Seiji Yamada, MD, MPH
Seiji Yamada is a family physician.
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Health policy
Health care professionals, medical students, and students of public health are increasingly aware of the "social determinants of health." Everyone has begun to realize that poverty is the most important cause of illness. Too often, however, the analysis stops there,…
Health care professionals, medical students, and students of public health are increasingly aware of the “social determinants of health.”
Everyone has begun to realize that poverty is the most important cause of illness. Too often, however, the analysis stops there, instead of asking what the root cause of poverty is, the question is: what causes those “social determinants”?
Why do resources remain unequally distributed, why cannot everyone access the same quality of …
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Why we need revolutionary medicine now
Physician voices
What would medical education that is relevant for the here and now — for America in the early 21st century — address? It is impossible to teach the content relevant for an entire career. It is important to educate practitioners…
What would medical education that is relevant for the here and now — for America in the early 21st century — address? It is impossible to teach the content relevant for an entire career. It is important to educate practitioners able to adapt to the changing landscape of medicine. We must consider what the future might hold.
Watching science fiction may serve to prompt future physicians to practice preventive medicine for …
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Are post-apocalyptic disaster films inspiration for doctors?
Health technology
I often say that electronic health records (EHRs) is like Skynet in the Terminator. I expect to turn around from my screen someday, and Arnold will lift me by my throat saying, “You haff not been doing yuh meaningful use.”…
I often say that electronic health records (EHRs) is like Skynet in the Terminator. I expect to turn around from my screen someday, and Arnold will lift me by my throat saying, “You haff not been doing yuh meaningful use.”
We practice in a time when EHR confounds us by freezing, crashing and chaining us continuously to our work, as we spend evenings and weekends on documentation. …
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Doctors should start watching more science fiction. Here’s why.
Health policy
In a recent Vox interview, Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) announced his plans to allow individuals without insurance to buy Medicaid coverage. As a family doctor caring for patients on Medicaid in Senator Schatz’s home state, I cannot support such a…
In a recent Vox interview, Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) announced his plans to allow individuals without insurance to buy Medicaid coverage. As a family doctor caring for patients on Medicaid in Senator Schatz’s home state, I cannot support such a plan.
Medicare continues to be run by the federal government. In contrast, Medicaid programs are run by states. The trend in recent decades is for …
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Here’s how a glucometer turned this doctor against Medicaid for all
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