Dr. Peter Valenzuela: family doc, physician leader, author, and creator of Doc-Related comics satirizing health care today. https://xitter.cf/t.co/5YZvYn5G5l
Sacramento, California
Joined November 2016
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Why Isn’t Healthcare More Personalized? hbr.org/2024/11/why-isnt-hea…
This is disturbingly eye-opening. I'm putting my phone down now. substack.com/@denzien/note/c…
Exploring how AI can enhance access, reduce costs, and improve population health in Medicaid. A compelling study on the intersection of technology and healthcare equity
Medicare innovation lab plays up patient choice, preventive care axios.com/2025/05/14/medicar…
Focusing on the EMR during encounters can impede communication and harm the patient-doctor relationship, while modern technologies like voice recognition and virtual scribes can enhance the patient-provider experience. @MGMA @theAMGA @kevinmd @jama doc-related.com/post/improvi…
One-fourth of a physician's #EHR time is spent working the #inbasket, usually after clinic hours. We need to implement AI inbasket solutions to support our #clinicians. @MGMA @theAMGA @AmerMedicalAssn @kevinmd @JAMA_current
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Despite the increase in value-based models, fee-for-service payment methods still dominate healthcare. This means physicians and clinicians are forced to prioritize patient volume, leading to higher rates of burnout.@MGMA @theAMGA @Health_Affairs @kevinmd
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Appropriate #medication reconciliation ensures patient safety, enhances #patient outcomes, meets #quality metrics, and optimizes treatment effectiveness.
@MGMA @amga @Health_Affairs @Medscape @kevinmd @aafp @GomerBlog doc-related.com/post/medicat… doc-related.com/post/medicat…
Vital to central scheduling success is having staff with clinical backgrounds. This helps reduce waiting times and improve patient satisfaction and outcomes. Who schedules your patients? @MGMA @theAMGA @kevinmd @GomerBlog @Medscape
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#CMS has over 1,000 #quality measures within different practice settings. We need to reduce the number of metrics we track and get all the entities requesting quality metrics to align and standardize their definitions.@AmerMedicalAssn @theAMGA @MGMA doc-related.com/post/2018/07…
#Insurers should allow for the timely overriding of step therapy requirements for common-sense treatments and equipment. #PiorAuthPains @MGMA @theAMGA @FixingHCPodcast @Health_Affairs @medicaleconomic @medpagetoday @kevinmd @AmerMedicalAssn doc-related.com/post/prior-a…
Over the last few years, #organizations have undergone #sustainability plans to survive. As a result, #change management buzzwords are becoming more popular. Are you going through any change #initiatives at work? @MGMA @theAMGA @Health_Affairs @Medscape
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The sunk-cost fallacy says that people don't want to stop #projects because they’ll seem like a waste of money if they do. Have you ever gone through this in your #organization? @MGMA @theAMGA @medicaleconomic @kevinmd @FixingHCPodcast @Health_Affairs doc-related.com/post/sunk-co…
It’s been over a decade since the HITECH Act was passed in 2009, then the 21st Century Cures Act in 2016, and the ONC Cures Act of 2020. Yet, we still face significant challenges with #interoperability. @MGMA @theAMGA @kevinmd @FixingHCPodcast @ZDoggMD doc-related.com/post/interop…
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This week Dael speaks with Dr. Peter Valenzuela, creator of Doc-Related, an online comic that satirizes the challenges of practicing clinical medicine. They discuss the impact of his comics in highlighting healthcare issues. rxforsuccesspodcast.com/LCM3…
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This week Dael speaks with Dr. Peter Valenzuela, creator of Doc-Related, an online comic that satirizes the challenges of practicing clinical medicine. They discuss the impact of his comics in highlighting healthcare issues. rxforsuccesspodcast.com/LCM3…
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For @Doc_Related, art & writing have been integral components to coping with the sometimes comical, but always frustrating world of #healthcare. Listen to his ep of @CoachesMd's Life Changing Moments Podcast at rxforsuccesspodcast.com/life… to find out how to use creativity as therapy!
Looking forward to being a panelist for this summit with so many outstanding leaders in healthcare! primarycaretransformationsum…
Physicians spend over $700 billion annually practicing #DefensiveMedicine. We need legal reform to protect #doctors from unnecessary risk and #patients from unnecessary tests.@MGMA @theAMGA @ChristineSinsky @PaulDeChantMD @FixingHCPodcast @Health_Affairs doc-related.com/post/2018/12…