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Recommended: A touching story by Perri Klass, M.D. in the New England Journal of Medicine about how it feels to carry a doctor’s responsibility. In the case of Dr Klass, a pediatrician, that mea… more →
The Sentinel Effect
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reskow wrote 1 year ago: Recommended: A touching story by Perri Klass, M.D. in the New England Journal of Medicine about how … more →
Tier 4 Drugs: An Industry Response
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reskow wrote 1 year ago: Ezra Klein spoke with Robert Zirkelbach of America’s Health Insurance Plans regarding Tier 4 m … more →
Tier 4 Meds: When Is Health Insurance Not Insurance?
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reskow wrote 1 year ago: Is health insurance even insurance anymore? The high cost of intensive drug therapies is being shift … more →
Are We Asking the Wrong Questions About Disease Management and Medicare?
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reskow wrote 1 year ago: A recent study suggests that Medicare’s Disease Management (DM) experiment has failed to cut m … more →
Health Information Online: New & Interesting Developments
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reskow wrote 1 year ago: People keep trying to provide comparative cost information that health “consumers” can u … more →
Global Warming And Individual Health
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reskow wrote 1 year ago: Add the fight against global warming to the list of political battles that impact the health arena. … more →
Are 'Medical Googlers' Really A Problem?
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reskow wrote 1 year ago: After dozens of ventures to create health sites for health consumers, most people still seek medical … more →
Santa Barbara Data Initiative: The Lessons of Failure
reskow wrote 2 years ago: The California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) has published the results of a study to determine why i … more →
VA Played Fast and Loose With the Facts - So, How Good Are They Really?
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reskow wrote 2 years ago: The Veterans’ Administration has been promoting its effectiveness for some time, based on both … more →
A Brief History of Capitation, From Medieval Days to 21st Century Reform
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reskow wrote 2 years ago: Whatever happened to provider capitation? It was going to be a core element in the managed care stra … more →
Clinics in the Workplace and the Communist Experience
reskow wrote 2 years ago: The Kansas City Star is the latest newspaper to cover the growing trend toward onsite health clinics … more →
High And Low-Tech Communications: Patients' Minds Are The Forgotten Medical Device
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reskow wrote 2 years ago: Claims adjusters have a public image as hard-headed, cynical, worldy-wise business people. (Think Ed … more →
"Concierge Medicine": A Growth Industry?
reskow wrote 2 years ago: In this age of managed care, and as discussions of healthcare reform heat up, one form of healthcare … more →
Pay-For-Performance: Does It Work?
reskow wrote 2 years ago: A study in this month’s New England Journal of Medicine will not end debate on the topic of pe … more →
Veterans' Health Issues: Catastrophic and Brain Injuries
reskow wrote 2 years ago: Reports suggest it will take a concerted effort to address the health problems confronting our natio … more →
Wellpoint vs. Kaiser? More News On Policy Cancellations in CA
reskow wrote 2 years ago: We recently wrote about Kaiser’s push to work with state regulators on developing “stand … more →
Doctors as "Insurers"? Caveat Emptor
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reskow wrote 2 years ago: Via InsureBlog we learn that doctors in the Houston area are providing something that is described a … more →
DC Has Created a Database of "Adverse Medical Events"
reskow wrote 2 years ago: Washington D.C.’s Council has passed legislation that requires doctors to report “adverse medical ev … more →
