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Founded a century ago in 1922, PEN America (the abbreviation short for “Poets, Essayists and Novelists”) champions the freedom to write, and the power of writing to change minds—and even the [...]

A recent Pew Research survey found that Americans are worried about the ethical impact ChatGPT will have on medical practice. Last month’s reader survey asked for your thoughts on some of [...]

Thirteen years have passed since President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, our nation’s last significant piece of healthcare legislation. Though the landmark law helped reduce the number of [...]

My April newsletter (see: Monthly Musings on American Healthcare) led with an article about the role of regulators in healthcare. The April reader survey asked you to weigh in on (a) the [...]

Republican and Democratic leaders promised to leave Medicare alone as they debate the nation’s debt ceiling. But with 10,000 Americans retiring every day, Medicare costs are quickly outpacing the [...]

U.S. healthcare costs are rising rapidly while American life expectancy has remained stagnant for two decades. Businesses are facing greater economic pressures and looking for ways to flatten the [...]

ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot from OpenAI, is taking the digital world by storm. This month’s reader survey asks about your experiences with the app and your predictions for its [...]

During the holiday season, a trio of viral infections (influenza, Covid-19, RSV) began straining hospitals as cases spiked. With the elderly and young children at greatest risk, last month’s [...]

The holiday season came and went. And while thoughts of good will were still dancing in our heads, I asked readers about their healthcare hopes for the future. Here are the results: My thoughts: [...]

The midterm ballots had been cast but the results weren’t yet conclusive (as of 11/15/2022 when our most recent poll went live). Amid the uncertainty, last month’s survey sought [...]

This past weekend, I had the privilege of keynoting the annual meeting of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS) in Dallas. Established in 1991, the AAHKS is the leading [...]

I was honored to join the annual Lifestyle Medicine Summit (Oct. 21-30, 2022), a 10-day event that brings together experts in public health, wellness coaching, lifestyle improvement and [...]

My latest guest on the Fixing Healthcare podcast was Dr. Zeke Emanuel. Years ago, Zeke wrote a controversial essay for The Atlantic titled “Why I Hope to Die at 75,” citing the physical and [...]

Yesterday marked the third annual Ending Clinician Burnout (ECB) Global Summit, a fantastic online event with a virtuous mission “to bring an end to burnout in healthcare.” For hundreds of [...]

In a recent Forbes article series, I described three mega forces soon to hit American medicine (i.e., healthcare inflation, nurse shortage, physician burnout). Like the perfect storm, these [...]

Funding for digital health startups in the United States hit $38 billion in 2021, up 75% from the year before. With billions and billions of dollars being pumped into hundreds of entrepreneurial [...]

The congressional package contains significant federal investments in alternative energy and an expanded role for the federal government relative to both healthcare coverage and drug pricing. [...]