Wisdom from 50 years a doctor

<p>"This last doctor was also the happiest doctor I have ever met. He was not a youngster but had a wonderful following of patients and was loved by the entire hospital staff. And he had a very nice singing voice. Today this would be considered dangerous."</p> <p><a href= "https://www.truehealthinitiative.org/council_member/ronald-halweil/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link="external">Ronald Halweil</a> is an otolaryngologist.</p> <p>He shares his story and discusses his book, <a href= "https://amzn.to/3CwSs1h" target="_blank" rel= "nofollow external noopener noreferrer" data-wpel-link= "external">Fifty Years a Doctor: The Journey of Sickness and Health, Four Plagues and the Pandemic</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://nuance.com/daxinaction"><img class= "alignnone wp-image-424286 size-medium" src= "https://www.kevinmd.com/wp-content/uploads/NuanceLogo_Horz_k-2-300x62.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="62" /></a></p> <p><em>The Podcast by KevinMD is brought to you by the <a href= "https://nuance.com/daxinaction">Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience</a>.</em></p> <p><em>With a growing physician shortage, increasing burnout, and declining patient satisfaction, a dramatic change is needed to make health care more efficient and effective and bring back the joy of practicing medicine. AI-driven ambient clinical intelligence promises to help by revolutionizing patient and provider experiences with clinical documentation that writes itself.</em></p> <p><em>The <a href="https://nuance.com/daxinaction">Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience</a>, or DAX for short, is a voice-enabled, ambient clinical intelligence solution that automatically captures patient encounters securely and accurately at the point of care. Physicians who use DAX have reported a 50 percent decrease in documentation time and a 70 percent reduction in feelings of burnout, and 83 percent of patients say their physician is more personable and conversational.</em></p> <p><em>Rediscover the joy of medicine with clinical documentation t