Thanks for your interest.
My official name is Shannon Murphy Tapia. I am a board certified Family physician and Geriatrician. I am also, and probably most importantly, a mother and the sole parent to an awesome kid (although my thoughts on his awesomeness may change in the coming years as he’s about to turn 13 ;-). I’m recently a dog mom to probably the cutest dog ever. I currently live in Denver, CO, but have gotten around the USA in my medical training and career, including Chicago, Pennsylvania and Texas.
What’s with the name “healthcare derailed”
The truth is I used to have a blog called medicine on tap. For a culmination of reasons I ended that. But I realized I still needed an outlet and have found there are many people who actually find some of what I write either educational, entertaining, funny or inspirational. So one day I realized how many aspects of my life felt “derailed” and I jotted the word down. I had or was gifted many great ideas for the blog name, and frankly would have preferred a more witty title. “HealthcareDerailed” was what was available at the time as a .com. It was also the same day we discovered Roe v Wade was overturned by the SCOTUS and I was in a “F-it, I need to just do this thing yesterday before the USA doesn’t let me have a blog because I’m a woman.” kinda mood. So I just pulled the trigger on the name, bought it and signed up for squarespace.
All things the US health system, but especially the care of the elderly.
Death, so actually life, because death is part of life.
Women, motherhood, and trying to do all the things in a society still run by a toxic patriarchy.
Nursing Home care and how things get paid for in our system
Why you should probably reconsider becoming a physician if you’re thinking about it.
Hard life stuff.
How to play the game to advocate for your aging loved one.
System Failures in the USA that are for no reason other than the people at the top are greedy.