Quote of the Week: Leo Tolstoy
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” Leo Tolstoy
Continue readingEntertaining, Educating, and Criticizing Our Broken Healthcare System for 22 Years
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” Leo Tolstoy
Continue readingOne of the very worst parts of medicine is that the profession is a constant conduit for social commentary and
Continue readingRecently the Democrats came out of nowhere and introduced a bill to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. The Democrats! Hooray!
Continue readingFive years ago I wrote about Dr. Watson and how it won’t replace doctors. I actually wrote about it before
Continue readingI was recently alerted about a terrible situation that Dr. Diana Blum is going through. From a recent article it
Continue readingAccording to the CMS they have “proposed historic changes to Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and the Quality Payment Program (QPP)
Continue readingIs this not our predicament? Enjoy more of Dan’s stuff at www.bizarro.com.
Continue reading“Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” Winston Churchill Get one of our “Be Well” T-shirts
Continue readingA lot of people sent me this AAFP piece called “Clinical Practice Culture: Moving From Surviving to Thriving” for me
Continue readingBased on what I can figure out, Valsartan was being produced in large quantities in Linhai, China and being supplied
Continue readingResearchers analyzed 112 recorded meetings between doctors and patients at general practices in Minnesota and Wisconsin, including at the Mayo
Continue readingIn April, 2018 this is what was reported: (Reuters) – UnitedHealth Group Inc reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results on Tuesday and
Continue readingRyan Neuhofel, DO, who is a colleague and a friend of mine, wrote an incredible piece for the AAFP online
Continue readingWe definitely took some risks with the Placebo Journal back in the day but it was all in good fun.
Continue reading“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not
Continue readingA study just came out showing that paying more for Medicaid patients doesn’t entice doctors to take any more Medicaid
Continue readingBecker’s Healthcare spoke with Cathy Jacobson, president and CEO of Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health, prior to speaking on a panel at Becker’s
Continue readingA recent JAMA article called Direct Primary Care One Step Forward, Two Steps Back recently came out and they did their
Continue readingThis week I shelled out $731 to Uncle Sam for the privilege of being able to legally prescribe controlled medications.
Continue readingThe idea that an electronic health record (EHR) or electronic medical record (EMR) saves lives never occurred to me. I
Continue reading