Jaan Peter Naktin, MD
Jaan Peter Naktin is an infectious disease physician.
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“We must not allow a mineshaft gap!” famously spoken by George C. Scott as General Turgidson in Dr. Strangelove as the post-nuclear holocaust planning begins in earnest. For some reason, this quote goes through my mind as I sit through…
“We must not allow a mineshaft gap!” famously spoken by George C. Scott as General Turgidson in Dr. Strangelove as the post-nuclear holocaust planning begins in earnest. For some reason, this quote goes through my mind as I sit through meetings, assemblages and retreats that talk about the future state of medicine in a large gobble-gobble network that has aspirations to provide population health as an Accountable Care Organization to …
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What’s the fix for the care disparity in corporate-owned health care?
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OSH, or "outside hospital," is one of those abbreviations that has crept into the lexicon of hospital jargon that merits additional scrutiny. What are the implications of calling another health care facility “outside”; does that make your hospital the “inside”…
OSH, or “outside hospital,” is one of those abbreviations that has crept into the lexicon of hospital jargon that merits additional scrutiny.
What are the implications of calling another health care facility “outside”; does that make your hospital the “inside” hospital? I suspect that it is, as many patient-related conditions are described, multifactorial. Or, if you like the band Fort Minor, “Remember the Name” (apologies to the band):
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Give the outside hospital the respect it deserves
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