Beware of Advocacy Groups Bearing Specialists by Pat Conrad MD
A-freakin’-Ha! After burying the headline “Direct Primary Care Promises to Ease Paperwork” on page 31 (Family Practice News put other
Continue readingEntertaining, Educating, and Criticizing Our Broken Healthcare System for 22 Years
A-freakin’-Ha! After burying the headline “Direct Primary Care Promises to Ease Paperwork” on page 31 (Family Practice News put other
Continue readingA new report from the California Primary Care Association (CPCA) projects the state will need to boost its primary
Continue readingYou would think that something as simple and basic and obtaining a patient’s vitals would be the easiest part of
Continue readingWhen will we learn? We doctors are sometimes our own worst enemies. We repeat the same errors over and over
Continue readingThis week we were treated to a new symptom of the brave new medical world, the occurrence of which will
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Continue reading“Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings”. Lord Chesterfield
Continue readingLooks like there is some more trouble in Qualityland: A new national study looked at preventable hospital readmissions at 43
Continue readingDon’t look now but the annual physical is being questioned by the powers that be. This USA Today article tries
Continue readingHe does make some great points. But no one would force physicians against their will, right? This is from the
Continue readingA rap anthem for lab rats everywhere.
Continue readingI was tipped off about this letter and was given permission by the author to post it here. We doctors
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Continue reading“It’s your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don’t take yourself too seriously, pretty soon
Continue readingI happen to be reading one of the throwaway journals I often get and came across some perplexing stuff. In
Continue readingIt turns out that if you are not overweight then you have less knee pain. Wow, isn’t now
Continue readingWhat has the AAFP done to protect doctors and patients against narrow networking by insurance companies? Watch and see.
Continue readingWhere is all the money going in healthcare? Well, the insurance companies are laughing all the way to the bank.
Continue readingLast November a group of state and specialty organizations released a joint letter with the AMA to the Center for
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