Last week I “met” Julia Schopick, a patient advocate who has some good information for you at www.honestmedicine.com. After Julia read my misdiagnosis story, she sent me a link to this MSNBC story by Rehema Ellis called “Cancer Docs Profit from Chemotherapy Drugs.” I almost fell off my chair when I read it! If you […]
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Our radio show taping this week included a conversation with two medical students. It was so refreshing and interesting to hear their perspectives on patient-doctor communications, and a variety of other topics. Something one of them said triggered a memory of a recent Grey’s Anatomy episode (no — not the one with the ferry accident
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Yesterday I came down on the Times — so today I’ll give them some credit for Jane Brody’s article on health literacy. Seems that regardless of someone’s level of education, socio-economic status, age, race, etc, we are equally capable of being considered as “low health literate.” The article reviews two studies that cite earlier death
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A health report written by Eric Nagourney, and featured last week in the New York Times tells us that doctors spend almost 16 minutes with patients — at least those who are older than 65. The patients came from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds, and the study was done in three different medical situations, and
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Art Buchwald did it his way. Others make the choice every day. My mother-in-law has now made the choice, too, and I’d even made a similar decision myself, although I was fortunate because it turned out to be unnecessary. It’s the choice NOT to be treated for a disease or condition — a choice, instead,
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Excellent report tonite on CBS News tonite about Dr. Donald Berwick and his work with the National Institute for Healthcare Improvement. They talked about hospital infections and prescription mistakes. Dr. Berwick’s passion for his work is so clear. Thanks to them both for putting this information out to the public in a much more massive
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It’s time to share my exciting news with my readers…. As many of you know, I started early in this patient’s advocate work as a contributing columnist to the Syracuse Post Standard. And I’ve published articles here and there in a few other publications, too. I’m thrilled to announce a second daily newspaper will begin
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When there is a tragedy like the tornadoes in Lady Lake, Florida, or Hurricane Katrina, of course, I think about Electronic Medical Records. Even President Bush mentioned them during this State of the Union address last month. Whether or not you are a fan of his, you should know about EMRs. The idea of keeping
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