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Talk to Your Doctor so Your Doctor Will Listen

The most common complaint about physicians on the internet is, “They didn’t listen to me”.

You were sitting in the office and the doctor was physically present in the room, but they weren’t all there. Even worse is when the doctor doesn’t try to understand what you are going through. Sometimes it can seem like they didn’t even care. Let me give you a suggestion on how to talk to your doctor so your doctor will listen.

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Physician leadership, patient flow and the critical importance of the 3 minute team huddle

How often do you find yourself putting out fires and running late in your office day? If it is more than just an occasional inconvenience … you need this simple and powerful patient flow and physician leadership tool.

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Work Life Balance Keys – Anchor to a Super Habit

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Medical Costs Lower with Price Transparency – Imagine That !

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Dike Drummond MD Joins Innovative Healthcare Speakers Bureau

I am happy to announce that I have been invited to join Innovative HealthCare Speakers.com as a member of their innovative healthcare speakers bureau.

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Part Time Doctor beats Full Time Burnout

One of the most common stressors of docs in our so-called health care “system” is the sheer toxicity of full time hours. While most of the rest of the world considers full time to be 40 hours a week. We all know a full time doc starts at 80 plus … if you include all the hours you must be available on call.

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Death with Dignity in a Busy Emergency Room

In our modern hospital environment, death with dignity can be difficult to accomplish. So often the conversations that would lead to a death with dignity are missed or avoided — with tragic consequences.

Here is a story from my own personal experience of a death with dignity in the midst of a busy Emergency room … a setting where death with dignity is the very last thing on most people’s mind.

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Medical Career Overwhelm?
Here’s Step #1 to Take Your Life Back

When it comes to Having A Life
You have a Blind Spot

The funny thing about blind spots is you don’t know you have them … that is why they are called “Blind Spots”. This one is shared by virtually 100% of the physicians I have met … and many others who have chosen a medical career. This particular blind spot is a direct result of the conditioning of medical school and residency.

As a result of this blind spot …You don’t know where you are going
And you aren’t the one driving the bus
[...who is that clown anyway?]

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