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Michael Doring Connelly
Revisiting the art in the science of medicine
Professor Paul Lauritzen has composed a compelling piece about end-of-life care. In it, the author recounts the story of his wife Lisa...

Michael Connelly
Apr 14, 20231 min read
How we can overcome doctor burnout
Dr. Eric Reinhart’s recent New York Times guest essay, Doctors Aren’t Burned Out From Overwork. We’re Demoralized by Our Health System,...

Michael Connelly
Feb 7, 20233 min read
Why medicine needs both art and science
Since the Enlightenment, we’ve favored science over intangibles like wisdom and art. This belief in science gives us the illusion of...

Michael Connelly
Jan 31, 20233 min read
Medicare needs to change to serve those at the end of life
Reforming Medicare enrollment and simplifying Advance Directives are passions for Dr. Kevin Haselhorst. In this podcast he argues that...

Michael Connelly
Jan 29, 20232 min read
We need to change the way we think about death
This episode of The Doctor's Art is an excellent overview of Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider's impressive work advocating for improved...

Michael Connelly
Jan 7, 20231 min read
We need to talk
While they are necessary, end-of-life conversations are seldom discussed. Such silence is understandable when it comes to the general...

Michael Connelly
Dec 22, 20221 min read
How to boost physician morale
Why is physician morale at an all-time low? It’s no mystery--they are living under a massive bureaucratic burden. In fact, most of them...

Michael Connelly
Dec 16, 20221 min read
Decoding the biggest problem in healthcare
For health professionals, coding obligations are all consuming. This is because their compensation is in jeopardy if their services are...

Michael Connelly
Nov 15, 20221 min read
Coding hampers physician-patient communications that enhance care
Med students need better communication skills, and this training program in Massachusetts shows why: 1. “Studies have shown that...

Michael Connelly
Nov 13, 20221 min read
How to ease access to palliative care
Palliative care is increasingly recognized as a vital patient care treatment model. Unfortunately, we created a new specialty but forgot...

Michael Connelly
Nov 12, 20221 min read
Primary care is key to reforming healthcare but we have to fix it first
Primary care is critical to successfully reforming healthcare and yet this specialty has been seriously neglected for decades. This...

Michael Connelly
Nov 11, 20221 min read
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