Physicians are online … a trend that cannot be stopped
Physicians are now using the web more than ever in the daily routine of their practices. They check information, drug…
Incentives needed to move EMR implentation forward
One thing learned early in the career of every medical innovator is that if your new idea requires major ergonomic…
Pay for Performance (P4P) moves forward under CMS
First, who will determine what is "effective" health care? Second, while we may all feel we know what safety, efficiency,…
Health Reform will require patients & doctors input but . . .
Are reforms necessary . . . yes. However, many of the reforms needed are common sense, low cost items that…
Nurses form mega-union
The history of unions in the United States is both good and bad. The history of unions in the healthcare…
Compartive Effectiveness = Health Rationing
Such actions have led in the past to sad moments in medical history most typified by the atrocity of Nazi…
"Stealth" health measures under guise of information techology fix
we must guard against this potentially evil - and that is the word I mean - usurpation of individual rights…
Doctor rankings: when are the playoffs?
In my experience some of he finest doctors were those that talked to patients more and operated less - how…
Information Ownership Economy
So we as taxpayers can see the ROI on public funds invested in the EMR incentives, can we push for…
Only rule changes can really change the system and = Real Health Reform
Real Health Reform has been advocating a series of major changes to the overall health system in order to accomplish…