The Willing Provider Problem
I spend a lot of time thinking about and researching issues around access to health care. Typically, when we–the American people–think about access to care, we think about one thing:…
Fee-for-Service Again
USA Today asked me to write a counterpoint to their editorial calling for the abolition of Fee-For-Service payment in health care. USA Today asked me to write a counterpoint to…
Patients Are Waiting to Partner: Invite Them to Participate
(This post first appeared on Educate the Young) (This post first appeared on Educate the Young)In a recent Baltimore Sun piece, healthcare writer Marie McCarren wrote an op-ed providing “A…
Boomer Health: Top 8 Best Health Digital Resources for Boomers
There are literally thousands of health, wellness, medical, fitness and caregiving apps and websites targeted to Baby Boomers. They promise to enhance our lives, help us be thinner, fitter, smarter,…
What Is a “Navigator”?
1581: Francis Drake, having completed the first circumnavigation of the world a few months earlier, is knighted by Queen Elizabeth aboard his ship, the Golden HindDo we need navigators on…
The “Luck of the Jewish” in Cancer
Okay, we all know the phrase “The Luck of the Irish.” That’s why there’s always hope that Notre Dame University will win a football game, even when they are way…
High Quality, Low Cost HealthCare: Thoughts for Our Upcoming Webinar
The HealthWorks Collective video interview series on High Quality, Low Cost Healthcare currently consists of 30 video interviews with distinguished guests who have an idea of how to obtain or…
Beat the Heat (As Best You Can) with These Simple Tips
If you’re stranded at home without air conditioning, even an hour in the heat can feel like a slow crawl through the Sahara. Many of us have been able to…
Patientnado: The Healthcare Storm Is About to Hit
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock the last few days, you’ve probably not escaped all the buzz about a new cult sci-fi thriller, Sharknado. Staring Ian Ziering and Tara Reid,…
National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
Yup, it’s still Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.In fact, I stand corrected. It is the Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Yup, it’s still Minority Mental Health Awareness…
