This week, I stayed after clinic to catch up on charting. After actually finishing writing the patient notes from the week, the next part of charting was clicking “approve” on a long (long!) list of neglected patient notes that needed to be finalized. Literally, I just needed to click “approve”, over and over. But it wasn’t click…
As a family physician on Chicago’s South Side, every day brings painful and beautiful stories, many variations on a theme–gun violence, senseless loss, deep heartbreak for loved ones, deep love for family, faith in God. Patients share how they cope with life constraints and limited opportunities with warmth, humor, anger, sadness and love. I am going to…
Sometimes weeks accidentally have themes. Last week’s theme was connectedness. On Saturday, I attended a talk on physician resilience at the American Association of Medical Colleges annual meeting. On Monday, I attended a talk on diversity, inclusion and excellence at the University of Chicago Medicine. On Thursday, I participated in a conversation within the family…
I’ve had a dream. In our messed up, dysfunctional macro-healthcare system, I’ve dreamed of empowering providers to play a part in designing and implementing clinical processes that make our micro-systems work in each unique clinical environment. Everyone involved in providing clinical care–from patient service representatives, to medical assistants, to physicians, to our medical records peers,…
Prevention Not Prescription 