lustick |Richard A. Lawhern |Emma R. Hostetter
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!We sit down with family physician Emma Hostetter, who shares her deeply personal journey navigating the challenges of parenting a neurodivergent child with ADHD. Emma opens up about the emotional toll, the gaps between her medical knowledge and real-life experience, and the transformative shift in her parenting approach.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Jack S. Resneck |Joshua W. Elder |Tamara Scott |Martin Lustick
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!We sit down with surgeon Charles Dinerstein to explore the complex role of race in medical research and practice. We dive into the historical use of race as a variable in health care, its limitations, and potential alternatives like genetic ancestry and social determinants of health.
