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Physicians waive their HIPAA rights for privilege to practice medicine →

Doctors Waive Their HIPAA Rights to State Board of Medicine

Most docs are unaware they waive their HIPAA rights when acquiring a medical license.

The right to practice medicine is a privilege. Each state regulates medical practice by state statute, often called their medical practice act. Most docs have never heard of nor read their state’s medical practice act.

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A surgeon’s video library of “sad cases.” Can they ever be erased? →

Bob Peters MD Video library surgeon sad cases

By Bob Peters, M.D.

Few surgeries are filmed. All are stored in our bodies as lived experiences.

Wouldn’t it be great if we could erase certain memories? Ones we most wish to forget may impact us
forever—our traumatic cases. Our saddest moments pop into our consciousness and seem to never
leave.

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Could your patient be an undercover DEA agent? →

In 2023, I lost two dear physician friends. To overzealous DEA agents.

Michelle, a stellar emergency physician with well-treated depression/ADHD for 20 years couldn’t find anyone to continue her meds when her doc retired. Depressed, she shot herself Christmas Day.

Randy could have saved Michelle.

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More than 1 million Americans lose their doctors to suicide →

Ripple effect of ONE doctor suicide. How many people are left behind . . .

Doctor Suicide Loss Survivors

Two weeks before her son was born, my physician friend’s obstetrician killed himself. Left behind his wife, three kids, and my friend.

Eighteen years later,

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Copycat Suicide to Copycat Savior →

People imitate people.

More than 1,600 people have died by suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. Harold Wobber was the first known suicide—1599+ people copied him.

Cassie Bond of Spokane, Washington (copying Paige Hunter of UK) is preventing suicides from a bridge in her town.

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Medical Malpractice & Doctor Suicide →

I lost several physicians to suicide amid medical liability cases (even frivolous ones!). Doctors are human and we can make mistakes that are not intentional. Sadly, physicians (and patients) are harmed by the current legal model. We can and should do better. I’m working on an innovative new way to handle medical mistakes outside of the legal system.

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Wildest Doctor Suicide Survival Story! →

He used to be a plastic surgeon. He used to be rich and famous. He was in San Diego and got turned over to the medical board. He could have killed himself. But you know what he did instead? He decided to make a bucket list of 100 things that he wanted to do before he died.

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3 sneaky ways the lucrative wellness industry injures doctors →

Physician Wellness Market

3 sneaky ways the lucrative physician wellness industry injures doctors. Common tactics ALL health professionals must understand. PLEASE SHARE WIDELY.

1. Using victim-blaming terms like “burnout” to obscure systemic human rights violations.

“Burnout” blames the victim who is enduring human rights abuse on a daily basis.

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Doctor uses marijuana for menstrual cramps loses medical license →

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In a state where marijuana is fully legal, a doctor uses marijuana tincture 3 times per month in evenings after work around time of her menses. She was working part time at a hospital. Was asked by hospital to work full time.

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Doctor Suicide Dream Team →

If your dream is to end doctor suicides—you are in the right place!

 Join our confidential groups.

Retreat highlights & suicide loss survivors by physician specialty:

View 10-week free training highlight reels

Doc Suicide Dream Team launched 5/19/24.

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Physician Support Groups (Sundays) | Peer Support for Doctors →

Physician Peer Support (11 am PT) ~ Suffering from bullying, betrayal, exhaustion, medical mistakes, grief, guilt, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? Forced into a PHP? Facing board investigation? We can help. (1.5 hours). Register here.

Doctor Suicide Dream Team (1 pm PT) ~ Intimate group of physicians sharing our suicide attempts and survival.

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Dr. Michelle Fernandez—Emergency Physician to the World (Obituary) →

Michelle Fernandez MD MPH Obituary

A passionate leader in emergency medicine, Michelle C. Fernandez, M.D.. M.P.H., traveled the world sharing her talents with those fortunate enough to witness her excellence. She died December 25, 2023, at age 49.

Asked why she became a physician, she replied, “When I figured out what I was capable of and what the world needs,

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Doctor suicides in physician “health” programs →

I know 25 docs who died by suicide in physician “health” programs. If you’re suicidal, don’t tell your boss (PD, or med board). You’ll be sent to a PHP  4-day evaluation & 90-day out-of-state “preferred” center with polygraphs and 5-years of AA & drug tests (even if you don’t do drugs) costing you 250K.

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How we honor our dead (who gets celebrated, who gets ignored) →

(Video transcript below)

When a beautiful young doctor stepped off the rooftop of her Mount Sinai Hospital building—they covered her with a tarp.

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Here’s the grassroots memorial that took over my training hospital after Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford’s assassination attempt.

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Doctor Suicide Investigation @ Mount Sinai →

“Hi Pamela, we just had another doctor jump and commit suicide at Mount Sinai and they are just covering it up. This keeps happening . . .”

If we had this number of patients jumping from hospital rooftops, there would be an investigation. Why are we not taking this seriously when these are doctors and medical students?”

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