Fixing the system that fails psychiatric patients [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Psychiatrist, internist,…

The problem with the 15-minute doctor appointment

You arrive on time: 8:20 a.m. for your 8:30 appointment. You’ve done your part; you showed…

Moral injury, toxic shame, and the new DSM Z code

The recent inclusion of moral injury as a Z code in the DSM marks a moment…

Why health care needs empathy, not just algorithms

The algorithm flagged a potential drug interaction in milliseconds. It suggested an optimal dosing regimen based…

Why CPT coding ambiguity harms doctors

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) is the billing language of American medicine. The health care system established…

Why physicians must not suffer in silence [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Neurologist Scott…

How to adopt AI in health care responsibly

To give you an idea of how rapidly AI adoption has occurred, I recently reviewed the…

Why the U.K. junior doctor strike matters

In mid-November, thousands of junior doctors in Britain will again step away from their posts. Not…

The collapse of developmental pediatrics

The terrain I refused to leave At Madigan Army Medical Center, I built a diagnostic model…

How AI is changing medical education

When I started medical school, I imagined long nights memorizing anatomy, shadowing physicians, and, eventually, walking…