A medical resident ’s guide to personal finance
Let’s start with the most important part first. Your primary goal while in residency/fellowship is to become a great doctor. The kicker is that you also have to devote some time to your finances and not completely neglect them. We will outline the few financial items you should worry about while in residency.
Student loans
If you don’t have student loans, go ahead and skip to the next item; however, the unfortunate fact is that most medical residents are straddled with student debt and lots of it. Personally, I think getting your student loans organized as an intern/PGY-1 is one of the most important financial tasks a ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 19, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/chad-chubb" rel="tag" > Chad Chubb, CFP < /a > Tags: Physician Residency Source Type: blogs
Sometimes doing no harm means doing nothing
A couple of years ago, I took care of a 12-month-old boy with a cough. He had been seen by three other doctors over the last two days. Initially, he was seen by his pediatrician, who told his mother that it was “just a virus” and that his symptoms would go away on their own. Unsatisfied with this answer, she left the pediatrician’s office and drove immediately to an urgent care facility, where they told her that her son had pneumonia, and he started on an antibiotic. The next day, he was coughing more. So his mother took him to a different urgent care facility, where a second antibiotic was started.
On the third day,...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 19, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/chad-hayes" rel="tag" > Chad Hayes, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
It ’s time to start teaching financial literacy to young physicians
The ultimate goal of every young physician while in medical school and residency should be to become a remarkable doctor. However, what if one of the biggest factors of being a great doctor was not addressed from the start?
Financial wellness may not directly correlate with being an incredible doctor, but stress can and does, and today’s young medical professionals have a lot on their plates — beginning with $200,000 in student debt. Factor in starting a family, buying a home and — oh, yeah — you also have to be a great doctor and work 80 hours a week.
When I first started working with medical residents, I was ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 22, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/chad-chubb" rel="tag" > Chad Chubb, CFP < /a > Tags: Physician Primary care Source Type: blogs
Continuing the Tradition of #HITsm
Yesterday, the Health Standards blog announced that Healthcare Scene would be taking over the #HITsm Twitter chat. If you’re like me, then you’re probably a little shocked by the idea. At least I was when Chad (@ochotex) sent me an email asking me if I wanted to run the #HITsm chat. I was surprised, but excited by the opportunity to help lead a community that I love so much.
Much to Chad’s chagrin (I think), it took me a couple weeks to decide if I wanted the responsibility of taking it over. I know that organizing Twitter chats is a lot of work. It’s really amazing what Erica, Michelle, Angela and ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 11, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: HealthCare IT Healthcare Scene Healthcare Social Media #HITSM Chad Johnson Corepoint Erika Johansen Health Standards Source Type: blogs
7 pediatrician tips for back-to-school success
The new school year is just around the corner (or maybe it’s already started where you live). Either way, here are a few quick tips to make sure you start the year off right:
1. Sleep is key: Poor or insufficient sleep can have significant effects on school performance. Many of us (myself included) let our children stay up later during the summer months. But as school starts back, it’s important to adjust that bedtime. While every child’s sleep needs will vary slightly, a good rule of thumb is that elementary school kids require around 10 to 12 hours per night, and middle school or high school students usually need 9...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 26, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/chad-hayes" rel="tag" > Chad Hayes, MD < /a > Tags: Conditions Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
The Enterprisers Project: Healthcare CIOs need a strategic IT plan
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Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - July 28, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs
David Muntz Q & A: The future of healthcare will combine people, processes, and technology
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Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - July 19, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs
Hamilton mirrors the duel between doctors-patients and insurance companies
It’s likely that you or someone you know has attempted to purchase tickets, or at least talked about the difficulties of purchasing tickets to Broadway’s most popular show, Hamilton. While participating or overhearing the discussion, the conversation has likely pivoted to how expensive ticket prices are on the secondary market. It has become so difficult to get tickets through the box office, even with the partial block ticket releases that happen every so often, that famed composer/lyricist/star, Lin-Manuel Miranda, has taken to social media and lobbying New York’s elected officials to put an end to the after-marke...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 5, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Chad Rudnick, MD Tags: Physician Primary care Source Type: blogs
What we don’t know about vaginal seeding
Move over, placenta eating — there’s a new player on the newborn scene, and its name is vaginal seeding. In case this practice hasn’t crossed your radar yet, it’s a practice involving transferring bacteria from a mother’s vagina to a newborn who was delivered by C-section. Before you stop reading because you think that sounds gross, remember that the majority of babies pass through the vagina on their way into the world. (It’s also how they got there, if you know what I mean.)
