Giving my cell phone number to a patient. Is that what doctors should do?

Posted by denitzablagev on October 20, 2013 · 2 Comments 

Check out my new post on the pros and cons of doctors giving out their cell phone numbers up today on kevinmd. http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2013/10/share-direct-contact-information-patients.html

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Slow Medicine

Posted by denitzablagev on May 8, 2013 · 2 Comments 

Time heals all wounds, they say, or, in medicine, if not all, then many.  But with our improved efficiency and throughput of patients, we fail to allow this most magical treatment to work.  The pace and intensity of medicine has increased exponentially over the past several decades.  We see more doctors, have more procedures, take … Continue reading →

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