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Lessons From Covering Down

These days, this is considered Extreme Leadership: If the team is failing, the leader is failing. As one watches support dwindle, you begin to cover down. To cover down means to taking on the duties of your fallen teammates. In medicine, our medical assistants assist the physician in multiple tasks. Prior authorizations, durable medical equipment,Continue reading “Lessons From Covering Down”

Sitting With the Enemy

A day in the life with “The Administration” So here I am, day 2 of a 5 day conference for strategic planning for a giant of healthcare. Most of the folks here are not providers. I am keeping an open mind; these are the movers/shakers of healthcare. These are the decision-makers for future changes. DiscussionsContinue reading “Sitting With the Enemy”

When Asking for Help, Appeal to People’s Self-Interest, Never to Their Mercy or Gratitude: 48 Laws of Power in the Business of Medicine

It has been a terrible day in the clinic- to top off a month of resignations of clinical staff. You finally sit down at your desk to complete a mound of paperwork, patient notes, and unread results only to find an email from the business department regarding your RVUs. The meeting goes sour as theyContinue reading “When Asking for Help, Appeal to People’s Self-Interest, Never to Their Mercy or Gratitude: 48 Laws of Power in the Business of Medicine”

National Health Awareness: April 2022

I am cautiously optimistic that the COVID-19 numbers are staying down in our region. The worldwide data suggest a small uptick and a hybrid variant in the UK appears to be having a slower uptrend (variant was detected in my city the week of 24MAR). We will see what next month brings, but I amContinue reading “National Health Awareness: April 2022”

Articles on Burnout : Thoughts

Recent articles in the November/December 2019 journals including Annals of Family Practice (4 articles) and Family Practice Management (2 articles) address issues concerning burnout. Burnout is still an issue that is poorly understood, not well defined, and overwhelmingly prevalent. Burnout is like love, you know it when you feel it. Unlike love, burnout is notContinue reading “Articles on Burnout : Thoughts”

Spartans, what is your profession?

The profession of medicine is one of empathy, compassion, applied science, and skill. For many, the practice of medicine has devolved to a daily struggle against vast armies of insurances, barbaric electronic medical records, and administration that fancies themselves gods. The vast armies of insurance – During my first 6 months of private practice, insuranceContinue reading “Spartans, what is your profession?”