Dr. Patient podcast

I was a patient, then a doctor, then a patient again. Podcasting about the doctor-patient relationship.

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@StuartBlitz It’s a crazy system. On the bright side, at least they’re asking for it. Hopefully they’ll read it…

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PBMs keep declaring their well intentions while hiding behind a wall, as described in today’s NYTimes article, The Opaque Industry Secretly Inflating Prices for Prescription Drugs
#pharma #ozempic

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Kudos to @ReedAbelson and @RebeccaDRobbins for their excellent reporting on PBMs and why they are driving YOUR prescription cost up. In the NYTimes today. For more, check out my podcast episodes 18 and 19, U.S. Drug Costs Are Insane. Link in bio
#medtwitter #pharma #ozempic

[Gavin Preston, M.D. @GavinPrestonMD]

For the first time in the history of the US, most physicians are no longer self-employed.
Losing control over one's practice is an enormous loss, contributing to lack of well-being and burnout.

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Had a great chat in this week’s episode with @leitnk01_karen who is so insightful about why #doctors feel dissatisfied and what they can do about it #medtwitter #medlife #doctorpatient #healthcare
https://t.co/A3dTZ4betE

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Have docs forgotten how to do neuro exams? I have 2 recent crazy stories of someone with a stroke and someone with a serious symptomatic concussion in the ER and neither got ANY neuro or fundoscopic exam before discharge... #medtwitter #healthcare #health #neurology

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Example in my backyard of medical administrators putting $ over patient care. Happens every day. #medtwitter #healthcare

[Katherine Davis @katmdavis]

Some health care news with ramifications for the entire Chicago region: Following Ascension IL’s decision to outsource hospitalist staff at its local hospitals to a PE-backed staffing firm, more than a third are leaving. My reporting in @CrainsChicago: https://t.co/ia1OzCHRlF

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@katmdavis @CrainsChicago Shameful. A move like this is the opposite of having patient care at the center of what you do. I wish patients would run away based on that, but most will probably never know about this transition.

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@MTylerTSYLI 😂

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@KieranMacRae Part 2 of US Drug Costs are Insane, where I did a deep dive on how to save $ at the register with or without insurance
#medicalpodcast #healthcare #pharma #ozempic

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@BarbaraKJanik 100%

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@GavinPrestonMD Yes, my Dad, a retired physician, added this little detail - if you can't explain it to a child then you don't really understand it. I've found myself often thinking I understand something but then realize I don't pass this metric...

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@kaitlyn_mcsurdy Agree with this 100%

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@GavinPrestonMD I agree 100%, but then what do you recommend to them? National health plans have failed patients in other ways.

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@DrEricBall 😂😂😂

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@libsyn How to save $ at the register on your medications #pharma #ozempic #healthcare

https://t.co/XKtENhbix2

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@GavinPrestonMD 100% agree

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@jareddashevsky You really have no idea until you’re on the other side. And then, you are still experiencing it as a physician, who knows a lot about the system inherently. What about all the people that don’t know about the system?

[Dr. Patient podcast @DrPatientPodcst]

@LeahHoustonMD Yes, all true. What are we going to DO about it?

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@AmandaMGoetz This is what you get when private for-profit companies run the show. The US had lots of opportunities to take up a national health plan but special interests blocked it each time https://t.co/vuVgz7eDWa