Occupy With Grace
As patients, as family members, as friends, as health care providers, we have all faced end-of-life issues at one time or another, and we will face them again. And again. …
How Much is in the Genes?
Scott Sumner writes: In “Babies by Design,” Ronald Green claims: Scott Sumner writes: In “Babies by Design,” Ronald Green claims: Studies of identical twins reared together or apart indicate that…
Employers Encourage Healthy Choices by Hitting Your Wallet
EXCLUSIVE POST - Do healthier employees lead to increased productivity? Several progressive companies believe so and have committed to providing employees with programs to help engage them in a healthier…
Video: Why Everyone in Your Practice Needs Basic Medical Coding Training
Lyndsey Coats of Nuesoft talks to Mary Pat Whaley, FACMPE, owner of Manage My Practice, LLC about the importance of coding education and awareness for all members of the medical practice. Medical…
Time to Reevaluate – When to Use a New Technology vs. When to Die with Dignity
American medicine overuses its technologies and innovation triumphs and way underutilizes old fashioned compassion, discussion and good common sense. American medicine overuses its technologies and innovation triumphs and…
Joint Commission Says Texting Orders is a No-No, But Maybe Docs Are On To Something
The Joint Commission has issued a statement indicating that health care professionals should not text patient orders. It reads: The Joint Commission has issued a statement indicating that health care…
Blue Zones – Can Studying Centenarians Teach Us About Wellness?
Last week I heard National Geographic writer Dan Buettner talk about Blue Zones - communities with unusual high percentage of centenarians. Can this type of study be instructive to a healthy lifestyle in…
Ripping Off Medicare
If this were a novel, it would require too much suspension of disbelief. From Kaiser Health News: If this were a novel, it would require too much suspension of disbelief.…
TIME Magazine Features Focused Ultrasound as One of This Year’s 50 Best Inventions
The visibility of focused ultrasound is skyrocketing. TIME Magazine has named it one of the 50 most inspired ideas, innovations and revolutions of 2011. In its coverage, TIME heralds MR-imaging…
Pfizer Has a New Sales Strategy–Will Be Selling Lipitor at Generic Prices When Patent Runs Out
Well this stands to certainly keep more patients taking “name” brand Lipitor and on the other hand throws a monkey wrench into the generic drug companies as far as their…
