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Dr. Ed
Apr 114 min read
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 227 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20235 min read
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, 20235 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20205 min read
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, 20197 min read
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, 20194 min read
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, 20197 min read
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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