Hospital Mortality Rates Rise in July
It has often been suspected that death rates in hospitals rise particularly in the summer when a new crop of medical residents start. Previous studies have been inconclusive. A new…
Health Care Buzz Today
Docs Averse to Sharing Patient Data, Even for Public Health. When it comes to disclosing identifiable patient information, family doctors are reluctant to do so – even for public health…
Most Beautiful Hospitals
I went to San Diego this weekend and while there toured the USS Midway. Of course, I couldn't resist a couple pictures of the ship's hospital. Below you see the…
Google + Replaces Google Health
How convenient Google + is the new girl on the block. Just like a new face in school, everyone wants to get to know him/her. After a few days…
In Battle Against HAIs, Innovative Biotechs Play Key Role
HAIs (hospital acquired infections) are the cause of 1.7 million infections and 100,000 deaths per year in U.S. HAIs (hospital acquired infections) are the cause of 1.7 million infections and 100,000 deaths…
Contraception for Techno-Doctors
What? Just what am I talking about? Give me a minute. More and more people are telling me too often they are encountering doctors who 1) don’t look them in…
Packing on the Pounds? Blame the Potato
Americans gain nearly one pound of weight each year after reaching adulthood. Scientists have long speculated about the source of that gain. An article in the New England Journal of…
Maybe We Don’t Need to Train So Many Doctors
The CEOs of two academic hospitals are upset that Congress may reduce the funding for Graduate Medical Education (GME) paid through Medicare. To fight back, they’ve written a scare story…
Gruber Cherry-Picks the Evidence for RomneyCare
MIT economist Jonathan Gruber touts the Massachusetts health plan, which he helped create, in a paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research (the Washington Post provides a summary). So…
Florida Proposing New Medicaid Fees
The state of Florida wants to impose $10 monthly premiums on Medicaid recipients who are not in nursing homes. Additionally, the state is proposing a $100 fee for Medicaid patients…
