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Health care price transparency: Why patients are bypassing insurance
I recently went to Quest Diagnostics for a TB test and a couple of basic labs…
From Singapore to Canada: a blueprint for primary care transformation
Recently, Dr. Tara Kiran made headlines when her robust national OurCare survey revealed 5.9 million Canadians…
The enduring value of the physical exam in modern medicine
I recall the moment I fully grasped the critical importance of the physical exam and how…
Physician mental health and suicide prevention: stories of survival
An excerpt fromPhysicians With Lived Experience: How Their Stories Offer Clinical Guidance(APA Publishing, 2025). Foreword by…
Outsourcing patient contact: a solution for multilingual health care
The fissuring of health care, along the lines of “The Fissured Workplace: Why Work Became So…
Orthorexia nervosa turns healthy habits into a harmful obsession [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Internal medicine…
Why doctors struggle with health care system delays
As a pain physician, I spend my career advocating for patients who struggle to access appropriate…
The truth about ketamine: an anesthesiologist explains drug safety
Unfortunately, we’re all too familiar with the tragic headlines: Matthew Perry, cause of death: ketamine overdose…
Learned helplessness and self-efficacy in tobacco treatment
Treatment of people who use tobacco is different. Most treatments given to patients are reasonably successful,…