Sleepless in the hospital: Our own default
“Sleepless in the hospital: Our own default” – ACP Hospitalist
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Showing Doctors How to Lower Healthcare Costs
ByadminThere are lots of things we need to do to get healthcare costs under control in the United States. Critical to most of our efforts, however, is to get physicians to practice cost-conscious care. Here is a nice story on this topic, from Rebecca Plevin at KPCC public radio in California: As regular readers of…
These Americans Are Rich – Should We Celebrate?
ByadminAmerican manufacturing has declined precipitously in the past few decades. Companies that were once the source of fabulous wealth for Americans – the U.S. Steel profits that enriched the Carnegie family, the Ford Motor F -1.29% Company profits that enriched its eponymous family – are now struggling to keep up with foreign competitors. Thank God…
The Upside of High Healthcare Costs: Lots of Jobs!
ByadminHere is a quick review from the Commonwealth Fund showing what happened to jobs in the United States since 2000. A dramatic growth in healthcare jobs, and almost no growth in the rest of the economy: Something to keep in mind, because if we ever get healthcare costs under control, we had better hope to…
If Costs Are Unknown, Can Doctors Still Talk About Them?
ByadminI have been writing a bit lately on the need for healthcare providers to talk with their patients about healthcare costs, if for no other reason than to enable patients to determine whether they can afford to pay for the healthcare that their doctors are recommending them to receive. I have been criticized for this position, on…
The Future of Disease – in One Picture
ByadminHere are some projections on what illnesses Medicare enrollees are experiencing now, and what they will be experiencing 20 years from now, courtesy of the Brookings Institute: