Keep your hands off my board!
As I have blogged about before, Congress has created an opportunity to help us survive our healthcare morass. This opportunity was written about this week in the N Engl J Med 364;25:2377-2379....
View ArticleFive years and one million heart attacks and strokes Part II
In my last blog I documented the problem and some of the proposed fixes in a planned attempt to lower the stroke and heart attack rate. Some good news is that there is finally a realization that often...
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2011
As 2011 draws to a close, I thought we could review some of the highlights and low lights that the year has brought us. But first, I need to alert my readers to an important albeit discouraging article...
View ArticleEven if they pay us, it doesn’t matter
Medicine is changing. Everyday in the media there is another story as to the problems in medical care and the multiple ways that it is going to be fixed. What doesn't get a lot of coverage or...
View ArticleHealthcare and Schizophrenia (Part I)
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by poor emotional responsiveness. It can manifest itself in auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre...
View ArticleHealthcare and Schizophrenia (Part II)
In 1993, the Mandate was first seen as a legislative act called the Health Equity and Access Reform Today Act. This act was a Republican sponsored alternative to the Democratic Clinton led healthcare...
View ArticleHealthcare and Schizophrenia (Part III)
Here is a brief rundown on what you get and what it is going to cost you in the new world of healthcare. On the plus side: 2.5 million children of parents with insurance get to keep that insurance...
View Article$716 Billion
Clearly Mark Twain was wrong. He said there were three lies: "lies, damn lies and statistics." He never saw this year's Presidential election. The saying should read "lies, damn lies and...
View ArticleBurnout (Part II)
There are 814,022 physicians in the United States. 30% are in South Florida, 30% in Manhattan, 30% in Los Angeles and 10% spread throughout the rest of the country. (Snare drum) Seriously, this blog...
View ArticleKeep your hands off my board!
As I have blogged about before, Congress has created an opportunity to help us survive our healthcare morass. This opportunity was written about this week in the N Engl J Med 364;25:2377-2379....
View ArticleFive years and one million heart attacks and strokes Part II
In my last blog I documented the problem and some of the proposed fixes in a planned attempt to lower the stroke and heart attack rate. Some good news is that there is finally a realization that often...
View Article2011
As 2011 draws to a close, I thought we could review some of the highlights and low lights that the year has brought us. But first, I need to alert my readers to an important albeit discouraging...
View ArticleEven if they pay us, it doesn’t matter
Medicine is changing. Everyday in the media there is another story as to the problems in medical care and the multiple ways that it is going to be fixed. What doesn't get a lot of coverage or...
View ArticleHealthcare and Schizophrenia (Part I)
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by poor emotional responsiveness. It can manifest itself in auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre...
View ArticleHealthcare and Schizophrenia (Part II)
In 1993, the Mandate was first seen as a legislative act called the Health Equity and Access Reform Today Act. This act was a Republican sponsored alternative to the Democratic Clinton led healthcare...
View ArticleHealthcare and Schizophrenia (Part III)
Here is a brief rundown on what you get and what it is going to cost you in the new world of healthcare. On the plus side: 2.5 million children of parents with insurance get to keep that insurance...
View Article$716 Billion
Clearly Mark Twain was wrong. He said there were three lies: "lies, damn lies and statistics." He never saw this year's Presidential election. The saying should read "lies, damn lies and...
View ArticleBurnout (Part II)
There are 814,022 physicians in the United States. 30% are in South Florida, 30% in Manhattan, 30% in Los Angeles and 10% spread throughout the rest of the country. (Snare drum) Seriously, this blog...
View ArticleKeep your hands off my board!
As I have blogged about before, Congress has created an opportunity to help us survive our healthcare morass. This opportunity was written about this week in the N Engl J Med 364;25:2377-2379....
View ArticleFive years and one million heart attacks and strokes Part II
In my last blog I documented the problem and some of the proposed fixes in a planned attempt to lower the stroke and heart attack rate. Some good news is that there is finally a realization that often...
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