Edward Creagan MD FAAHPM

"The ideal setting to discuss who makes medical decisions if you can’t and how the trust is structured and your wishes for your funeral is best handled during the light of day rather than under the glare of the beeping monitors in a busy emergency room." lttr.ai/AgAbI

Bottom line: Once upon a time promoters of shadowy, unproven treatments would operate under a circus tent at some carnival and sell snake oil. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AXUuM #supplements #miraclecures #BogusMiracleCures

With a hand on the doorknob and a “see you next year,” your doctor is about to disappear. How to make your doctor pay attention to you. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AfgZv #empoweredpatient #HighBloodPressure #MakeHealthierChoices

The burned-out physician is more typical today than in the past when the friendly family doc made house calls and took a chicken in payment. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AfWWz #doctorvisit #MakeHealthierChoices

With our computerized electronic health record, medical notes are then pulled forward and are accepted as gospel by subsequent evaluators of the patient. Why this is wrong thinking. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AfLPC #secondopinion #healthcare #diagnosis

Make the most of your exam room visits and make your doctor pay attention to you and not the computer. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AfFHA #empoweredpatient #HighBloodPressure #MakeHealthierChoices

Getting prescriptions for erectile dysfunction and hormonal imbalance has many more implications than just answering a short questionnaire online Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AXA8W #empoweredpatient #medicaladvice

Doctor as Patient: A View from the Other Side of the Bed Read more 👉 lttr.ai/Ae7vs #empoweredpatient #doctoraspatient #healthcaresystem

A Mayo Clinic physician tells how to make your doctor pay attention Read more 👉 lttr.ai/Ae6ra #empoweredpatient #HighBloodPressure #MakeHealthierChoices

Your doctor makes a note on the computer screen, jumps up, and heads to the door. Wait, you say. What to do next. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/Ae2KI #empoweredpatient #HighBloodPressure #MakeHealthierChoices

Why Your Doctor Doesn’t Listen to You and how you can control your exam room visit: lttr.ai/Aex62 #empoweredpatient #HighBloodPressure #MakeHealthierChoices

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It was September, the leaves were turning, the air was crisp, and they each knew that winter would be on its way. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AXA8U #secondopinion #healthcare

The question always arises whether this technology replace the cognitive judgment of the physician. The answer is no. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AeW1S #artificialintelligence #healthcare #LargeLanguageModel

There’s and App for That: Lessons from Willy Loman Read more 👉 lttr.ai/Ad1oh #apps #technology

Do I have to connect the dots? What to do when the healthcare system lets you down. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/Adi3w #empoweredpatient #healthcare

Failure means misdiagnosis, the wrong treatment, and a spiraling of the patient, even death. Why a second opinion can matter. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/Add1i #secondopinion #healthcare #diagnosis

You don’t need a scary event and a ride in an ambulance to realize the importance of these family discussions. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AXA8N #Endoflife #ReceivingEndOfLifeCare

You get the same sense of accomplishment and value when you cook something from scratch, build the Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle out of LEGOs, or knit a sweater. Read more 👉 lttr.ai/AdELb #newcartech #IKEA #RecentRoadTrip

Just out: My 2024 Update on diagnosis, risk stratification, and treatment of myeloma. #AJH @MayoCancerCare 10 Tables; Algorithms Includes current data including trials published this month! #ASCO24 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aj…