Steve Blatt

Jun 12, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Charles Tanguay |Courtney Markham-Abedi |Cindy Thompson |Steve Blatt

In recent years, health care has made significant strides toward gender equality. But are these changes for the better? Let’s use facts to address the misconceptions and finally close the topic of women in medicine. 1. Female doctors make less money than men. As everyone knows, quality of care is directly proportional to revenue. 2. Female doctors cannot handle multiple patients. They are, after all, the undisputed queens of multitasking, a skill that is highly valuable in the medical profession!3.

Apr 28, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Howard Smith |Christine Zharova |Nicholas Bellacicco |Steve Blatt

A patient presents to the emergency room of a major local hospital with ulcers on the heels of both feet. The patient is more than 40 years old, smokes, and has hypertension but is not a diabetic. It is determined that the patient has peripheral artery disease. The patient is admitted to Dr. X’s service. Dr. X is a vascular surgeon with a special interest in endovascular devices for peripheral artery disease. However, Dr. X, for whatever reason, is out of the country. Dr. Y is covering.

Oct 30, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Tod Stillson |Randall S. Fong |Steve Blatt |Chetan Wasekar

The majority are wrong. Is it possible that the growing majority of doctors are mistaken in their decision to choose traditional employment? How is it that the most intelligent group of individuals on earth can be influenced to believe that being confined to traditional employment is in their best interest, especially when the burnout rate is approaching almost 60 percent? Don’t follow the herd.