Kevin Pho is a practicing, board-certified internal medicine physician, a national media commentator, co-author of the book, Establishing, Managing, and Protecting Your Online Reputation: A Social Media Guide for Physicians and Medical Practices, and an acclaimed keynote speaker. He is founder and editor, KevinMD.com, and founder, Physician Speaking by KevinMD.
These perspectives define his unique social media journey, and his story has brought audiences to their feet.
Kevin shares his story nationwide with both clinicians and non-clinicians, and regularly keynotes major conferences.
Kevin built the KevinMD platform from scratch in 2004. It now receives over 3 million monthly page views, and exceeds 250,000 followers on Facebook and Twitter. Kevin was named the web’s top social media influencer in health care and medicine. The New York Times called KevinMD “a highly-coveted publishing place for doctors and patients.” Forbes called KevinMD a “must-read health blog.” And CNN named @KevinMD one of its five recommended Twitter health feeds.
Kevin’s signature keynote, “Connect and be heard: Make a difference in heath care with social media,” takes your audience through Kevin’s social media journey since 2004. With video, audio, and an emphasis on storytelling, he inspires audiences to use social media and be health care influencers in the following ways:
Kevin is the founder of Physician Speaking by KevinMD and is available for speaking opportunities. Please contact us for inquiries.
Kevin Pho is a practicing, board-certified internal medicine physician, a national media commentator, co-author of the book, Establishing, Managing, and Protecting Your Online Reputation: A Social Media Guide for Physicians and Medical Practices, and an acclaimed keynote speaker. He is founder and editor, KevinMD.com, and founder, Physician Speaking by KevinMD.
These perspectives define his unique social media journey, and his story has brought audiences to their feet.
Kevin shares his story nationwide with both clinicians and non-clinicians, and regularly keynotes major conferences.
Kevin built the KevinMD platform from scratch in 2004. It now receives over 3 million monthly page views, and exceeds 250,000 followers on Facebook and Twitter. Kevin was named the web’s top social media influencer in health care and medicine. The New York Times called KevinMD “a highly-coveted publishing place for doctors and patients.” Forbes called KevinMD a “must-read health blog.” And CNN named @KevinMD one of its five recommended Twitter health feeds.
Kevin’s signature keynote, “Connect and be heard: Make a difference in heath care with social media,” takes your audience through Kevin’s social media journey since 2004. With video, audio, and an emphasis on storytelling, he inspires audiences to use social media and be health care influencers in the following ways:
Kevin is the founder of Physician Speaking by KevinMD and is available for speaking opportunities. Please contact us for inquiries.
I recently concluded a trip down to Nashville, TN where I gave my talk on the health care-social media intersection at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
My audience normally consists of physicians and hospital staff, so talking to students was a refreshing change.
I had the opportunity to have dinner the night before, and breakfast and lunch the day …
Do you use Facebook to look for health information?
If you said “yes,” and use social networking sites to research your health, you could be in the minority, or majority, depending on which study you read.
Recently, a survey released by the …
When undergoing surgery, would you want interns and residents present, and perhaps, assisting in the operation?
That’s a question patients face when going to an academic medical center. Some won’t mind the presence of house staff. Some will.
A recent study provides some details on the outcomes.
In a column by …
The following op-ed was published on February 22nd, 2011 in AOL News.
If you woke up one day with an earache, you could call your doctor’s office for help. Or you could do what the majority of patients do today and Google what to do first.
Type “earache” into your Web browser and the results can vary wildly. Search engines can return results saying that an earache can be from the common cold, …
How important is it for hospitals to engage in social media platforms, such as Facebook or Twitter?
It’s essential.
Nowhere is that more evident than in the controversy concerning infant Joseph Maraachli. Without getting too involved in the politics or ethics …
Doctors are now incentivized to convert antiquated paper charts to electronic medical records.
Despite a few doctors who love their EMR, most readers here at KevinMD.com are skeptical, as the difficulties in transitioning, along with questionable benefits, have been well chronicled.
Recently, the Washington …
Match Day marks one of the most important days in a medical student’s career.
A computer algorithm “matches” prospective doctors with the residency program they’re destined go to.
It’s also a look at the future trends for various specialties. With a major part of health reform about to be implemented, one naturally gravitates towards primary care, where there currently is a …
People in the United States are rushing out to take iodine pills, specifically in the form of potassium iodide, to combat the threat of radiation spreading from the nuclear events stemming from the Japan earthquake and tsunami.
