If we better manage diabetes, can we better manage COVID?
Over their lifetimes, adults in the United States have a 40% chance of developing type 2 diabetes. And the likelihood for Latino adults is 25% higher. Even worse, Latinos develop type 2 diabetes when...
View ArticleVirtual care is convenient, but is it better for everyone?
Through all the changes that we experienced in the past two years, two trends became quite popular: staying home to binge-watch television and getting medical care over your phone. Interestingly,...
View ArticleA physician mom’s take on telemedicine
I know most of us have started adapting to the new way of life in our practice. However, some of us are still skeptical. I’m hoping to reach out to the skeptical ones among us. The reason I say that is...
View ArticleVideo visits as clinical touchpoints to improve older adult mental health
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a profound toll on older adults, isolating them physically and emotionally from their communities and families. Mental health has suffered across generations and, as a...
View ArticleIs your smartwatch smart about your health?
Your smartwatch talks a lot but may not say as much as you believe with regard to health. Constant data collection from wearables claims to improve medicine at large. Is the “quantified self” the next...
View ArticleWhy expand telemedicine for arthritis patients?
One in four Americans carry a diagnosis of arthritis, a significant cause of limitation from basic life activities to disability. One in ten adults has to limit their activities due to pain caused by...
View ArticleTelemedicine is not medicine
The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in many insidious handmaidens among its foul equipage. From Zoom meetings and school closures to masks and lockdowns, our world was torn asunder and, eventually, rendered...
View ArticleThe evolving role of physicians in health care
Health care has changed dramatically in the last decades, from the introduction of electronic medical records to the COVID-19 pandemic serving as a catalyst for telehealth and virtual care options to...
View ArticleMedical innovation: a serendipitous step toward gender equity
There has never been a better time to be a woman entrepreneur. With ever-growing numbers of venture funds specifically for women and nonprofits dedicated to advancing women in tech, the next Apple is...
View ArticleThe most valuable health care companies of tomorrow will be technology companies
I’ve always been curious about the top 0.1 percent. Their mindsets, backgrounds, upbringing, perceptions, skills, and behavioral traits that got them there. After living through the Dot-com bubble,...
View ArticleThe time is ripe for virtual care solutions in COPD
There’s a burgeoning crisis taking hold in the COPD management space; there are simply not enough pulmonologists, respiratory therapists, or pulmonary rehabilitation facilities to treat the growing...
View ArticleMyths and misconceptions about virtual primary health care
Virtual primary care, unlike virtual urgent care, involves doctors who take the time to get to know their patients, creating (and nurturing) trusted doctor-patient relationships. Virtual primary care...
View ArticleHow technology is transforming medicine and making distance healing a reality
My first job as a “real” doctor was in 1991. During one of those early days in my career, one of my coworkers — a woman who worked in reception — approached me for help. Even then, I could recognize a...
View ArticleTelehealth takes the stage: How virtual visits are revolutionizing health...
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join us for an insightful conversation with Lyle Berkowitz, a physician executive, as he discusses the growing trend of telehealth and its...
View ArticleHow to overcome telemedicine’s biggest obstacles
The global health care sector has undergone a digital revolution, with telemedicine at the forefront of this transformation. Telemedicine offers promising opportunities to enhance patient care, reduce...
View ArticleExpanding health care access and equity through telehealth
The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) has been an amplifier and catalyst for numerous issues. The pandemic has impacted health care delivery significantly, and inequities for the Black community...
View ArticleHow digital therapeutics can strengthen the provider-patient relationship and...
Research shows that early intervention in mental health conditions is critical for achieving better outcomes. Left unaddressed, conditions tend to progress. The depression will worsen. The anxiety will...
View ArticleHow telemedicine ruined a physician’s career
Doing side gigs is in vogue now. I want to tell you my story. It has to do with how one of the leading telemedicine companies ruined my career. I hope that my story will help many of you navigate this...
View ArticleBreak the rules of health care with technology
In the 21st century, all but one U.S. industry has used information technology (IT) to cut costs, increase access to products and services, and improve quality. Health care is the lone exception. For...
View ArticleThe latest plague of the pandemic: a smartphone app
Just as we begin to exit the latest surge of the global COVID-19 pandemic another challenge to health care is appearing—the efforts to combat physician burnout. One example of a proposed solution is...
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