Archive for the 'Physician Writings' Category
5th of February, 2009 The Supreme Court, Preemption, and Malpractice Liability
Posted by john in Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Orgs., Medical Malpractice Insurance, Medical Malpractice Laws, New Developments, Pharmacutical Companies, Physician Leadership, Physician Practice, Physician Writings, Prescription Drugs, Risk Management, Tort Reform at 4:17 pm |  Permanent Link
Aaron S. Kesselheim, M.D., J.D., and David M. Studdert, LL.B., Sc.D.
http://content.nejm.org/
The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering the case of Wyeth v. Levine, whose central question is whether approval of a pharmaceutical product’s label by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should protect the manufacturer from litigation by patients alleging that they were inadequately warned [...]
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22nd of January, 2009 Creative Dissatisfaction
Posted by john in EMR, Healthcare Industry, Hospitals and Medical Centers, New Developments, Patient Satisfaction, Physcian Shortage, Physician Leadership, Physician Practice, Physician Writings, Specialty at 11:59 am | Permanent Link
by Dr. Kenneth H. Cohn
http://www.hospitalimpact.org
I heartily recommend Abigail Zuger’s provocative article on Dissatisfaction with Medical Practice (Zuger A. 2004. “Dissatisfaction with Medical Practice.”New Engl J Med 350(1):69-75). I learn more each time I reread it.
In the article, Dr. Zuger points out that the golden age of health care, which lasted approximately two decades after the [...]
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9th of January, 2009 In Search of a Good Doctor
Posted by john in Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Orgs., New Developments, Patient Satisfaction, Physician Leadership, Physician Practice, Physician Writings, Specialty at 3:41 pm | Permanent Link
By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D.
http://www.nytimes.com
In response to my recent column on patients trusting doctors too much, several readers wrote in about the difficulty of finding or sifting through information on doctors and diseases. Many asked for suggestions, so a couple of weeks ago I contacted several nationally respected leaders in family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, [...]
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8th of January, 2009 Opinion: Keep doctors from disappearing
Posted by john in Health Insurance, Healthcare Industry, Insurance Companies, New Developments, Physcian Shortage, Physician Leadership, Physician Practice, Physician Writings, Reimbursement, Specialty, State/Local at 2:59 pm | Permanent Link
BY GARY S. MIRKIN
http://www.newsday.com
Health care reform and the increasing cost of medical care have been widely discussed for years, but recent reports point to a fundamental flaw that could overshadow the political rhetoric – the doctors who perform the majority of checkups and everyday care in this country are rapidly disappearing.
According to a study released [...]
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16th of December, 2008 Where Have All the Doctors Gone?
Posted by john in Health Insurance, Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Orgs., Medicare/Medicaid, New Developments, Physcian Shortage, Physician Leadership, Physician Practice, Physician Writings, Reimbursement, Specialty at 3:54 pm | Permanent Link
By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D.
http://www.nytimes.com
One morning during my medical residency many years ago, one of the senior doctors pulled me aside after rounds, as was his routine, to review the status of patients in the intensive care unit. A few had single-organ failure — their lungs weren’t doing well, or their hearts weren’t beating efficiently. [...]
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16th of December, 2008 Opinion: Prognosis for Illinois Medical Torts Is Quite Uncertain
Posted by john in Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Orgs., Medical Malpractice Insurance, Medical Malpractice Laws, New Developments, Physician Practice, Physician Writings, Politics, State/Local, Tort Reform at 3:36 pm | Permanent Link
http://online.wsj.com
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association President Philip Harnett Corboy Jr. is entitled to his opinion about why medical liability insurance premiums have stabilized somewhat in Illinois since a 2005 state law reasonably limited plaintiff recoveries for wholly subjective noneconomic damages such as pain and suffering (Letters, Dec. 8).
Despite Mr. Corboy’s insinuation to the contrary, the Illinois [...]
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13th of November, 2008 Transforming Practice
Posted by john in Health Insurance, Healthcare Industry, New Developments, Patient Satisfaction, Physcian Shortage, Physician Leadership, Physician Practice, Physician Writings, Practice Management, Reimbursement, Specialty at 3:03 pm | Permanent Link
Thomas Bodenheimer, M.D.
http://content.nejm.org
The editors asked several experts to share their perspectives on the crisis in U.S. primary care. Their articles, which address this crisis from six different angles, follow. We also brought the five U.S. contributors together for a roundtable discussion of the problems and potential solutions for training, practice, compensation, and systemic change. A [...]
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23rd of October, 2008 Opinion: Six ways to repair our health system
Posted by john in Health Insurance, Healthcare Industry, Healthcare Orgs., Medical Malpractice Laws, Medicare/Medicaid, New Developments, Physician Leadership, Physician Practice, Physician Writings, Politics, State/Local at 2:47 pm | Permanent Link
Dr. Clif Cleaveland, Commentary
http://timesfreepress.com
I believe that access to affordable medical care of high quality is a basic right of all American citizens. Without decent health care, there is little chance for “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.�
For many Americans, this right cannot be realized in our fragmented, increasingly expensive system. Market forces can no [...]
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