by Varun Verma, M.D. | May 9, 2018 | Medical Error, Patient Safety & Quality, Patients, Physicians
We had no choice in becoming the “crazy” family that left a hospital against medical advice. Our four-day-old daughter was completely helpless, her condition deteriorating and the staff was ignoring our concerns. I carefully turned off the blue lights, removed her...
by Varun Verma, M.D. | Apr 1, 2018 | Patient Safety & Quality, Medical Education
AN INNOVATIVE NEW ONLINE-ONLY MEDICAL SCHOOL Guest post from Dr. Egerton Osler Davis I’m excited to announce that I’ve secured $100 million in funding to establish The University of North America School of Medicine (UNOTMD); the first online-only medical school. (100...
by Varun Verma, M.D. | Mar 6, 2018 | Patient Safety & Quality, Other, Career
As a physician – is it acceptable to say no? After working as a hospital medicine physician across five different states and internationally, I’ve realized that saying no is actually imperative. Physicians are stretched thin, abused, demonized, and...
by Varun Verma, M.D. | Apr 21, 2017 | Patient Safety & Quality
Yes I became that guy. We became that crazy family that left the hospital ‘against medical advice.’ We had no choice though. Our daughter was four days old and completely helpless, and no one was listening to my wife and I while her condition deteriorated....