The Danbury Medical Files
Hello, I am Christian Espana Schmidt, MD. During my 25 years of medical career, I have witnessed changes in the medical profession. Starting as a medical student in Guatemala, Central America, where after medical school I completed my internal medicine residency, and then I served in a rural community for 6 years with innovation that persists, I went to New York City, where I repeated another internal medicine residency and was chief resident. My joy for teaching took me to Pensilvania where I learned about Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) a revolutionary technique to enhance physical examinations. I proudly started the POCUS program at Danbury Hospital. Now, I am developing the POCUS program of CIFC Health, a program dedicated exclusively to teaching POCUS in the outpatient clinic. As you can see, I already said I teach POCUS; however, I am very interested in other topics in medicine.
Of course I will continue to discuss POCUS, however I hope to dive in new topics in medicine.
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The Danbury Medical Files
The Enshittification of Healthcare. A reflection on Cory Doctorow's book.
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Have you noticed that many systems and services no longer seem to work for you the way they once did? Have you noticed how social media has changed, becoming less about connecting people and more about something else entirely? These changes are described through the concept of “enshittification,” introduced by Cory Doctorow. In this episode, I apply those ideas and observations to healthcare, exploring how they may help explain what healthcare has become today. My hope is to provide awareness, provoke reflection, and perhaps offer a little hope for how things can improve. Thank you for following The Danbury Medical Files.
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