Sunday Huddles are the weekly “what matters now” roundup—big healthcare stories, smart takes, and the why-it-matters for us clinicians.

DTC pharma is no longer just glossy TV ads. This article unpacks the new playbook—distribution, influencers, telehealth, and politics—and why clinicians end up dealing with the downstream effects.

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Epic is trying to make “AI in the workflow” real. This article breaks down what their new tools actually do, and what it could mean for us physicians and for patient experience.

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Everyone claims they’re saving clinicians time, but most tools just move the work around. This article looks at where ambient scribing ends, where agentic copilots begin, and what “real” ROI feels like on a busy day.

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Consolidation is turning independent practice into the exception, not the rule. This article breaks down who’s buying, why it’s happening, and what it means for physician autonomy and patient costs.

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Retail pharmacy has tried and failed a dozen times to “disrupt” healthcare. This article explains why Amazon’s model might finally stick, and what it changes for access, continuity, and the way medications get prescribed.

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Inefficiency Insights are weekly, practical breakdowns of the broken workflows and perverse incentives that waste time, delay care, and burn out teams. Included with Huddle+.

Access to physicians is both a “shortage” problem and a system design problem. This report walks through the mechanics of why schedules clog up, and what actually improves throughput without burning out staff.

📖 Study the inefficiency here.

Discharge is a high-risk black box: patients leave confused, and PCPs often get the full story too late. This report shows a practical AI workflow that turns the discharge summary into a plain-language patient handout and a warm PCP handoff in under a minute.

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Few things create more moral injury than knowing the right plan and watching insurance status block it. This report walks through a real discharge for an uninsured patient and the workarounds we’re forced to build to keep people alive.

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AI can make notes faster, but it can also make the system noisier—longer notes, more clicks, more downstream review. This piece calls out the paradox and what we should demand from vendors.

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Subscription pricing sounds like the fix for adherence, but the evidence is messier. This report breaks down what RxPass actually changes, who benefits, and where it falls short.

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Residency Reflections are the personal, on-the-ground notes from training—the stuff that actually shapes how we practice, communicate, and survive the job.

Medicine is complicated beneath the surface, but the best clinicians make it feel clear and actionable. This reflection is about earning that simplicity by mastering the complexity, then distilling it into a plan patients and teams can actually follow.

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PGY-2 is when the volume increases and the margin for error feels smaller. This is a candid look at the stretch between responsibility, fatigue, and growth—and what actually helped.

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Thoughtfulness, thoroughness, and timeliness are obvious in theory, but rare in practice. This reflection gives a simple framework we can actually use to deliver better patient experiences without adding more chaos to our days.

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The Middlemen is the series on the intermediaries that quietly run healthcare—and how their business models distort prices, access, and incentives. Included with Huddle+.

PBMs sit in the middle of nearly every prescription, and the incentives are upside down. This explains the money flows in plain English, and why patients and clinicians keep getting stuck with the consequences.

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Huddle #Trends are monthly reports on a single trend that’s reshaping care delivery, payment, or the healthcare market. Included with Huddle+.

Private equity keeps expanding in healthcare because the business model works—even when care gets squeezed. This report breaks down how PE deals operate, what the evidence shows on outcomes and costs, and why it matters for us physicians and patients.

🧠 Study the trend here.