Regarding “Leap to ICD-11 not recommended: AMA board”: Our government is systematically decimating the practice of medicine in the U.S. It is past time to acknowledge the real costs and challenges of electronic documentation and the financial and physical toll our government has placed... FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | March 30, 2013
| Print Magazine
It is outrageous for the National Institutes of Health to sponsor a $31 million study of chelation therapy (Modern Physician, March 27) that left some commenters questioning the integrity of the investigators. It makes me question if NIH's entire purpose was to make it fail, since EDTA treatment is... FULL STORY »
Regarding “The next big app,” the patient needs access to everything that exists out there that pertains to them, the same way that the providers do. FULL STORY »
Regarding "'Roemer's law,' pro and CON”: I had the privilege of being one of Dr. Milton Roemer's doctoral students, and took many of his courses during my master's of public health studies at the UCLA School of Public Health. FULL STORY »
Regarding “Better data needed on preventive health spending: GAO”: Preventive care is a laudable goal but will never reduce healthcare costs. FULL STORY »
Regarding “Diagnostic errors common in primary care, study finds”: This article brings up several important issues. Time is of the essence in medical care today. Physicians have a limited period of time to collect the relevant information and the clock is always ticking. FULL STORY »
Regarding “White House calls for healthcare cuts, permanent SGR fix”: We can't keep cutting physician reimbursement as well as hospital reimbursement. Those that suffer will be those Medicare beneficiaries and others in need of care. FULL STORY »
Regarding “Healthcare industry leaders react to Obama's re-election”: Great article on the comments from healthcare providers on the Obamacare program, now that Obama has been elected for a second term. FULL STORY »
Regarding “Healthcare industry leaders react to Obama's re-election”: It seems to me that—with the number and size of institutions at year 2000 levels, with increasing patient loads of some 16 million-plus new Medicaid patients, 4 million each year in new Medicare patients and... FULL STORY »