There are numerous reports that pharmacies in California have run out of the drug.
Potassium iodide works when the thyroid takes it up, instead of the potentially dangerous radioactive iodine that comes from a …
It’s no secret that our health system encourages doctors to order too many tests. Compounded with the widespread belief that more tests equates to better medicine, the reasons why health costs are spiraling out of control aren’t a secret.
In a perspective piece from the New England Journal of Medicine, physician Sean Palfrey notes our dire situation:
Recent advances …
Despite the advances in evidence-based medicine, not every patient benefits.
In a recent column from the New York Times, Pauline Chen looks at a study showing exploring the issue:
For many patients, evidence-based medicine isn’t working. Two-thirds of patients with diabetes, a disease with some of the strongest evidence-based guidelines available, continue to have trouble controlling their blood sugar levels; and only half of all …
What, exactly, is a difficult patient?
Doctors can tell many tales of what they term as a difficult encounter. Just as many patients can recall doctors whom they would say are difficult to work with as well.
According to a study from the Journal of General Internal Medicine, here’s a definition:
Patients deemed difficult included those with more than five symptoms, severe symptoms or an underlying mental disorder or were less functional. These …
Are medical students and new doctors overly reliant on tests and technology to make diagnoses?
That’s an interesting thought I had when reading the latest TIME.com piece from emergency physicians Jesse M. Pines and Dr. Zachary F. Meisel.
In their article, they give reasons why doctors order too many tests.
Of course, they cite defensive purposes, saying, “once a doctor has presented an …
The following op-ed was published on February 2, 2011 in USA Today.
Last fall, a surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital was shot by the distraught son of a patient for whom he was caring. The man later killed his mother, then himself. A week earlier, a patient in a Long Island, N.Y., hospital beat his nurse with a leg from a broken chair, causing serious injuries. The following month, a psychiatric …
Doctors have been under significant scrutiny over the years regarding their relationships with pharmaceutical companies.
Some states have even gone as far as banning events like drug company-sponsored dinners and other pharma-funded educational events. An increasing number of medical schools and hospitals simply won’t allow an industry presence.
Whether you think it’s gone too far is certainly debatable, but let’s look at another group which can prescribe medications and examine their relationship …
In the first, known prospective study, Pennsylvania orthopedic surgeons admitted that almost 20% of the imaging studies they ordered were for defensive purposes.
All of the previous data that hinted at the rampant practice of defensive medicine relied on surveys or other forms of retrospective data.
In this study,
A total of 72 orthopedic surgeons agreed to participate, submitting information on a …
One of the stories circulating regarding the demonstrations in Wisconsin is the authenticity of the doctor work notes.
Squarely in the cross-hairs are physicians from the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Family Medicine.
According to this excellent piece in The Atlantic by physician-writer Ford Vox,
In videos breathlessly presented throughout the conservative mediasphere this weekend, doctor after doctor is videotaped writing patently fraudulent sick notes so that the protesting teachers (whose contracts …
Consumer Reports recently released a survey of both patients and primary care doctors, regarding their perceptions of each other.
Some interesting findings, as summarized by the WSJ’s Health Blog:
On the issue of respect and appreciation, 70% of doctors said they were getting less of it from patients than when they started practicing. For patients, meantime, the more they reported being treated respectfully and listened to, the more satisfied they were …
Should medical students receive immunity from malpractice liability?
That’s an interesting question that’s raised in a bill from Arizona.
According to the Arizona Daily Sun,
State lawmakers are moving to keep patients injured by medical students from being able to sue them.
But proponents said that won’t leave victims without recourse.
SB1429, awaiting full Senate action, would spell out that students are not liable for malpractice if they are under the supervision of a …
Like most everyone else, I took a break from my evening chores the past few nights, and watched Jeopardy!
IBM’s super-computer, Watson, was taking on Jeopardy! phenoms Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. [SPOILER] The computer won handily.
After watching, I began to study for my upcoming board re-certification exam.
But, then, I wondered. Why?
In the New York Times, applications for Watson are …
There are plenty of reasons why medical students aren’t choosing primary care as careers.
Lack of role models. Perception of professional dissatisfaction. High burnout rate among generalist doctors. Long, uncontrollable hours.
But what about salary? Until now, the wage disparity between primary care doctors and specialists has only been an assumed reason; the evidence was largely circumstantial. After all, the …
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