Are Physicians Knights, Knaves or Pawns?
An interesting article in JAMA by Drs. Jain and Cassel referred to the British economist Julian Le Grand who suggested that public policy “is grounded in a conception of humans…
No Resource Constraints in Dialysis: a Blessing and a Curse
Driven To Dialysis? A Very Sick Nonagenarian Develops Kidney Failure in Health Affairs is the insightful tale of how the modern US health care system –with its explicit lack of…
The Changing Body
The basic argument is rather simple: that the health and nutrition of pregnant mothers and their children contribute to the strength and longevity of the next generation. To take just…
Ohio University Receives Record Gift of $105 Million To Train More Primary Care Doctors
The primary goal is to keep the education effort alive for primary care physicians and the gift represents the largest donation given to an Ohio institution. In addition the donation…
Swiss Investors Going Direct, Avoiding Funds
“The Biotech VC Fund industry has been put to a standstill in Europe. “The Biotech VC Fund industry has been put to a standstill in Europe. There have been no new funds of significant scope raised in…
Young Adult Coverage Provision under ACA Beats Fed’s Expectations
It’s that time of year again. Graduation. In the spirit of all things healthcare reform, it is a good time to take a look at one of the more popular…
Health Care Buzz Today
How Do They Know He Was Bin Laden? A US intelligence official said a DNA match, using DNA from several family members, provided virtual certainty that Osama bin Laden was…
So You Want to be an ACO? Technical Tasks and IT Tools
Ever since the draft ACO regulations were released by CMS a few weeks ago, I’ve been getting lots of questions about how technical teams and CIOs should be engaged…
Social Media Moving into Healthcare’s Mainstream
TuDiabetes Study Two articles today demonstrate the growth of influence in social media in the healthcare arena. TuDiabetes Study Two articles today demonstrate the growth of influence in social media…
Understanding The Appeal of Mini-Meds
I first ran this post four years ago, but thought it worth re-running considering all the recent debate about mini-meds in the era of PPACA. I’m not enthusiastic about Mini-Med…
