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Integrating Major Health Systems Could Make Things Worse
Health reformers propose the proliferation of integrated health systems, like the Mayo Clinic or Kaiser Permanente, which, according to the Dartmouth Atlas, lead to better patient care and improved...
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Why Negative Medical Studies Are Good
This is a guest column by Ivan Oransky, M.D., who is executive editor of Reuters Health and blogs at Embargo Watch and Retraction Watch. One of the things that makes evaluating medical evidence...
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The First Emergency Physician Elected To Congress
I was unaware that Dr. Joe Heck of Nevada is the first emergency physician to be elected to Congress. Good for him! From the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): In one of the closest...
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When Headlines Bash Doctors
While I know it grabs the eye, it really didn’t matter what the article was about. The headline says it all: Doctors are the problem, not the system, right? -WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac...
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Medicaid: Will The Cost Of Expanding Eligibility Be Overwhelming?
Medicaid has been front and center this week as President Obama addressed the National Governors Association, and several governors testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Obama told...
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First Monetary HIPAA Fine Issued
Via the Threatpost article “HIPAA Bares Its Teeth: $4.3m Fine For Privacy Violation“: The health care industry’s toothless tiger finally bared its teeth, as the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
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Medical Ethics And The “R” Word
[Recently] a short article in the New York Times, New Kidney Transplant Policy Would Favor Younger Patients, [drew] my attention to a very basic problem in medical ethics: Rationing. According to the...
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Do Physicians Have A Role In Controlling Healthcare Costs?
The Role of Physicians in Controlling Medical Care Costs and Reducing Waste by the RAND Corporation and David Geffen, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Santa Monica was just...
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Optimal Salt Intake May Be Double The Currently Recommended Amount
This past summer, DrRich wrote a post on the utter arrogance of the public health experts who are urging the FDA – and international bodies of busybodies – to mandate a policy of strict sodium...
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How Do Hospital Executives Feel About Locum Tenens Agencies And Traveling...
I recently wrote about my experiences as a traveling physician and how to navigate locum tenens work. Today I want to talk about the client (in this case, hospital) side of the equation. I’ve had the...
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