Among the impressive folks I’ve “met” (sometimes only virtually) through my work as Every Patient’s Advocate is Jonathan Fine, MD, the co-founder of Bedside Advocates in Massachusetts. His program is wonderfully impressive. Launched in Fall 2006, Bedside Advocates recruits skilled, retired health care professionals including doctors and nurses, to work with high risk patients and […]
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Extra brownie points and a shout-out go to Lisa Sanders, MD who shares her story of misdiagnosis of one of her patients in today’s New York Times. Not that I’m pleased she made an error — not at all. Rather, her very public confession is an indication of her recognition that bringing errors out into
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It’s rare a day goes by that I don’t read an article about deaths and other adverse drug effects caused by somebody making a mistake. A MISTAKE. That’s not the same as the ones where someone just has a bad reaction because their body can’t handle it. I’ve blogged before about problems with prescription drugs,
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“Just because I’m paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get me.” A few days ago I blogged about Steve Case (late of AOL and Time Warner) and his new healthcare “Revolution.” I offered my cautious optimism about some of his pro-active approach to improving our dysfunctional American health care system, but commented that some
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“Just because I’m paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get me.” A few days ago I blogged about Steve Case (late of AOL and Time Warner) and his new healthcare “Revolution.” I offered my cautious optimism about some of his pro-active approach to improving our dysfunctional American health care system, but commented that some
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Once again I’ve been blown away by a patient-centered resource. If you or a loved one is coping with illness, can’t get diagnosed, need resources to help you, are researching alternatives to treatments, or just need someone to listen — this blog post may be just your ticket. It’s also a good example of that
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If your knee or hip aches, and chondroitin helps relieve your pain, then researchers in Bern, Switzerland want to sell you some swampland in Florida. Get out your checkbook! Either that, or thank your imagination. A report being issued in the Annals of Internal Medicine today, and reported at WebMD, describes a meta-analysis* of 20
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He’s been developing it on the kinda-sorta QT for a couple of years now….. Steve Case, formerly of AOL and looking for something to do with his millions has decided to join the foray into healthcare, but with a new twist. He’s taking it to the public sector to create profit centers based on advertising
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