Peter Alperin, MD
Peter Alperin is an internal medicine physician.
Health Policy
Recently, the New England Journal of Medicine published a perspective by Lawrence Casalino, MD titled, “Professionalism and Caring for Medicaid Patients – The 5% Commitment.” In the piece, Casalino argues that physicians should commit a portion of their practice to…
Recently, the New England Journal of Medicine published a perspective by Lawrence Casalino, MD titled, “Professionalism and Caring for Medicaid Patients – The 5% Commitment.”
In the piece, Casalino argues that physicians should commit a portion of their practice to the Medicaid population as a matter of professional obligation. Yet this got me thinking: if physicians don’t respond to the professionalism argument and, instead, insist on being completely market-driven actors, then how can …
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Accepting Medicaid patients may be smart business
Health Technology
We generate it every minute of every day of every week of every month of every year. Data, in countless forms. Of recent and growing interest to a great many people is how this data can be use to improve…
We generate it every minute of every day of every week of every month of every year. Data, in countless forms. Of recent and growing interest to a great many people is how this data can be use to improve health (not just sell people more stuff).
Wear a FitBit or Jawbone? Amazing source of activity information. Check in on Foursquare? Insight into dietary habits. Post on Twitter? Sentiment analysis around …
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We need tools to meaningfully interpret health data
Physician
By 2015, according to the American Association of Medical Colleges, the U.S. health care system will be short approximately 30,000 primary care doctors. Yet, everything we read says that primary care physicians are the linchpins of the new (really rediscovered)…
By 2015, according to the American Association of Medical Colleges, the U.S. health care system will be short approximately 30,000 primary care doctors. Yet, everything we read says that primary care physicians are the linchpins of the new (really rediscovered) coordinated care models being talked about by health care policy cognoscenti. What gives?
Since the mid-1990s the number of medical students pursuing a career in primary care has been on a steady, sinking decline, …
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Skills primary care doctors of the future will need
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