It happened again. I've heard stories of people who say God speaks audibly to them. I'm not sure about that (other than in Biblical...

There are moments in life that happen completely out of the blue that force us to open our eyes wide, stand up straight, and take notice....

To state the obvious, I am a girl. A grown-up girl, but still a girl nonetheless. Volumes have been written on a girl’s worth and...

The song that comes on the radio at the perfect time. The text from a friend when you feel disconnected from the human race. The...

I was alone, driving north on the Chicago I-294 tollway, after a quick trip to Cincinnati ended in the failure to secure a cardiothoracic...

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle...

Six weeks post major robotic heart surgery is a big mark in the timeline of healing. It is halfway there in the orthopedic surgery terms...

Dear Dr. P, Ten months ago, I first met you on a telehealth visit, as I was referred to your care by one of my favorite physicians,...

My kids and I were discussing the Year 2020 in all of its infamous glory, when my 12-year old daughter said something fairly astute. “Mom,

I was sitting on a plastic chair in a doctor’s office in Plano, Texas, waiting anxiously for the doctor to tell me whether he would agree...

Yesterday was pregnancy loss day. I dedicate this story to Murphy baby #2 who I will meet someday and hold in my arms in heaven, and to...

According to Reuters, the average physician visit lasts 20 minutes. That’s the average. We know that some visits can be as short as 2...

The numbers are staggering. In the US, between 250,000-440,000 people per year die as a result of medical errors, and they are the third...

While it is nearing the 4th of July, with red, white and blue stars and stripes waving in the breeze, my I Had a Dream story is nothing...

It was an unusual and unexpected hospitalization at Froedtert, affiliated with the Medical College of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee, so maybe I...

Since the debut of my author website, DrJillMurphy.com, there have been a host of popular questions about me, my practice in the medical...

The moment is indelibly imprinted on my brain, the setting an in-patient hospital room. I had spent the night in the Houston hospital...

This is a question patients ask me so often, I really don’t bat an eyelash at the query. Whether it’s a surgical consult, or a different...

April 23, 2020: Everyone has their own feelings- for sure. And certainly your past experiences help shape how you feel about the present,...

Twenty basic rights every patient deserves to receive in every clinician interaction in every US healthcare setting. 1. The right to...