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Monday, May 21, 2007

Interview with Kevin Pho, MD

There are few of us who are health service providers who are able to put our names and faces on our blogs, but Dr. Kevin Pho is one such physician and blogger who does so. Cary Byrd at eDrugSearch.com interviewed Dr. Pho and I found it very interesting--particularly the part about medical docs who are being run out of blogging:

Dr. Kevin Pho is a hero to health and medical bloggers everywhere, because his blog, Kevin, M.D., has done so much to increase interest in our little corner of the blogosphere. Kevin offers a candid view of problems in the U.S. healthcare system from a doctor’s perspective — and unlike many medical bloggers who are rightly fearful of employer reprimand or legal reprisals, he is able to put his name and face by his opinions.


Go by and check out the interview and also take a look at the links such as this one that takes a look at the perils of blogging while a medical professional.

Update: And on a related note, Grand Rounds is up.

6 comments:

  1. Aw, what do we need this amateur for? We got Michael Moore to tell us how health care really works.

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  2. I want to know what's going on and I'd like to read more medical blogs.

    Just got back from the ER with a kid today. Was the doc being honest with me or was he just protecting himself by advising me to go get some expensive procedures. "I don't think there is anything wrong, but just in case...go get a follow up with expensive office visit" were almost his exact words.

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  3. Dr. Bob, at docisinblog.com, blogs on a wide variety of subjects, but has a number of lengthy and well-written posts on some of the problems in medical care, including dealings with insurers.

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  4. Myrtle Hocklemeier, if that is not a German name, I don't know what is. (I'm German).

    It's great that a doctor is able to put is name of what he stands behind.

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