Lawyers and Medical Malpractice Reform: Tort Reform Allies for Doctors?
When lawyers talk, I listen. Two attorneys penned a piece on medical malpractice reform in the April 21st issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, the most prestigious medical…
Junk in the Trunk: Amateur Buttock Enhancements can Kill
The arrest of a Florida man for allegedly performing buttock injections with a variety of home-improvement products may seem shocking to outside observers. Not so in South Florida. We see…
Frailty – Common In Elderly, But Is It Preventable?
Americans are aging – fast. And that means more chronic illnesses like arthritis, heart failure and cancer. It also means more falls, more osteoporotic fractures, poorer hearing and vision and…
TEDxCambridge 2011 Twitter Feed
I'm at TEDxCambridge today. Should be interesting. Follow along on Twitter at #TEDxC or right here: I'm at TEDxCambridge today. Should be interesting. Follow along on Twitter at #TEDxC or…
US FTC Commissioner Doubts Benefits of ACOs
This is a different version from what we hear in the news but if you read through all of it Rosch may have some very good points. Right now hospitals…
Physician Websites: Five Good Ways to Connect With Patients
An important part of managing a patient over a long period of time is communicating with the patient. Most follow up cases in medical practices have niche requirements and consequently…
Yanking Avastin’s Breast Cancer Indication –the Right Thing To Do
As expected the FDA today removed Avastin’s approval for use as a breast cancer treatment. The drug will remain on the market for other cancer indications, so if a physician…
Can EMRs Do More Harm than Good?
Apparently yes, according to this New York Times report: Apparently yes, according to this New York Times report: Poorly designed, hard-to-use computerized health records are a threat to patient safety,…
Vaccines in the Pipeline and Vaccine Economics
EXCLUSIVE ARTICLE - The last three of these posts touched on a variety of vaccine topics. What else is on the horizon? Vaccines for a wide variety of infectious and…
Massachusetts: Land of Affordable Health Insurance
The Commonwealth Fund just released a sobering analysis (State Trends in Premiums and Deductibles, 2003–2010: The Need for Action to Address Rising Costs) revealing that total premiums for family coverage…