We are all teeming with bacteria. There are hundreds of trillions of them living on your skin, in your gut, and–yes–in your vagi...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 16, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Chad Hayes, MD Tags: Conditions OB/GYN Source Type: blogs
How to boost your child’s immune system the right way
If you’re like most parents, you want your kids to be healthy. And if your kids are like most kids, that isn’t always the case. The most frequent illness of childhood is the common cold, and children — especially those in daycare — can get several of these infections per year. While cold viruses rarely result in significant complications, they certainly cause their share of discomfort, lost sleep, and time away from work and school. Because illnesses like the common cold are so common, there’s no shortage of people looking for ways to prevent them — or of Internet sites offering “natural”...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 18, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Chad Hayes, MD Tags: Conditions Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
The truth about fevers in infants
Fever phobia is common among parents. The vast majority of the time, these fears are unfounded, because a fever is very rarely a cause for significant concern. One important exception is in newborns under 2 months of age. Compared to older children, these very young infants are at high risk for serious infections, so any fever in this age group requires urgent medical evaluation. Here’s what parents needs to know about fevers in newborns:
What is a fever?
A fever, by definition, is a core body temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. We all learned in elementary school that 98.6 is a normal body temperature, bu...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 4, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Chad Hayes, MD Tags: Conditions Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Don’t replace your pediatrician with a smartphone
There’s no doubt that technology is changing the face of medicine. Today, surgeons can perform minimally-invasive procedures with the assistance of a robot or replace missing limbs with bionic ones. Radiologists can read imaging studies from halfway around the world. There are specialists providing remote services to patients with strokes, women with high-risk pregnancies, and critically ill neonates. Mental health professionals are now able to offer life-changing care to patients who would otherwise be unable to access these services. And pediatricians can look into a child’s ears from their living rooms … sort of.
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 18, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Chad Hayes, MD Tags: Physician Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Prevent your baby from dying: 9 tips every parent should know
Dead babies aren’t something anybody likes to talk about. But while it may be an uncomfortable topic, it’s also an important one — because there are things we can do to make it happen less frequently. The loss of an infant is something parents never really get over, and something that no parent should have to experience. Here’s a look at the most common causes of infant mortality and some things you can do to reduce your baby’s risk. (Warning: This is about to get real, and maybe a bit uncomfortable. But stick with me; it’s important.)
Babies die — a lot of them. And no matter how hard we try, babi...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 11, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Chad Hayes, MD Tags: Conditions Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
A physician’s personal experience with evidence-based medicine
It’s no secret that I have a special place in my electronically-regulated heart for evidence. There’s a good reason for that. Our primary job as physicians is to avoid harming our patients, but it’s followed closely by our calling to help them in some way. The problem is that, until we test our theories, we don’t really know which treatments will help our patients (or which ones might harm them), so we rely on things like randomized controlled trials or systematic reviews to guide us. In the hierarchy of medical evidence, an anecdote falls somewhere between a hunch and a rumor. Here’s mine.
Several years ago, I h...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 24, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Chad Hayes, MD Tags: Conditions Heart Source Type: blogs
A pediatrician gives vaccine advice to presidential candidates
First, I’d like to thank you for taking the time to read this; I know you’re busy fund-raising and campaigning, so I’ll try to keep this brief. It’s recently become quite apparent that several of you have some misconceptions about our immunization program. That’s unfortunate for people who are seeking such a prominent position. I know science can be complicated, but public health is a pretty important topic. (It’s especially disappointing that the physicians among you don’t seem to fully understand this issue, but I suppose immunizations are outside your specific fields.)
Anyway, the following are a few brief...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 2, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Chad Hayes, MD Tags: Conditions Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
