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Ode to Joy
Medicine has always had more than its share of pain and tragedy, but we never used to think of it as joyless. It isn’t the human sadness and the loss that have robbed our profession of joy--it’s the daily grind.
![The Problem with Meetings](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60639773d24c892441ed14dc/1624305566592-GL0Y35G9HTTHU09QI7Q3/builee-com-yLdKV70P4kw-unsplash.jpg)
The Problem with Meetings
Now that people are finally coming back together to gather in-person, we find ourselves facing an intriguing question: what do meetings look like now? Let’s take a minute to recall what many meetings looked like before the pandemic.
![The Great Pretender](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60639773d24c892441ed14dc/1624305423962-WGPJA14ATRDE4NXIU31M/john-noonan-QM_LE41VJJ4-unsplash.jpg)
The Great Pretender
Now that COVID vaccine numbers are rising and infection rates are dropping, most of us are emerging from our home offices like bears at the end of hibernation, and starting to see patients in person again. It’s a welcome return to something closer to normality, but the truth is, the old normal is probably gone for good. Telemedicine, in one form or another, is going to continue. Now is the perfect time to take a closer look at what it is--and isn’t--good for.
![The Doctor is In... Their Pajama Pants](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60639773d24c892441ed14dc/1624305086981-BVYHHHMM7N5R0EJJGY31/gettyimages-1214442055.jpg)
The Doctor is In... Their Pajama Pants
Now that COVID vaccine numbers are rising and infection rates are dropping, most of us are emerging from our home offices like bears at the end of hibernation, and starting to see patients in person again. It’s a welcome return to something closer to normality, but the truth is, the old normal is probably gone for good. Telemedicine, in one form or another, is going to continue. Now is the perfect time to take a closer look at what it is--and isn’t--good for.