Opinion

While we take stock of successes and failures, we are once again reminded that the US healthcare system isn’t built for everyone.

Any office with patient records is a potential target.

Hackers will hit any vulnerable target.

The lessons learned now will change how physicians approach patients and how doctors are trained.

Post-traumatic stress and anxiety are high, but there are resources out there to help physicians.

We have seen enormous tension across the country when it comes to two important goals: protecting population health, and protecting economic health.

What are the biggest challenges facing physicians during the COVID crisis?

It’s likely that this baseball season will end up more off-course than Dr. Fauci’s Opening Day first pitch.

Not everyone has embraced the technology.

Value-based contracts may play an integral role in telehealth’s future.

Will telehealth’s proven success through the pandemic be enough to engrain it into the system?

Patient demand will play a huge role in determining how common the technology becomes.

Continuity of health is a major benefit that helps maintain the doctor-patient relationship.

Kurt Stange, MD, says that establishing even brief relationships with patients has a “pay it forward” effect that will benefit patients, and health care generally, in the future.

Here are four critical communications strategies to help deal more effectively with the next crisis.

You're not the only one who's feeling a bit stressed.

Kurt Stange, MD, says patients changing health insurance when they change jobs, along with physician mobility and changes in technology have combined to make long-term relationships less frequent.

The coronavirus pandemic has also revealed valuable lessons to help us navigate these turbulent times.

Being adaptable to technology and planning is key.

The ultimate effects won’t be known for some time, but a team-based environment will help everyone in the end.

Why telemedicine will largely dictate the future of healthcare.

COVID-19 hit a healthcare system — and physicians — already in crisis

Misaligned incentives are leading to high costs and poor outcomes.

We need to re-examine the role of physical activity in obesity management. Here’s why.

After speaking with multiple physician experts, I now have the tools to begin to identify and overcome my own implicit biases—and so can you.