Category: Medical
Make Patient Care About Value, Not Volume – Care And Cost
Published May 8, 2021 in MedPage Today Brian Klepper and Jeff Hogan After the coronavirus pandemic and our stalled national economy, it is America’s...
Healthy Cheeseburger? — Dr. Mike Sevilla
A cheeseburger really is not healthy, right? Well, in a recent news report, a survey claimed that the food chain Whataburger (we have no...
Are Home Blood Pressure Monitors Accurate? – Cleveland Clinic
Maybe your blood pressure has been creeping up over time, or you’re starting treatment for hypertension. Your doctor suggests you buy a home blood pressure monitor to...
Here are the states that want it to end : NPR
This picture taken in March 2018 shows a technician working on the clock of the Lukaskirche Church in Dresden, eastern Germany. This weekend, Americans...
Watch: California and Feds Invest in Health Care for Homeless People
KFF Health News senior correspondent Angela Hart appeared on Spectrum News 1’s “Los Angeles Times Today” on Oct. 24 to discuss her coverage of...
Exercise Just as Good as Viagra for ED: Study
Oct. 23, 2023 — Exercising for at least 30 minutes three times a week can be just as effective as Viagra and similar medications...
Why we’re losing the health care war
Every week, I explore with great interest the commentaries, viewpoints, perspectives, podcasts, social media posts, and other dispatches from my peers and colleagues who...
Mary Lou Retton Crowdfunded Her Medical Debt, Like Many Thousands of Others
When Mary Lou Retton, the decorated Olympic gymnast, accrued medical debt from a lengthy hospital stay, her family did what countless Americans have done...
Monday Morning Update 10/9/23 – HIStalk
Top News The VA and 13 health systems pledge to share data to improve veteran healthcare via three objectives: Accurately identify veterans when they...
Goodhart’s law and patient satisfaction
Goodhart’s law suggests that when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. When I first read this I couldn’t...