Tuesday, August 31, 2010

W(h)ither health insurers?

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The talk around the country among health insurance companies is that their insurance business is dying. What is happening? First, the conso...
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Monday, August 30, 2010

Unanswered questions on payment reform

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Here is a story by Robert Gavin in the Boston Globe about the deteriorating financial condition of Massachusetts hospitals. This is anoth...
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Sunday, August 29, 2010

I hate it when I have to give this kind of news

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Sometimes an expression that would be appropriate and kind in normal circumstances can add pain or anxiety in a clinical setting. A friend r...
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More on the blue whale

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Apparently, this is a very rare event. See here . An excerpt: “It has happened in this country before, but not in recent decades”. Blue ...
Friday, August 27, 2010

What I didn't see in Iceland

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Missed this on my recent trip to Iceland. From my friend Jacob , dressed in orange. He explains: A blue whale died and washed ashore. We ...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Science is the topography of ignorance

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Here is a statement* that Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., as dean of Harvard Medical School, gave in an introductory lecture to the medical clas...
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College student cleans up

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Continuing our short series about summer student projects, here you see Aviva Hamavid, a college student intern, participating in our free...

First crops at Bowdoin Street

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A few weeks ago , I wrote about our staff members helping to organize a farmers' market in the neighborhood of our Bowdoin Street Health...
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What I learned as a summer high school intern

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We had our farewell ceremony yesterday for three dozen or so high school students who had spent the summer with us as interns. They were as...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

ACO + global payments --> Market dominance?

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Is the move towards accountable care organizations and capitated (aka, global) payments likely to reduce health care costs and insurance pre...
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Being autistic compared to being neurotypical

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I heard a wonderful interview last night on National Public Radio with Lisa Daxer, an autistic biomedical engineering student. It is worth ...
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Blog rally about CHD

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Stefenie Jacks has created a blog rally to present stories about congenital heart disease. It runs through August 30. She says, This is a...
Monday, August 23, 2010

A heart-starting app

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Thanks to ePatient Dave for sending me this link on Bodyshock The Future, containing the following story about AED4.eu. The video follows...
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I'm not the best sister

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Cynthia MacKenzie, a locksmith at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, published this story early in August, as she was preparing to ride in the Pa...

New blog: A hospitalist talks

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Doctor Irfan Ali, Director of Hospital Medicine at a Florida hospital, has started a new blog with lots of interesting observations about th...
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Sunday, August 22, 2010

My bad idea

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A couple of years ago, I suggested : Why don't the insurers in Massachusetts require the hospitals here to report their HSMRs (hospital...
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Friday, August 20, 2010

Please don't do this!

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An article by Melena Ryzik in today’s New York Times, “ Turn on (MP3s), Tune In and Ride ,” presents the concept of expanding the “communal ...
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Happy birthday from Don Berwick

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A friend closer to my age writes: So my brother's 67th birthday is tomorrow and he just received a Happy Birthday email from -- Medicar...

Rise of the Mamils

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As I prepare for this weekend's exercise, I take note of this article , knowing for sure that it is not about me at all. Really. For s...
Thursday, August 19, 2010

Excellent pick at BCBS

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At the risk of appearing to curry favor with our largest insurer, I want to congratulate the Blue Cross Blue Shield board for appointing And...
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