Opinion

Do you P.U.I.?
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Although practicing while sleep deprived generates more headlines, practicing under the influence deserves some...
Opinion

Try a little D.I.Y.
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
While we’re waiting for our health care nonsystem to straighten out, we need to take better care of ourselves.
Opinion

The bloated medical record
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
It may be time to reconsider the purpose of the medical record.
Opinion

Pain mismanagement by the numbers
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Pain is a complex, multifaceted phenomenon. Distilling a person’s pain experience to a single number doesn’t make sense, nor does reflexly...
News

Meaningful work
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Every job has its meaningful and meaningless components. The problem is that we in primary care medicine are facing a landscape in which the...
Opinion

Affirmative action 2.0
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
It’s time to begin anew our search for inclusion-promoting strategies that will pass the Supreme Court’s litmus test of legality.
News
Dangerous grandparents
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
It can be a touchy subject in families, but grandparents should be reminded that their behavior may be setting a bad example or putting their...
News

Home management of belly pain
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
For the most part, Dr. Moms and Dads are handling their children’s abdominal pain appropriately, but little is known about the rare and often...
News

A glimmer of an answer to long COVID
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
When we are trying to discover what is making our patients sick, we must adhere to our traditional practice of taking a good and thorough history...
Opinion

WOW! You spend that much time on the EHR?
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
After a couple of decades, there is no well defined way of quantifying the time-gobbling effect of an EHR system.
Opinion

Don’t screen, just listen
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
If we are failing to ask about or even listen to caregivers’ concerns about something as important as sleep, we are missing the boat.
Opinion

AI & U: 2
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Would patients accept a dehumanized type of primary care delivered by AI? Will they have a choice?
Opinion

AI & U
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
How can we in primary care take advantage of the wonders of the current AI technology?
Opinion

A clash of expectations
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
What is a pediatrician? More specifically, what is the role of a primary care pediatrician?
Opinion

Teenagers and work
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
For most teenagers, a job can have a positive influence on their development and with a modest amount of parental oversight will have a minimal...