After Visit Summary - Little Things Mean a Lot

When I was in high school, the singer Kitty Kallen had a #1 hit - " Little Things Mean a Lot ." The ballad is decidedly uncool by ...

Making Accountable Care Organizations Acceptable to the Public

The most recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine has a valuable article about the "Patient's Role in Accountable Care ...

Fall 2010 Attitudes Toward Health Care Reform and its Possible Repeal

With the Republicans having regained a majority in the U.S. House and narrowed the Democrats' majority in the Senate last Tuesday, there...

Advocating for the Future of Medicare

I've admired Randy Cohen's "The Ethicist" column in the New York Times Magazine ever since he started it more than ten yea...

On Not Hiring Smokers

Five days ago I wrote a post defending the new Massachusetts Hospital Association policy decision not to hire tobacco users. I usually agre...

Nanny Employer or Public Health Leader?

The Massachusetts Hospital Association announced yesterday that as of January 1, tobacco users will not be eligible for employment. The blo...

State by State Analysis of Patient Rights under 2010 Reforms

State Reactions to 2010 Health Care Reforms A virtual firestorm has ensued with state reactions to some of the federal government mandates u...

Nanny State and Nanny Employer

This election season has been saturated with backlash against "government takeover" of health care. Critique of the Patient Protec...

Health Care and the Campaign

A New York Times editorial on "Health Care and the Campaign" summarizes nicely the lies, distortions and disinformation about hea...

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and Infertility

Polycystic ovarian syndrome is a common disorder causing androgen excess, ovulatory dysfunction and polycystic ovaries. PCOS can only be dia...