From the monthly archives:

May 2008

A Child Not Making Eye Contact

May 31, 2008

How universal health care can hurt military recruitment

May 30, 2008

Floyd Norris: “If the Democrats win the election this year, and are able to enact a health care plan that extends adequate coverage to all Americans, the loser could be the Army. Getting enough people to enlist could become a major problem for the next president . . .
. . . Government polls show that [...]

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Predictably, surgeons protect their turf

May 30, 2008

Christian Shalgian, speaking for the ACS: “We as the surgical community don’t have a problem with increasing payments to primary care physicians . . . when MedPac is making a recommendation to do it in a budget-neutral manner, that means we as a surgical community will be cut in order to increase payments to primary [...]

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Why are health insurers supporting Democrats?

May 30, 2008

Counterintuitive as Democrats would like nothing more for private health insurers to die off with extreme prejudice. DrRich sheds light on the situation.

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How Medicare is dumb

May 30, 2008

Nicely put.

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Naivety

May 30, 2008

An explanation on why this mother doesn’t vaccinate her sons: “My husband and I believe that we are born with an immune system, and we need to trust that.”

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That’s hyperventilating

May 30, 2008

An ABG in the ED showed a young female with a pH of 7.72 and PCO2 of 14.

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Life hacks for doctors

May 30, 2008

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Hammer and nails

May 30, 2008

An unnecessary test was ordered when a consultant goes over the head of the primary physician team. Bad form by the gastroenterologist.

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Disparities in end-of-life care

May 30, 2008

Most blame the doctors, but should the patient and family desire for aggressive care be ignored?
He attributed the aggressiveness of private hospitals in New York simply to the sophistication of the patients and their families.

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Radiation from scans in the ED

May 30, 2008

Another reason why patients have to realize that more testing isn’t better.

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Need more than debt reduction

May 30, 2008

Recent news that a minor debt reduction program is having success is relieving some of the primary care shortage in Massachusetts:
The recent report that a debt reduction program aimed at recruiting clinicians to community health centers in Eastern Massachusetts exceeded expectations was good news indeed. Launched in 2007 with funds from Bank of America, the [...]

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