Letters from Maine
Letters from Maine
Don’t screen, just listen
If we are failing to ask about or even listen to caregivers’ concerns about something as important as sleep, we are missing the boat.
Letters from Maine
AI & U: 2
Would patients accept a dehumanized type of primary care delivered by AI? Will they have a choice?
Letters from Maine
AI & U
How can we in primary care take advantage of the wonders of the current AI technology?
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A clash of expectations
What is a pediatrician? More specifically, what is the role of a primary care pediatrician?
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Teenagers and work
For most teenagers, a job can have a positive influence on their development and with a modest amount of parental oversight will have a minimal...
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Time to rebuild
Letters from Maine
Are parents infecting their children with contagious negativity?
While the mental health of children is causing their parents to be anxious and depressed, this may be a bidirectional connection.
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Notes on direct admission of pediatric patients
Whether our local situation favors direct admission or ED preadmission evaluation, it is our job to make the communication flow with the patient’s...
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Returning to normal after concussion
I am heartened that we are now hearing voices suggesting a return to concussion management based on careful observation of the individual patient...
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Can pediatricians’ offices be urgent care centers again?
By failing to accept the challenge of seeing our patients in a timely manner for their minor problems we will continue to fragment their care and...
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Is it time to unionize?
Most of us are employees now. We need to finally accept that role and begin acting like employees working under stressful and unhealthy conditions...