By MERRILL GOOZNER Dartmouth scholars have revisited their analysis of regional variation in health care spending and found contrary to the assertions of some critics that cost-of-living differentials do not account for much of the difference. However, they confirmed that...
By JOHN V. JACOBI The Massachusetts Massacre has everyone stepping back a bit. The President says that we should “coalesce around those elements of the package that people agree on,” but it is unclear just which elements those might be,...
By ROB LAMBERTS I was talking to a fellow physician about a mutual patient. I had information that would help him in their care and he was taking the unusual step of asking me for my information. I was impressed....
By DON KEMPER, CEO HEALTHWISE Regardless of the U.S. administration’s “meaningful use” requirements, if health information technology (HIT) is to become meaningful for patients, it must include the prescription of information and tools to help each patient better manage his...
By Stephen C Schimpff, MD During the presidential debates, Tom Brokow asked, “Is healthcare a right, a privilege or a responsibility?”The candidates did not answer the question, but now would be a good time for Congress and the Obama Administration...
You can see numerous ice balls that have formed in Lake Michigan and along the shore in the Chicago Tribune video below. Wind, wave motion and a temperature just below freezing likely contributed to the creation of the ice spheres. There are some photographs of the ice balls here. Also, some much larger ice balls were discovered off the swedish coastline earlier this year.
By ROBERT LASZEWSKI As the State of the Union approaches Democrats are considering their health care policy options. There are lots of reports about “Plan B”—pushing through the Senate bill with a parallel corrections bill that could be passed in...
By MAGGIE MAHAR According to the headlines, 10 percent of Americans are unemployed. The truth is that closer to 17 percent of the population cannot find full-time work; this number includes workers who have become discouraged and have given up...
By BILL KRAMER A week ago, before the Massachusetts special election, health reformers felt that their house was almost finished. The edifice of health reform had been built painstakingly using blueprints designed by policy and political experts during the past...
By Matthew Holt Gilles Frydman is one of the leading ePatients. He started and runs ACOR (Association of Cancer Online Resources) and has discussed the role of engaged patients with rare diseases at the last few Health 2.0 Conferences. We'll...
