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Reducing Note Bloat

Due to forces outside healthcare providers’ control, clinical notes in the electronic health record (EHR) are becoming longer and bulkier than ever, a phenomenon known as “note bloat.” In this article for the November 2025 issue of the AMA Journal of Ethics, I argue for a “less is more” approach to medical note writing, allowing for improved face-to-face time with patients, greater clinician wellbeing, and more accurate and streamlined medical documentation.

Live Podcasting at the 2025 Annual Gold Humanism Summit

In September 2025, I had the chance to interview Gunnar Esiason, a rare disease patient leader and advocate, and Dr. Kathy Reeves, CEO and President of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, for a live podcasting event at the annual Gold Humanism Summit.

The summit brings together health care professionals, medical students, artists, clergy, and other healers to collaborate on delivering patient care that is kind, safe, and trustworthy.

In my conversation with Esiason and Reeves, titled “Why Research Needs a Heart: Gunnar Esiason's Story & the Human Side of Medical Breakthroughs,” we discussed:

  • Gunnar's experiences living with cystic fibrosis both before and after a life-changing treatment became available to him;

  • What it's really like to be a research participant, where being enrolled in clinical trials is a full-time job; and

  • How clinicians can advocate for equitable research so that our patients receive clinically excellent care.

You can watch the full-length video of our conversation on YouTube, or listen to an edited version on the podcast, Hippo Education Presents: The Monthly Rounds. 

Improvising Adulthood with Amanda Hirsch

I shared the story of my career pivot from academic medicine to medical education podcasting with Amanda Hirsch, the founder and CEO of Mighty Forces and author of Improvising Adulthood: What I Wish Someone Had Told Me.

She writes beautifully about our conversation here.