Video Introduction to Critical Decisions

Byadmin September 5, 2012

Want a sneak peak into why I wrote Critical Decisions? Take a look at this 5 minute video. Feel free to send links to all your friends, so they won’t fall behind the times!

Health Care Cost

Do We Have a Drug Problem in the US?
Byadmin February 15, 2013

Since the recession hit hard a few years ago, health care expenditures have slowed dramatically. It now looks like, at least for medications, cost increases are making a comeback. For instance: Nexium, a heartburn drug, had a 7.8% price hike to a $262 average prescription in the first nine months of 2012. Enough to make…

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How to Tell Grandpa He Is Too Old for Another Colonoscopy
Byadmin January 16, 2018

Shutterstock Cancer screening can save lives: Mammographies reduce the chance women will die of breast cancer; and colonoscopies reduce the chance people will die of colon cancer. But should my 93-year-old father receive a screening colonoscopy? The test is uncomfortable, carries risks, and costs money. Even more importantly, my dad probably won’t live long enough…

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Discussing Financial Toxicity in Oncology Settings
Byadmin January 28, 2014

The American Society of Clinical Oncology is one of the leading specialty organizations for physicians who take care of patients with cancer. A reporter from ASCO just wrote a nice piece, in which she questioned me to go into more detail about the challenge of discussing cost of care with oncology patients. I thought I…

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What Homer Simpson Can Teach Oncologists About Math
Byadmin January 11, 2013

Let’s warm up with a quick arithmetic problem, which I want you to do in your head. What is one thousand plus forty? Now add another thousand And thirty more Plus twenty Plus another thousand And finally, add an additional ten. What’s the answer? According to Dean Buonomano, in his excellent book Brain Bugs, the majority…

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Getting A Colonoscopy? Ask Your Doctor About Using An AI Copilot
Byadmin2 January 7, 2025January 7, 2025

Colon cancer is often preventable with timely screening. One way to be screened is through a procedure called colonoscopy, where a physician examines your colon with a camera to look for precancerous polyps. Unfortunately, some physicians are not as thorough as they should be and overlook growths they should be removing. It might be time…

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Full Disclosure: Out-of-Pocket Costs As Treatment Side Effects
Byadmin October 17, 2013

Here is a link to an article I co-authored in the New England Journal this week, with Yousuf Zafar and Amy Abernethy. In the article, we urge physicians to talk about out-of-pocket costs with patients, given that these costs can sometimes have a bigger negative impact on their lives than the kind of treatment side…

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Video Introduction to Critical Decisions

Do We Have a Drug Problem in the US?

How to Tell Grandpa He Is Too Old for Another Colonoscopy

Discussing Financial Toxicity in Oncology Settings

What Homer Simpson Can Teach Oncologists About Math

Getting A Colonoscopy? Ask Your Doctor About Using An AI Copilot

Full Disclosure: Out-of-Pocket Costs As Treatment Side Effects

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