What the “Father of Medical Informatics” said in 1991By Mike Magee, MD It helps to look back if you want to look forward. Why? Well, a look back not only provides a check on current ideas and theories, but as importantly gives some indication of the pace of change. Today’s case in point will be […]
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What’s On Your Mind?
Post a comment here and we’ll feature it for discussion Health Commentary’s Open Forum is a place where YOUR ideas become the topic of discussion. All you have to do is post a comment when you see a "What’s On Your Mind" item. We’ll then highlight it at our Open Forum site for others to […]
Be careful about having procedures done while out shopping Before heading out to the mall you may want to do a little research first. Who knows, you may end up coming home with not only new designer shoes and the hottest dress but — oh, yeah — a plumper face and smoother thighs as a […]
Doing the right thing is an expensive proposition In the United States nearly a quarter of our multi-generational families have a family member working in a job that they never trained for, never asked for, and have never been paid for. That job is the informal family caregiver. It is estimated that there are 34 […]
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On Practical Reforms
Can we achieve real change through policy-based reform? Now that health care reform is once again an active, visible issue in state governments and the presidential campaigns, the ideas are flying fast and furious. Predictably, some ideas are better than others. Over at Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review, Bob Laszewski asks an important, practical […]
Dr. Tom Russell’s new book Over the years, I’ve always been proud to be a surgeon, as was my father, and as are two of my brothers. Having watched my father in his office attached to the house from the time I was a little boy, I knew that it was possible to be a […]
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Health Wonk Review Is Up!
New collection of health care writing from the Web Our good friend Bob Laszewski at Health Policy and Marketplace Review is host of this wonderful edition of Health Wonk Review, which consistently displays a collection of the best, most insightful health care writing around the Web. Bob has entertaining, if not entirely truthful, thumbnail sketches […]
