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Doctors Need to Be Where Their Patients Are: Online
If knowledge is power, then content (in proper context) is king. Why am I online blogging, pushing content through my website and even interacting on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest and many...
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Golf, Surgery, and Connecting: An Early Medical Lesson
In a voice confident and ringing with anticipation, Mr. A explained with meticulous detail how he determined which approach shot to hit to the second green on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park....
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The Great Untapped Opportunity for Doctors on Social Media
Thousands of healthcare providers now utilize Twitter and other social media as a means of communicating and staying in touch. We follow conference hashtags from afar to keep up-to-date, and to e-meet...
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The Diagnostic Tool We Can’t Outsource
Something seems out of place. Something feels different. Something is wrong. We all experience that feeling – as humans, we have all relied on the gut check to let us know when things are amiss. But...
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Non-Compliance or Failure to Communicate?
When surgeons publish their results, they include statistics regarding how many patients did well, and how many didn’t. And as the authors break down their failures, a major consideration is...
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Why You Should Make Your Digital Footprint Social
Establishing a digital presence is rapidly becoming a necessity for healthcare professionals, medical practices, and institutions. Yet something that often gets obscured in the discussion is the fact...
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Treating the Patient, Not the X-Ray
A dignified man, mentally sharp with clear blue eyes, sat before me. Next to him, his wife of 51 years, and next to her, their three children. His voice – surprisingly soft, and muted – offered the...
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How High-Tech, Low-Touch Medicine Affects the Decision to Operate
Twenty-something years ago, I was faced with a very important decision. What specialty would I choose to pursue as a physician? There were many that attracted me. But in the end, I chose orthopedic...
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How Technology Helps, and Hurts, Healthcare
Robert was the picture of health. He had run eight marathons and finished countless 5K and 10K races. He tracked everything from sleep to food intake, logging his exercise parameters religiously. A...
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The Conversation We Must Make Time for
Sitting in my office, Tim appeared no different than your average middle-aged man. He was complaining of knee pain. His knee hurt when he woke up, and it would be stiff if he sat still for a while and...
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