A counter-narrative I kept hearing before the New Year was that everything’s “so much better” than I think it is. I’m fairly certain that’s not true, but my cup is still " half full" (and probably a little more than that) as I start another … [Continue reading]
I want to share with you a short, jarring essay I read in the New York Times this week, but first a little background. For some time now, I’ve been worrying about how tech companies (and the technologies they employ) harm us when … [Continue reading]
Since recent posts here and here about work in healthcare—discussing burnout among health professionals, concerns about misuse of patient data, and questions about who is policing our rapidly changing health system—I’ve continued to follow … [Continue reading]
It came as no surprise. After writing about the growing challenges and responsibilities facing medical professionals and patients last week, I happened upon two posts about the burnout rates for the professionals who are charged with promoting … [Continue reading]
On a train to New York City, I found myself sitting next to a doctor from Johns Hopkins. Mid-career. Confident. As it turned out, he was also from a family of doctors. In his career, he said he’d alternated between research and seeing patients and I … [Continue reading]
