A Repository for Ideas
A Repository for Ideas
I retired early from the profession I loved because the devolution of the healthcare system made it impossible for me to provide care to my patients in a manner which met my standards. Unfortunately the resultant “moral injury” left me leery of again getting involved with our healthcare system.
Federal judges must be forced to prioritize the health of society ahead of their unhealthy anti-abortion and pro-gun policies. There is a path forward but Blue State Governors must act now!
If we hope to improve the healthcare of all Americans we must redirect funding away from the CHIPHIT complex and toward entities that prioritize a high quality, low cost, egalitarian healthcare system.
There are policies which will reduce gun deaths and there is a way to implement these changes, at least for the residents of the Blue States, but it requires us to treat the US Supreme Court as a judicial-political entity.
Obesity is a disease, it is not a result of a failure of will power. We have good therapies that induce significant weight loss and improve overall health.
The decision to remain unvaccinated inflict avoidable healthcare and economic costs on Massachusetts’ vaccinated residents and economy. It is time to make the unvaccinated pay their fair-share.
Our medical offices are now antiseptic, devoid of educational material and humanity and this adversely impacts a physician’s ability to provide medical care.
The US is progressively falling behind other countries on COVID-19 vaccination rates. My patients tell me the reason is…
Physicians teach their patients the science they must understand to enable them to make informed healthcare decisions. Is it not also a physician’s responsibility to explain the science underlying public health policy and the connection between political choices, public health policies, and their health and longevity?
Governors of the Blue States should create the “Blue State Domestic Ambassador for the Coronavirus Pandemic” to implement a mutually agreeable, multi-year, Blue State Coronavirus Mitigation Plan predicated on Blue-State ethos.
My hospital has asked its physician to volunteering to take care COVID-19 patients. For many reasons, this request is both problematic and necessary…
The COVID-19 pandemic will exacerbate the US economic inequity problem and threatens the viability of our healthcare system, a solution…
If we hope to create a healthcare system that is sustainable and meets the needs of all members of our society…
Physicians are required to prescribe a medication whose risk/benefit ratio they may not be able to fully assess or have never used….
As our capitalism based healthcare system is not fiscally sustainable nor efficient, we need to explore alternative options…
Why do I eat at 9 PM even though I just finished dinner…
Pharmacist should be legally mandated to disclose the lowest possible price of a prescription to the patient during every transaction…
Electronic Health Records are the prime cause of physician dissatisfaction with our health care system because these systems were designed to maximize billing revenue and with little regard for the needs of the physician user. Here are 40 suggestions to improve the functionality of EHRs…
We can continue as a unified and polarized nation which is incapable of addressing the problems that face our society or…
