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Contracts With Patients in Clinical Practice

Byadmin December 1, 2012

“Contracts With Patients in Clinical Practice” – The Lancet

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Are Your Healthcare Prices Outrageous? Here's What Happens When Prices Come Out Of The Dark
Byadmin January 6, 2017

They both had shoulder pain, persistent despite weeks of physical therapy. Both received MRI examinations at reputable radiology facilities, looking for things like rotator cuff tears, labral disruptions and other anatomical abnormalities. What was different was the price they paid for the MRI, with one patient paying $1000 more than the other. Welcome to the…

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What Physicians Could Learn from Accountants and Veterinarians
Byadmin May 14, 2015

Rebecca Plevin, from KPCC public radio in California, is quickly becoming one of my favorite health reporters. She is really digging in to the strange world of health economics. Here’s a nice piece she did, comparing how people talk about costs when meeting with financial counselors versus veterinarians versus, of course, going to see their…

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Time to Consult for NASA?
Byadmin March 17, 2016

One of the best podcasts out there is NPR’s The Hidden Brain. Here is a recent episode discussing the challenges of being a, yawn, astronaut on a long voyage. It covers some fun research I did with David Comerford. Here is the beginning of the print version. But you might want to check out the audio….

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Experts Split On Whether Breast, Lung, And Prostate Cancer Screening Saves Lives
Byadmin2 November 11, 2024

Mammograms for breast cancer; the PSA blood test for prostate cancer; CT scans for lung cancer; and things like stool blood tests and colonoscopies for colon cancer. Each of these screening tests is designed to find cancers, or precancers, before they become symptomatic, the goal of early detection being to enable clinicians to eradicate growths…

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The Life-Expectancy Gap in One Depressing Picture
Byadmin November 27, 2017

Here, from the Financial Times, is a picture showing that the lower your income, the less increase you’ve gotten in life-expectancy the last four decades: Income inequality is one of the largest human problems of this century.

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Your Doctor May Spend More Time with a Computer than with You
Byadmin November 24, 2017

Shutterstock Medical appointments are getting shorter by the year. Sometimes it feels like doctors have no time to spend with their patients. What’s to blame for these brief clinical interactions? It could be the electronic health record, or EHR. Because of changes in how insurance companies and the government pay for medical care, doctors increasingly…

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Contracts With Patients in Clinical Practice

Are Your Healthcare Prices Outrageous? Here's What Happens When Prices Come Out Of The Dark

What Physicians Could Learn from Accountants and Veterinarians

Time to Consult for NASA?

Experts Split On Whether Breast, Lung, And Prostate Cancer Screening Saves Lives

The Life-Expectancy Gap in One Depressing Picture

Your Doctor May Spend More Time with a Computer than with You

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