I’ll be away until the end of the week. In the meantime, here are some things to keep you occupied.
Read other blogs on the Feeds page.
Check out the latest MedBlog Power 8.
Catch up on recurring discussions: primary care, defensive medicine, malpractice, and single-payer.
Say “health care is not a right” and see what happens.
Remember Dr. Terry Bennett?
Find out why cutting Medicare payments will limit physician access.
Who’s made it into my “Gone Wild” series?
Re-live past controversies like the Big Fat Blog saga, Dr. Anna Pou and Black Wednesday.
Ever eat ice? You’re not alone.
Listen to me talk on the CBS Evening News, Dr. Anonymous Show, and Reach MD.
Still not enough? Here are my takes on recent events:
Social networks, Obama, mandates, Super Bowl, military malpractice
Mandate wars, reimbursement, ignoring physicians
Heath Ledger, contracts, disease prevention
Physician salaries, the Massachusetts trap
Telephone care, dumb mandates
GE and radiology, health reform, MacBook Air
Carrot > stick, the pandering NEJM, retail clinics
MA and the Titanic, second opinions, airplane banter, cheap primary care
Dwindling primary care, spinal care, ratting out patients
Preventive medicine, Rhode Island, C-sections
Incentives, hospitalists, probabilities
Tort reform, Curt Schilling, e-mails
Mid-levels, cost-shifting, IMGs
Enjoy!