Date: 7/30/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 26 Advocate Toolkit, Hospital Edition It's so incredibly complicated to be a patient today, as I recently observed when I hung out at the bedside of a sick relative. If you don't have a "doctor friend", you might need…
Part 2 discussing why Medicare Advantage plans are an actual DISadvantage for you and for our country's fiscal system. When you sign up for Medicare, you have a choice of Traditional/Original, Medicare or "Medicare Advantage", which is technically not Medicare and is instead a private health insurance company caring for…
Date: 6/16/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 24 The Disadvantage of Medicare Advantage, Part 1 Episode summary: Wow, I knew Medicare was complicated but didn't realize just how complicated. I've spent the last few weeks diving deep and was most curious about Medicare Advantage, Part C…
Date: 6/18/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 23 In Doctors We Trust Episode summary: What is trust as it relates to the doctor-patient relationship? How is it fostered when the very healthcare system itself works against it? Why is it important, and what can you do…
The majority of doctors today are dissatisfied with the healthcare system. That's not to say that they don't want to be doctors anymore. It's just that they're fed up with the same system that patients are stuck in and fed up with. It's important that doctors and patients see and…
Date: 4/64/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 21 How We Learn to Be a Patient, Part 2 Episode summary: Continuing from the end of last season, Ep 12, where I talked with my own daughter about her experience going to an urgent care center alone for…
I have this never-ending quest to help doctors and patients understand each other better. This collection of short stories on what it's like to be a patient are meant to do just that. These are a few years old - I wrote them when I had breast cancer in 2020-2021…
Part 2 follows the last episode, where I reviewed how we got to where we are with insane drug costs in the US and a bit on how the Pharma system works. This week I did a deep dive on how someone can save on their medication costs. I review…
Date: 5/07/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 18 US Drug Costs Are Insane, Part 1 Episode summary: Wow, drug costs in the US have skyrocket in recent years. The popularity of Ozempic and other weight loss drugs have really brought this issue into the light lately.…
Date: 4/30/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 17 Big Hospital Break Up Episode summary: I’m breaking up with my hospital. I live in Chicago, with its plethora of academic medical centers. I’ve long believed that these are generally good places to receive healthcare, but I’ve become…
Date: 6/13/22 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 10 Pushback, Part 2 Episode summary: How did we get to where we are today, where health insurance companies dictate how medicine should be practiced between a doctor and their patient? This episode reviews the origins of Medicare, and…
Date: 4/23/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 16 Race and Healthcare: Teaching Med Students Episode summary: Episode 3 of 3 of a miniseries on racial disparities in healthcare. We've heard from Linda Villarosa on how we got to where we are today and what some of…
Date: 4/16/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 15 Race and Healthcare: One Man's Story Episode summary: Last week we heard from Linda Villarosa on the impact slavery still has on our modern healthcare system and how it leads to racial health disparities in the US. Today…
Date: 4/9/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 14 Race and Healthcare: Historical Roots Episode summary: Many of the health inequities that we see in healthcare today stem from beliefs held in the time of slavery that have led to "myths" about black bodies and black health.…
Date: 3/25/24 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 12 Bosom Buddies Episode summary: Today's episode is a fly-on-the-wall perspective for you of how friends talk about cancer. A couple of my friends and I all had cancer within a couple of years of each other, and this…
Date: 7/19/22 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 11 How We Learn to Be a Patient Episode summary: My daughter had an encounter at a doctor's office recently, which was her first time going for a health visit by herself. What ensued was confusion and hilarity. It…
Date: 6/7/22 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 9 Pushback Part 1 Episode summary: Part 1 of stories about doctors and patients who are pushing back on a broken healthcare system. Learn about concierge care and direct primary care, from two doctors that left traditional fee for…
Date: 5/31/22 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 8 Medical Errors Episode summary: This is a three part episode: part 1 is a story about a medical error with devastating consequences, part 2 is a minor medical records error that has much larger ripple effects and part…
Date: 5/24/22 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 7 Doctor Burnout and Moral Injury Episode summary: Physician burnout is very prevalent in the US, and is predicted to rise in the coming years as the pandemic lingers, the doctor shortage intensifies, and the population of elderly shoots…
Date: 5-17-22 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 6 How Doctoring Used to Be Episode summary: In the old days of medicine, doctors had more time and more freedom to practice their art as they saw fit. Nowadays many doctors are affiliated with big hospitals or groups,…
Date: 5/10/22 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 5 Doctoring Above & Beyond Episode summary: Doctors' lives are so insanely busy, that it stands out even more when someone takes the time to go beyond the expectation of basic care. It could be something small, like simply…
Date: 5/3/22 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 4 Doctors As Patients Episode summary: What happens when the doctor has to take off the stethoscope and lie down in the hospital bed? You’ll hear 3 stories today: A pediatrician hospitalist whose own child is in the hospital,…
Date: 4/26/22 Name of podcast: Dr. Patient Episode title and number: 3 Finding Humanity in the Hospital Episode summary: Hear Grace Lombardo’s stories about a role-reversal in the hospital, the blog that she maintains to share about her experiences, and how she got one doctor to think twice about how…
