Health Care Dysfunction Makes It to the Presidential Debate
A damning compendium of what ails the US health care industry.
Read more...A damning compendium of what ails the US health care industry.
Read more...A sobering compendium of the factors responsible for the rot in the US health care system.
Read more...Health care execs say they are worried about doctor burnout….but what are their real motives?
Read more...We have to follow the money, all the money that flows around our new plutocrat-in-chief to be, and his rich and well connected cronies.
Read more...Trump’s health care plan, to the extent it can even be called a plan, makes no sense.
Read more...A top journal excoriated two doctors who engaged in disrespectful behavior, but is vastly less vigilant or heated when faced with health care corruption, as in the sort of conduct that can and often does kill people.
Read more...Aside from the independent merit of this post, in calling out an aspect of the Sheldon Silver scandal that the media has sanctimoniously overlooked, I am also a big believer in encouraging the use of the word “corruption” when it fits, which is sadly all too often these days.
Read more...Yves here. I’m not one to fan Ebola fears. In fact, I’m a bit loath to give it the prominence in Links that I am, given the small number of cases in the US and in the world ex the afflicted parts of Africa. While the mortality rate is high, it’s not all that infectious. You are still more at risk from dying by virtue of driving (if you drive) than you are of dying from Ebola or terrorism.
However, whether or not Ebola morphs into a more virulent version, concern about it is legitimate, if for no other reason than that the US healthcare system is neither willing nor able to cope well with flareups of deadly diseases.
Read more...The Perry and McDonnell cases are not just political corruption, but health care corruption, although they are not framed that way.
Read more...MDs think about you the patient as unique in your need for health care. MBAs think about you the widget as a source of profit and institutional power.
Read more...Electronic health care records continue to be a drag on doctor productivity and the quality of treatment.
Read more...Drug company settlements with the Feds, which never were very tough to begin with, are also becoming less frequent.
Read more...Health care corruption is pervasive, yet remains a taboo topic.
Read more...Executive looting, hospital style.
Read more...The differences between what mission statements say, and what large organizations do.
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