Now What Do I Do?
When the Healthcare System Lets You Down Several years ago a promising baseball pitcher in his twenties was destined for stardom. He had...
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Dr. Ed
- Jan 22
- 7 min
Why is going to the doctor like buying a car?
Going through the economic and emotional acrobatics of buying a car is not the highlight of my world. However, it is one of those...
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Dr. Ed
- Dec 4, 2023
- 3 min
I Need a New Doctor. Now What?
The letter arrived out of the blue like a notice from the IRS about an upcoming audit. The letter went something like this: Dear Valued...
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Dr. Ed
- Jun 18, 2023
- 5 min
Democratization of Medicine: Does your doctor know best? Maybe not
Not too many decades ago, in the history of medicine, healthcare providers were culled from the ranks of the clergy. These practitioners,...
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Dr. Ed
- Feb 27, 2023
- 5 min
Why Your Doctor Doesn’t Listen to You
Scenario 1: You’re in the exam room, sitting in an open-backed gown. You and your doctor have discussed your high blood pressure (stay on...
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Dr. Ed
- Nov 29, 2022
- 4 min
The Asteroid That Destroyed Healthcare as We Knew It
We humans survived on the grassy plains of East Africa millions of years ago by the power of community. The power of connectedness....
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Dr. Ed
- Dec 27, 2021
- 4 min
Like Rats in a Cage, Are We Witnessing the Collapse of the Healthcare System?
A classic laboratory experiment involving rodents goes something like this. These smart little caged rats quickly figure out if they...
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Dr. Ed
- Mar 3, 2021
- 3 min
COVID-19 and 'All Creatures Great and Small'
For most circumstances in life, if we can anticipate an element of closure, of closing the chapter, connecting the dots and moving on, we...
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Dr. Ed
- Dec 3, 2020
- 5 min
The Doctor in the Mouse: Why telemedicine is the one stunningly hopeful change COVID has created
As COVID infections spread in mid-2020, and as isolating was recognized as the path to prevention, patients were reluctant to show up for...
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Dr. Edward Creagan
- Nov 3, 2019
- 7 min
The Monster in the Exam Room
His name was Dr. Frank. He made house calls to my family when I was growing up in New Jersey. He carried a black bag, which was more...
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Dr. Edward Creagan
- Aug 28, 2019
- 4 min
The Crumbling Bedrock of the Medical Profession
A respected medical colleague who recently retired offered to buy me a cup of coffee to talk about some “issues.” I was uncertain about...
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Dr. Edward Creagan
- Aug 3, 2019
- 7 min
Healthcare Is Killing Your Doctor: Beware the Pandemic of Burnout
Pandemics of disease have altered the course of human history. The bubonic plague in medieval times wiped out almost half of the...
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