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How value-based care transforms chronic kidney disease management
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects more than 1 in 7 U.S. adults, while approximately 2 in…
Why rigorous training is vital for today’s surgeons
Are you serious? It’s 2 a.m., and you take a patient to the OR for what…
Why so many doctors secretly feel like imposters
One of the most important—and least discussed—truths in medicine is this: Feeling inadequate in medicine isn’t…
Why hospital jobs are failing physicians: burnout, pay, and lost autonomy
Hospital employment was once billed as the solution to the headaches of private practice — a…
The cost of ending shadowing in medical education
A faculty-wide email recently announced that shadowing in our emergency department would no longer be recognized…
The hidden cost of professionalism in medical training
I sat in my pink childhood bed, my name still written in cursive above it from…
Rethinking physician resilience for sustainable well-being
Personal resilience is one of the three core components of the Stanford model of physician professional…
Why enterprise risk management is key to value-based health care success
The evolving contemporary era of value-based health care (VBHC) demands new risk leadership. VBHC emphasizes quality,…
Why telling kids to eat less and move more fails to address obesity
Despite decades of public health messaging urging children to “eat less and move more,” rates of…