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...
by David Z. Tusek, MD | Jun 8, 2020 | Articles
Dear Members, In these COVID-19 days, it’s as difficult as ever to make sense of the world. Are the pandemic, the global surge of protests against racial injustice, and the crisis of faith in many (if not all) of our established institutions inter-related in some way?...
by David Z. Tusek, MD | May 25, 2020 | Articles
Dear Members, We wish you a Memorial Day full of remembrance and gratitude for those who honorably sacrificed everything so we may enjoy our many freedoms. We are happy to present the analysis of our recent Covid-19 testing project, which you can read here—and if you...