Nutty German Scientists: We Could Really Use a Century Off by Pat Conrad MD
Fair warning up front: this story is just plain weird. I write a lot about why physicians should avoid becoming
Continue readingEntertaining, Educating, and Criticizing Our Broken Healthcare System for 22 Years
Fair warning up front: this story is just plain weird. I write a lot about why physicians should avoid becoming
Continue readingHere is a great article in Medical Economics out the “facility fee” farce by Marni Jameson Carey. Read the metaphor in the
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Continue readingThe Ohio Department of Medicaid officials directed the state’s five managed care plans Tuesday to terminate contracts with pharmacy benefit
Continue readingHere is a great article about DPC from Medical Economics. It was written by Rob Lamberts MD. Read it and
Continue readingHere is what I can’t figure out… Awesome story!!! “New York University medical students received life-changing news on Thursday —
Continue readingThis is for those who worry about the NUMBER of hospital administrators out there. Yes, they are growing at a
Continue readingWe almost made this into a graphic novel type of thing about 15 years ago. Never happened. There are 25
Continue reading“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not
Continue readingI found this article in Health Affairs interesting. It’s called Recent Progress In The Value Journey: Growth Of ACOs And Value-Based
Continue readingThis is what a patient received as a bill by the local hospital. It was shared with me and I
Continue readingCommunity Health Systems, one of the country’s largest for-profit health systems, uses three EHR networks across its 118 hospitals: Cerner, Medhost
Continue readingBy CMS standards, when a policy of wading for hours in raw sewage leads to patients getting gangrenous legs, we
Continue readingA recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences states “women who show up in the emergency
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