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Health policy
The following op-ed was published on April 23rd, 2008 in the USA Today. A recent analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers concluded that more than half the dollars in our $2.2 trillion health care system are wasted. Medical errors, inefficient use of information…
The following op-ed was published on April 23rd, 2008 in the USA Today.
A recent analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers concluded that more than half the dollars in our $2.2 trillion health care system are wasted.
Medical errors, inefficient use of information technology and poorly managed chronic diseases were all cited as factors. Dwarfing these reasons is a phenomenon in which doctors order tests to avoid the threat of a …
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Op-ed: Wasted medical dollars
Physician voices
There's an old joke about a guy waiting in line at the Pearly Gates, slowly working his way forward to sign in with St. Peter. Wearing a white coat, carrying a black bag and with a stethoscope slung around his…
There’s an old joke about a guy waiting in line at the Pearly Gates, slowly working his way forward to sign in with St. Peter. Wearing a white coat, carrying a black bag and with a stethoscope slung around his neck, a man walks past those in line and is waved right into Heaven. “Hey, what’s up with that?” asks the guy in line. “How come that person gets to …
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Doctors are not gods: a surgeon on empathy with patients
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