by Iris Elan | Feb 22, 2023 | Articles
Dear member, We live in a time and in a place where “fear of death” is our default cultural setting. Yet, we will all die. The wise ones say that unless we conquer this fear, we will not actually begin to fully live—we will not be able to expand to our fullest, most...
by Iris Elan | Aug 9, 2022 | Articles
Dear member, The word “doctor” comes from the Latin word for “teacher”. At Cloud Medical we believe that, in the future, primary care is destined to focus far more onteaching our patients to powerfully unlock their innate, natural health and healing capacities—and not...
by David Z. Tusek, MD | Aug 18, 2021 | Articles
Dear Members, We just completed our Cloud Community Circles (CCC) pilot program. This consisted of a series of four powerful sessions organized by Cloud Medical and led by the extraordinary group facilitator, Nasya Miller. We would like to thank Nasya, our...
by David Z. Tusek, MD | Jan 1, 2021 | Articles
Dear Members, It’s dizzying to watch the NASDAQ and S&P500 reach all-time highs while a rising tide of Americans face evictions and layoffs. Our beloved Boulder County community is not immune against vacancies along Main Street, as local eateries and other small...
by David Z. Tusek, MD | Oct 16, 2020 | Articles
Dear Members, In medical school we are taught to maintain a “safe” psychological distance from our patients, and not get “too close” because caring too much may cause us to lose our scientific objectivity, and/or cause us to suffer too much in the event that our...
by David Z. Tusek, MD | Sep 21, 2020 | Articles
Dear Members, In the meta-crisis of our time, despite the profound uncertainties that we face in nearly all directions, something is becoming increasingly clear: Many essential aspects of our flourishing (or even survival) are contingent upon the depth and quality of...
by David Z. Tusek, MD | Sep 14, 2020 | Articles
Dear Members, What follows is an intro and list of show notes for an interview with Dr. Tusek, conducted by Will Sacks, for a podcast series called Evolving Earth: Exploring the Future of Technology & Humanity, in which he features interviews with leaders in the...
by David Z. Tusek, MD | Aug 17, 2020 | Articles
Dear Members, Since earning my medical degree and pledging to uphold the code of the Hippocratic Oath in 1999, I have been flooded, flayed, buffeted, and gobsmacked by a sequence of events involving the patients who had entrusted their care to me. I call them my...
by David Z. Tusek, MD | Jul 21, 2020 | Articles
Why no one needs (or wants) insurance in primary care medicine. Dear Members, Many people ask why we no longer accept insurance plans at Cloud Medical? The reason is both simple and complex. We do not take our decision to disentangle our practice from...
by David Z. Tusek, MD | Jul 7, 2020 | Articles
Dear Members, In 2009, I was fortunate to receive an inspiration that came to me in a dream. I was working an ER shift in a small Colorado mountain town, after which I walked back to the apartment where I was staying and found myself pondering how many of the...
