Business of Medicine
Commentary
Saying goodbye: How to transition teens to adult medical care
Many clinicians feel insufficiently prepared to provide comprehensive transition services.
Feature
Physicians don’t feel safe with some patients: Here’s how to reduce the danger
Nearly 9 in 10 physicians reported that they had experienced one or more violent or potentially violent incidents in the past year.
News
Don’t keep your patients waiting
Everyone works at a different pace. Determine the number of patients you can comfortably see in an hour, and book only that number.
News
Could ChatGPT write this column?
I asked ChatGPT to write an article about itself in the style of Christopher Hitchens. It was nothing like his incisive and eloquent prose, but it...
Feature
Expelled from high school, Alister Martin became a Harvard doc
It’s not often that a high school brawl with gang members sets you down a path to becoming a Harvard-trained doctor.
Feature
Doctors are disappearing from emergency departments as hospitals look to cut costs
It took three trips to the ED on 3 consecutive days before a patient saw a doctor who looked at her blood work.
Feature
Health plans get very poor scores for access to autoimmune drugs
Three out of four insurance plans use policies that result in significant to severe restriction of access to medications for seven autoimmune...
Feature
UnitedHealthcare tried to deny coverage to a chronically ill patient. He fought back, exposing the insurer’s inner workings.
The college student’s medical bills were running nearly $2 million a year.
Feature
Doctors and dating: There’s an app (or three) for that
Medical training can consume decades when others are exploring relationships and starting families.
Commentary
A doctor intervenes in a fiery car crash
‘While all of the children were concerning to me, I identified one in particular: the 5-year-old boy.’
Perspectives
Three wild technologies about to change health care
Now, in the 23rd year of the 21st century, you might not believe what we’ll be capable of next.