Obama on Medicare - Good Clinical Ethics/Poor Partisan Politics

I was torn by Robert Pear's report in today's New York Times that Democrats are distressed about President Obama's proposal for...

From little time to more - Listing of opportunities for you

INVOLVED!!!! Come spend time with us at WHEP . 1. Get information about a topic you are learning about or exploring. Just stop in - check wi...

Grady Hospital Dialysis Patients Have a Home - For Now

Last week I wrote about the ping pong match being played between Grady Hospital and Fresenius. Unfortunately, the ping pong balls were pati...

Stanford Medical Records Posted Online

The New York Times reported today that a spreadsheet with the names, diagnosis codes, admission and discharge dates, and billing charges fo...

Playing Ping Pong with Desperately Ill Undocumented

22 patients with kidney failure, most of them undocumented immigrants, are being ping ponged between Grady Hospital , a huge safety net faci...

NPR.org - Uninsured Largely Unaware Of Benefits Coming From Overhaul

Patti thought you would be interested in this story: Uninsured Largely Unaware Of Benefits Coming From Overhaul http://www.npr.org/blogs/hea...

Why the U.S. Isn't Ready for Single Payer Yet

Dr. Samuel Metz , an anesthesiologist in Oregon, has a letter in the August 27 New York Times arguing for a single payer system in the U.S....

"Still Alice" and the Ethics of Dementia

Several friends had urged me to read " Still Alice ," a novel by Lisa Genova about a 50 year old Harvard professor and mother of t...

August 31st Fundraiser for Susan G. Komen 3Day Walk

It's cabaret time for my Susan G. Komen 3Day Walk for the Cure team The Half Racks! Help us eradicate breast cancer while making sure ea...

Steve Schroeder on Why We Can't Contain Medical Care Costs

Steve Schroeder, a friend and medical school classmate I've admired since our first day in anatomy class together, recently published hi...