Dr. Jeffrey Parks writes that it's wrong to label the wild health-care protesters at recent town halls "un-American." But they are unworthy of taking part in the debate. "A participant ...
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The Happy Hospitalist reviews the argument of two psychology and political science professors who argue against incentives, and concludes: "The authors seem to worry that bundled care would create an ...
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Michelle Mahon writes that the case of two Texas nurses shows a problem in pursuing a culture of safety at many hospitals: Nurses around the nation who voice concerns about ...
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Attorney Brian M. Murray warns that health providers who have “HIPAA fatigue” need to re-awake for new privacy and security rules in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical ...
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The Happy Hospitalist outlines the speech he gives to any patient who smokes. Doctors should feel free to borrow it -- and he says he'll be happy to change it ...
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Sometimes, it's a good idea to provide chemotherapy to a 92-year-old woman. Dr. Jeffery Parks writes: "These are the scenarios we see all the time in the real-world practice of ...
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Merrill Goozner sees two possible motives for the data-faking controversy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham: professional greed and personal greed. He reviews the evidence. ...
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Ernest Boyd of the Ohio Pharmacists Association says simply getting chronic-disease patients to take their medications can reduce overall health care spending. The right incentives -- often through employers -- ...
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World Product Centre executive John Strong writes that too much of the "medical mart" debate has focused on real estate. "Success lies in creating unique and sustainable value for participating ...
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Dr. Jeffery Parks finds a kindred spirit speaking out against what he calls "one of the most dangerous acts of anti-physician propaganda to come down the pipeline in twenty years." ...
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Medical blogger Happy Hospitalist writes about patients demanding biopsies, the manipulation of standard of care, and the need for physicians to "take back their profession and establish standards based on ...
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Dr. Jeffrey Parks writes that "Monday morning quarterbacking" the ethics around Steve Jobs' liver transplant "makes us look petty and small." ...
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Many are agog over Abraham Verghese's recent article headlined "The Myth of Prevention." But Merrill Goozner urges people to dig deeper and think deeply about the articles true message: an ...
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