A new approach to healthcare has popped up, to go along with patient-centered care. No longer is medicine doled out in a patriarchal fashion where the doctor dictates which treatments will be undertaken. Now, patients are informed which options are feasible and it is the patient who decides the course of action, and takes on [...]
The guest post today voices a sentiment and message that I have been discussing for quite a while now. He does it very well. Please read on for Dr. Drummond’s article. Doctors are the canaries in the coal mine of medicine DIKE DRUMMOND, MD | PHYSICIAN | FEBRUARY 12, 2013 Back in the day, coal miners always carried a [...]
As the year starts on its new course, we have the chance to reflect on 2012 and the modifications t0 healthcare over the last year. Dramatic changes have occurred in the practice of medicine which will affect us all. The most notable changes are: Medicare penalties: Letters were issued to thousands of doctors, informing them [...]
Stories are filtering in through our screens (for those that have electric power) of all the hardships that have been endured by the devastation of the brutal storm Sandy. The story most touching to me is that of the first responders and doctors of NYU hospital. Not only did the hospital lose electric power but [...]
This is a special report from iHealth that I would like to share with you all today. SPECIAL REPORT Several Forces Driving Explosion in Mobile Health Care Industry, Experts Say Eric Topol of Scripps Health, Chuck Parker of the Continua Health Alliance and Paul Sonnier of Popper and Company spoke with iHealthBeat about the rapid growth of [...]
The College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University has started a graduate program in Narrative Medicine. The Mission statement reads as follows: “Narrative Medicine fortifies clinical practice with the narrative competence to recognize, absorb, metabolize, interpret, and be moved by the stories of illness. Through narrative training, the Program in Narrative Medicine helps doctors, nurses, [...]
Will YOUR doctor quit? Will you find it hard to find a doctor that accepts your insurance coverage? Results of a survey taken of 699 physician respondents representing a cross-section of every specialty and cross-section of the entire United States by the Doctor Patient Medical Association reveals: 90% say the medical system is on the [...]
Robert Samuelson, an economist-author, just published an article in the Washington Post regarding healthcare reform. According to him, “Obamacare” “is a colossal error of judgement” because it not only angered millions of Americans, but weakened economic recovery as well. While waiting to hear the Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and [...]
Why is it that religious views on Women’s healthcare can become linked to politics and governmental sanctions? Isn’t this contrary to the core beliefs of democracy and what our country was founded on? Why is it that after someone formulates his or her view of healthcare based on religion that it is not sufficient to [...]
Steve Waldren, MD, director of the American Academy of Family Physicians’ Center for Health IT, and Rosemarie Nelson, principal of the MGMA Consulting Group, gave us the worst sins providers can commit during EMR implementation. 1. Not doing your homework: Avoiding supplier problems means background research and thorough evaluations of vendors and products. And [...]
