Top 10 Reasons to Travel for Better Healthcare
10. The healthcare resources you need are beyond the scope of the doctors and hospitals in your proximity. If you are in the 20% of the...
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Dr. Jill H Murphy
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- Feb 13, 2021
Dear Dr. P
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,...
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- Oct 16, 2020
Opportunity Lost
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...
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- Sep 3, 2020
Top 10 Tips to Get the Most out of your Next Doctor's Appointment
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...
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- Aug 1, 2020
How to Be Your Own Healthcare Advocate
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...
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- Jul 3, 2020
I Had a Dream
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...
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- Jun 27, 2020
The Doctor Who Quit
It was an unusual and unexpected hospitalization at Froedtert, affiliated with the Medical College of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee, so maybe I...
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- Jun 21, 2020
Why Write a Book & Other Burning Questions
Since the debut of my author website, DrJillMurphy.com, I have been asked a few popular questions about me, my practice in the medical...
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- Jun 13, 2020
Top 10 Attributes of Patient-Centered Healthcare Providers (aka,Superstar Clinicians)
The moment is indelibly imprinted on my brain, the setting an in-patient hospital room. I had spent the night in the Houston hospital...
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- Jun 10, 2020
When to Get a Second Opinion
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...
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- Jun 2, 2020
The Patient Bill of Rights
Twenty basic rights every patient deserves to receive in every clinician interaction in every US healthcare setting. 1. The right to...
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- Sep 15, 2018
Treating the Patient as the Customer
Sept, 2018: As we head into fall (already?!), here in the Murphy household we are still recovering from our crazy and unexpected summer....
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