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Jeffrey Benabio, MD, MBA

Opinion

The loss of letters

Author:
Jeffrey Benabio, MD, MBA
Publish date: January 18, 2023

Upon my skinny, adaptable desk the other day sat a white envelope that was hand addressed to me. It was postmarked more than 2 weeks before.

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Opinion

Time for a rest

Author:
Jeffrey Benabio, MD, MBA
Publish date: January 3, 2023

I asked some docs when they thought this feeling of exhaustion first began. We agreed that the pandemic, doubledemic, tripledemic, backlog have...

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Opinion

Sick call

Author:
Jeffrey Benabio, MD, MBA
Publish date: November 17, 2022

A recent Medscape survey of physicians found that 85% said they had come to work sick in 2022.

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Opinion

The ‘root cause’ visit

Author:
Jeffrey Benabio, MD, MBA
Publish date: October 18, 2022

“How did we miss out on that?” “What?” my physician friend replied as we stood in line at the coffee cart. “Root cause. I mean, we invented this...

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Opinion

Dignity

Author:
Jeffrey Benabio, MD, MBA
Publish date: September 20, 2022

We've driven medicine to the efficient and left little of the dignity it seems.

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Opinion

Dig like an archaeologist

Author:
Jeffrey Benabio, MD, MBA
Publish date: August 16, 2022

He was a fit man in his 40s. Thick legs. Maybe he was long-distance walker? The bones of his right arm were more developed than his left – a right...

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Opinion

‘I shall harm’

Author:
Jeffrey Benabio, MD, MBA
Publish date: July 20, 2022

Nocebo, from the Latin “I shall harm,” is the dark counterpart to the placebo.

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Opinion

“How long, how long to sing this song?”

Author:
Jeffrey Benabio, MD, MBA
Publish date: June 20, 2022

I thought about my patient’s suffering and the brutal injustice of fate. It feels like it’s everywhere lately.

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Opinion

One weird trick to fight burnout

Author:
Jeffrey Benabio, MD, MBA
Publish date: May 18, 2022

Why do some older workers recharge daily and carry on while many younger ones say the daily grind is burning them out?

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Opinion

The work after work

Author:
Jeffrey Benabio, MD, MBA
Publish date: April 19, 2022

Are you a super doer, reluctant doer, admin denier, or admin avoider?

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Opinion

‘We don’t want to be an inspiration’

Author:
Jeffrey Benabio, MD, MBA
Publish date: March 18, 2022

Although acknowledgment is appreciated, the women I work alongside don’t need me to be inspired by them.

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Opinion

To a perfect day

Author:
Jeffrey Benabio, MD, MBA
Publish date: February 16, 2022

Attempting a perfect day or perfect surgery or a perfect pour over coffee is a fun game, but perfectionism has an insidious side.

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Opinion

Is it OK to just be satisfied?

Author:
Jeffrey Benabio, MD, MBA
Publish date: December 14, 2021

It is possible to talk to a patient for a brief moment and just know if he or she is a satisficer or a maximizer.

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Opinion

Words from the wise

Author:
Jeffrey Benabio, MD, MBA
Publish date: November 16, 2021

When there’s time, consider asking for advice from those elders who happen to have an appointment with you.

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Opinion

Timeless stories

Author:
Jeffrey Benabio, MD, MBA
Publish date: October 19, 2021

Listening to a patient's tales is one of the benefits of being a physician.

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