Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves. Buddha Tweet

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Ever wonder why medications and medical supplies are so expensive? Ever wonder why some critical medications are in such short supply? Good video and message. Please share the video. Get our awesome newsletter by signing up here. We don’t give your email out and we don’t spam you. Tweet

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Have you heard? Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina are combining with the Oregon-based insurer Cambia Health Solutions, and the two companies would together cover around six million people and have about $16 billion in combined revenue. Here was what one of the Blue Cross CEO’s said: “We have to do something different…

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Theranos was going to change the landscape of healthcare. Nope. If you haven’t seen the documentary on HBO then I highly recommend you do. It’s called The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley. They failed. A ton of others are also trying but nothing yet. I am bothered that these techies get tons of…

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HCSC, Health Care Service Corp, the parent of the Blues plans in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, didn’t pay any federal taxes in 2018. They did receive a $1.7 billion tax refund, which increased their company’s net profit to $4.1 billion. How are you taxes going? Are you getting a refund? Happy tax…

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San Francisco continues to originate things I had never bothered to imagine:  “Medical residents, interns walk off the job at UCSF Medical Center over failed contract talks.” “Resident physicians, interns and clinical fellows walked off their shifts for 15 minutes Tuesday at noon to draw attention to failed contract negotiations between their union and the…

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This is what it is coming to. Do you want to go to these types of conferences or change the culture of medicine? The revolution is real. Join it. Tweet

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“But whatever you do, take neither yourselves nor your fellow-creatures too seriously. There is tragedy enough in our daily routine, but there is room too for a keen sense of the absurdities and incongruities of life, and in the shifting panorama no one sees better than the doctor the perennial sameness of men’s ways.” William…

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I read this article called Involve Docs in Using Health Data, Expert Tells Health Insurers and just wanted to share my thoughts with you. I actually re-read the title when I first saw it. I thought it said Extort Docs in Using Health Data. I am probably not wrong. Anyway, here are some highlights: “We…

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I really don’t know how to truly define burnout. It seems complicated. Zdogg likes the term “moral injury”. Fine. Maybe it’s just when doctors truly start hating their job? I’m not sure. All I know is that it’s getting worse. A recent study on March 15, in JAMA Network Open, observed an increase in burnout from…

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