VIDEO You remember Craig, former CEO of Celera Genomics, and one of the dynamic duo that literally fought its way through the Human Genome Project in the 90’s. 1,2 Craig battled away from the private side.3 And Francis Collins, his altar boy, alter ego, who was nominated to head the NIH on July 8, 2009, […]
Author: Mike Magee
The elements of health reform just aren’t adding up when you assess the limited number of personnel available to provide quality and timely care. I may be reminiscent of a broken record, but the healthcare sector does not currently have sufficient physician or allied health workforces to ‘absorb’ another 47 million people actively seeking clinic […]
by Eric Dishman on July 17, 2009 Over the past few weeks, I have had a serious case of “news junkyitis” for everything I could find out about healthcare reform as Congress and the Obama administration debate what to do for our country’s healthcare crisis. I’m trying to be hopeful that real reform will happen–that […]
6 Things Parents of Kids in Summer Football Practice Should Know My first introduction to the dangers of over-exercise and under-hydration in the heat came in 1988, in my first job as a hospital administrator. I was at an academic setting in Western Massachusetts when we received a request to admit 35 police cadets for […]
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Can We Afford Not To Do Prevention?
The debate on Health Care Reform is now focused on predicting the cost accurately. Logic suggests that investing in prevention will save money long term. Besides it’s clearly the right thing to do. Take for example colorectal cancer, the second leading cancer killer in the United States.1 Some 90 million Americans are at risk of […]
Why is it that some diseases never reach “star status”. Take the case of Chlamydia. Over a million cases in 2007 in the US says the CDC. Source of significant discomfort with long term issues around infertility, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID), ectopic pregnancy and possibly endometriosis. Affects over 10% of teenage women. Spread by intimate […]
Why Obama Deserved the AMA Standing OvationWhen President Obama recently addressed the American Medical Association (AMA) and signaled support for malpractice reform, he received a standing ovation. No surprise there. But the truth is this reform is long overdue, and will better serve the people as well as those caring for the people. Medical malpractice […]
