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When the Operating Room Wasn't an Option, a Different Kind of Problem-Solving Took Over
Expert Commentary

When the Operating Room Wasn't an Option, a Different Kind of Problem-Solving Took Over

A physiatrist's most unforgettable patient had already lost her job and her insurance before she ever walked into his clinic, and her case changed how he thinks about what medicine is actually for.

By Dr. Cleo D. Stafford II, MD, MS, RMSK · July 30, 2026 · 2 min read

Health Policy

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AI Won't Save Medicine by Replacing Physicians. Shikha Jain MD FACP Thinks It Should Make Them More Present.
Health Policy

AI Won't Save Medicine by Replacing Physicians. Shikha Jain MD FACP Thinks It Should Make Them More Present.

May 19, 2026 · 3 min read
AI Can Simulate Empathy. It Cannot Feel It.
Health Policy

AI Can Simulate Empathy. It Cannot Feel It.

May 15, 2026 · 2 min read
AI Can Handle the Paperwork. It Cannot Handle the Thinking.
Health Policy

AI Can Handle the Paperwork. It Cannot Handle the Thinking.

May 14, 2026 · 2 min read

Innovation

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The Paperwork Is the Point: Inside the Daily Insurance Battle Physicians Can't Escape
Innovation

The Paperwork Is the Point: Inside the Daily Insurance Battle Physicians Can't Escape

July 3, 2026 · 2 min read

Provider Wellbeing

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Physicians Are Not Burned Out. They Are Being Asked to Normalize the Unacceptable.
Provider Wellbeing

Physicians Are Not Burned Out. They Are Being Asked to Normalize the Unacceptable.

June 24, 2026 · 2 min read
Fifteen Minutes, a Stack of Prior Authorizations, and a Standard of Care You Can't Meet
Provider Wellbeing

Fifteen Minutes, a Stack of Prior Authorizations, and a Standard of Care You Can't Meet

June 23, 2026 · 2 min read
The Gap Between the Doctor He Wanted to Be and the One the System Made Him
Provider Wellbeing

The Gap Between the Doctor He Wanted to Be and the One the System Made Him

June 23, 2026 · 2 min read

Business Of Medicine

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Seventeen Years of Training, a Mortgage Worth of Debt, and a Life That Looks Nothing Like the Stereotype
Business Of Medicine

Seventeen Years of Training, a Mortgage Worth of Debt, and a Life That Looks Nothing Like the Stereotype

July 6, 2026 · 2 min read
When Time Became a Liability: One OBGYN on Leaving Corporate Medicine to Practice Without a Stopwatch
Business Of Medicine

When Time Became a Liability: One OBGYN on Leaving Corporate Medicine to Practice Without a Stopwatch

July 3, 2026 · 2 min read
Fifteen Patients Down to Ten, and That Is the Point
Business Of Medicine

Fifteen Patients Down to Ten, and That Is the Point

June 29, 2026 · 2 min read

Clinical Practice

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Ten Hours a Week on Charts, and Only 10 Percent Listening: One Pediatrician's Accounting of What Documentation Actually Costs
Clinical Practice

Ten Hours a Week on Charts, and Only 10 Percent Listening: One Pediatrician's Accounting of What Documentation Actually Costs

July 13, 2026 · 2 min read