The AI Enhanced Personal Health Record – The Key That Unlocks The Door To Universal Health Care.

Mike Magee In a system that controls 1/5 of the U.S. GDP; one that in 2017 employed 16 non-clinical workers for every physician; and one that under-performs at every turn (most notably for women and children, the poor, and people of color); one would be hard pressed to identify a better target for AI-driven national […]

Does AI Spell The Demise of Relationship Based Health Care?

Mike Magee “What exactly does it mean to augment clinical judgement…?” That’s the question that Stanford Law professor, Michelle Mello, asked in the second paragraph of a May, 2023 article in JAMA exploring the medical legal boundaries of large language model (LLM) generative AI. This cogent question triggered unease among the nation’s academic and clinical […]

“AI god Tells Medical-Industrial Complex: ‘Your Health Care System Is Perfect!’”

Mike Magee One of the top ten headlines of all time created by the satirical geniuses at The Onion was published 25 years ago this December. It read, “God Answers Prayers Of Paralyzed Little Boy. ‘No,’ Says God.” The first paragraph of that column introduced us to Timmy Yu, an optimistic 7-year old, who despite […]

The True Color of Tribalism – an orange sash, a green flag, a red MAGA hat…and a fragmented health care system.

Mike Magee As Thanksgiving Day approaches, let’s give thanks for the study of history, in part because it reminds us that Trumpian words like “vermin” have been used before and serve to alert the human race that we have entered the danger zone. One President who understood the power of words more than many others […]

Can We Make Sense Of American Health Care? And How Would We Do That?

Mike Magee This past week my wife and I were at a family event to celebrate a 70th birthday. Our extended family has more than a few doctors. One who had read CODE BLUE and had a strong interest in health policy asked if I felt I (and others) were too hard on doctors. My […]

The Constitutional Right to Health Care: A 5-Part Series.

Part I: The Argument – Who Controls Your Rights? Part II: Common Sense vs. Power Plays: “Let the end be legitimate.” Part III: The Right to Privacy and Health. Part IV. The Need for Reform: “Necessitous men are not free men.” Part V. Addressing “The Tyranny of the Minority.” M4A- an entry point.

The Constitutional Right to Health Care: An Historical Perspective in 5 Parts.

Mike Magee Several weeks ago, I raised a red flag that assaults on women’s right to control their own health decisions threatened their autonomy, as well as the professional rights of physicians. Last week, I suggested that recent changes at the interface of economics and education in the American electorate had created a “polarity reversal” […]

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