Saturday, July 31, 2010

Way to go, legislators!

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It is one of the enjoyable mysteries of legislative politics that last-minute bills often accomplish things that people have been talking ab...
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Friday, July 30, 2010

Man's best friend

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Apropos of nothing at all usually seen on this blog, I offer this very funny -- and oddly moving -- video as the weekend approaches: (If you...
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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Helping patient-run organizations

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This is a request for modest financial help, directed to my hospital colleagues. In recent years, we have seen a burgeoning of small patient...
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Them's fighting words!

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A friend decided to help settle the dilemma-dilemna question below by sending a note to the etymologist at the Oxford English Dictionary. ...
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MassINC exposes imaging

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MassINC is a public interest research foundation that publishes Commonwealth magazine, an excellent public policy journal. The current iss...
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

From Helen

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During my tenure here, I have always been able to count on Helen Fuller, RN, to send me emails when she saw things that were awry or could b...
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Request for links

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It has been a long time since I have updated the links I post on this blog. Yes, over there ----> on the right. If you know of any, incl...
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Monday, July 26, 2010

The illusion of security

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Back in June , I suggested that corporate policies that block social media on company computers and networks were doomed to failure because ...
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Can CMS be a venture capitalist?

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Lisa Suennen, a venture capitalist, writes this post about the provision in the national health care reform act that created the Center for...
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Joe Newhouse lays it out

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Joe Newhouse is a very thoughtful professor of health care policy at Harvard. He recently published this article in Health Affairs , "...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Camp Wamsutta Reunion

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As we approach what would have been parents' visiting weekend, I write this as a remembrance that might appeal to those of a certain age...
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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Dilemma or Dilemna?

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Within minutes of my previous posting , one of our very experienced press people sent an email with the terse subject line: headline typo . ...
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The insurers' dilemna

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This has to be a very difficult time for insurance companies in Massachusetts. Notwithstanding that they are non-profits, they are under a ...
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Sausage making: Fast food version

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Continuing my occasional series for out-of-state readers. Even for Massachusetts, this is hard to keep up with. The leadership of the House...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Time with the chief residents

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I had the pleasure today of conducting a small seminar for our Department of Medicine chief residents. These are the people who were the cr...
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Author in the Room

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I am pleased to post this announcement: IHI and JAMA Announce Author and Article for the July 21st Call Kenneth J. Mukamal, MD, MPH, autho...
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A soccer field emerges at Fenway Park

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I dropped by Fenway Park today to get an update on the preparations for tomorrow night's soccer match between Celtic and Sporting . In t...
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Pathologists helping in Haiti

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Von Samedi is a fellow in our Department of Pathology who has figured out how to allocate some of his time to assist with the rebuilding of ...
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Monday, July 19, 2010

ACL survey for soccer coaches

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Speaking of soccer , Susan Sigward, Assistant Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy Director at the USC Community Health and Wellness R...
Sunday, July 18, 2010

Getting ready for soccer at Fenway

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I just had a chance to watch the initial stages of a unique Fenway Park makeover. The baseball field has to be rebuilt as a soccer pitch. ...
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