What Would You Do?
A text lights up my phone late in the evening. It's from someone who is a patient but we've been together for so many years I consider her a friend.…
ECT–The Less Than Shocking Story, Part I
Why write about ECT today? Isn’t it yesterday’s news? Actually, in the words of health writer Melissa Dahl (msnbc.com, 8.6.2008), “the practice has been making a quiet comeback.” Why write…
As Society Ages, the Potential for Elder Abuse Increases
Posted in CMSKnowledge & MedicinePolitics & The Law Posted in CMSKnowledge & MedicinePolitics & The LawCall it a natural by-product of the increasingly staggering numbers of the post-Boomer elderly in…
The Most Popular Countries for Cosmetic Surgery
When it comes to cosmetic surgery, we are led to question which among the countries worldwide is taking home the gold. This information is reported by the International Society…
Can States Agree on Insurance Exchanges?
Posted in CMSCorporateScience & Research Posted in CMSCorporateScience & ResearchA report detailing the matter of setting up insurance exchanges is moving to the top of the list of priorities as…
The Billion Dollar Healthcare IT Opportunity That the US Government Wasted
I had a very interesting conversation with a physician who is the chief medical information technology officer for a large hospital chain in the USA. I had a very interesting…
Twelve “Connected Health” Innovators Are Staying Out Front
Healthcare reform is now less of a preoccupation as healthcare payers, providers and consumers digest the ramifications of the U.S. Presidential election and that the main tenants for the Affordable…
Empowering Healthcare Improvement with the Community Needs Assessment
With President Obama’s second inaugural speech calling for a reduction in rising healthcare costs, the need for reassessment of health and social service delivery in the physician’s office, medical homes,…
The Cost of Diagnosis: The Sometimes Fatal “Incidentaloma”
I can remember making rounds with a seasoned surgical attending in medical school. In typical fashion, surgical rounds were a lot like the military. The “General” (attending physician) at…
Medicaid Cost-Sharing Disaster Looms Ahead
From 1974 to 1982, a group of researchers conducted the RAND Health Insurance Experiment. In lay terms, what they did was assign people to different levels of insurance coverage, with…
