Difficult Patients and Unnecessary Catheters. Could They be Related?
Two stores in the latest Today’s Hospitalist caught my eye. The first, Making Headway with Difficult Patients discusses “how to defuse tension, cope with patient fears, and have less stress.”…
When Health Insurance is Free
Did you know that an estimated one of every three uninsured people in this country is eligible for a government program (mainly Medicaid or a state children’s health insurance plan),…
Many of the ACA Quality-Enhancing Ideas Have Previously Failed
One of the many pilot projects of health reform is to reduce the number of readmissions within 30 days of Medicare patients discharged from a hospital. The problem: it’s already…
For Obama (and the GOP?), Medicare/Medicaid Austerity Cuts Embedded within Reform
Just whose side is Barack Obama on, anyway? Just whose side is Barack Obama on, anyway? With the passage of the PPACA, Democrats had been assured that — although a…
Elderly Women With Sleep Apnea at Higher Risk for Dementia
@Comstock, Getty ImagesElderly women with sleep apnea had an 85% higher risk of developing mild cognitive impairment or dementia than elderly women without sleep apnea according to researchers from Brigham…
Attacking Heart Disease in Inequality Land
Here’s one cheer for the “Million Hearts” initiative launched yesterday by Thomas Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Donald Berwick, chief of the Centers for…
It’s All the Doctors’ Fault
A recent press release from Health Affairs puts the blame for America’s health care problems squarely on them Greedy Doctors. It says: A recent press release from Health Affairs puts…
Hot Trend for Real Healthy Living
My neighbors and I have had to organize and attend to a desire by the County to up-zone in our semi-rural neighborhood. There are several infrastructure issues we are presenting…
Global Chronic Disease: It’s Not All About the Money for Once
This is a joint post with Denizhan Duran, and it originally appeared on The Atlantic. This is a joint post with Denizhan Duran, and it originally appeared on The Atlantic. On September…
Carl June and Me
When I was growing up I would read about scientists. I had this image of super smart people in white lab coats being some place far away – untouchable –…
