Healthcare professionals
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You Didn’t Have To: Karin’s Thanks to Nurses
To Patrice and Marianne, who must have been there on the first day of thousands of students nurses and physicians at Stanford. And, lucky for me, shepherded me through my first days, weeks,…
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What Do Health Journalists Do?
We talk a lot about how healthcare professionals can help people learn how to advocate for their health and to optimize their care, but other professionals help people do that too: health journalists.…
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Finding Primary Care Providers Can Be Hard – Part 2 of 2
In part 1 of this series, we discussed why there is a shortage of family doctors or primary care providers and physicians. In part 2, we talk about some solutions. Physician, nurse practitioner,…
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Finding a Healthcare Provider Can Be Hard – Part 1 of 2
It’s not your imagination. Finding a healthcare provider, particularly a family physician or primary care physician, is not as easy as it used to be. Whether you need to switch because your doctor…
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Who Will See Me Now?
The doctor will see you now. The nurse practitioner will see you now. The physician assistant will see you now. The provider will see you now. We have sold our souls my friends.…