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Salon.com
December 1, 1999
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Who's watching the docs? The code of silence in hospitals allows deadly mistakes to happen, but some simple reforms could help...   |
Salon.com
March 27, 2000
Jeff Drayer |
The hardest question Even after doing it hundreds of times, it's never easy to ask someone whether they want you to let them die. |
Managed Care
July 2001
Patrick Mullen |
Interview: Lucien L. Leape, M.D. The way to reduce errors in health care is to change systems, says this Harvard educator. Punishment encourages people to cover up... |
Managed Care
May 2001
Jack McCain |
Use of Hospitalists: Another Case of 'May' vs. 'Must' Despite a movement to ban mandatory use of these physicians, their numbers and influence are rising as their roles become better understood... |
BusinessWeek
March 28, 2005 |
The Tech Guru: Dr. Gerard Burns A former trauma surgeon champions life-saving data |
Managed Care
February 2002
Alan M. Muney |
Evidence-Based Medicine Needs To Be Promoted More Vigorously This means using a carrot-and-stick approach with physicians. Those who respect the evidence should be rewarded; others should face penalties... |
BusinessWeek
March 28, 2005
Timothy J. Mullaney |
Saving Lives Shouldn't Be This Hard The health-care system doesn't give patients the tools or the support they need to make confident decisions about choosing doctors, treatments, or hospitals. |
American Journal of Nursing
January 2010 |
Life-Support Interventions at the End of Life: Unintended Consequences Nurses need to be knowledgeable life-support interventions at the end of life and able to communicate what they know about those consequences to patients, family members, and others on the health care team, leading to better decision making at this difficult time. |
AskMen.com
Tara Weiss |
Reasons Not To Become A Doctor There were once many rewards to being in the medical profession. For decades, doctors earned hefty paychecks, had autonomy and respect. Those benefits are fading, and as a result, so is the number of doctors. |
Managed Care
April 2000
Tim Olsen |
Physician, Tarnish Not Thine Image Doctors who use the news media to criticize others, rather than initiate a constructive dialog about difficult issues such as antibiotic resistance, help erode the profession's influence. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
Carol Marie Cropper |
Between You, The Doctor, And The PC More physicians and hospitals are putting their medical records online |
BusinessWeek
June 23, 2011
Drew Armstrong |
The Simplest Rx: Check on Your Patient Doctors and insurers cut costs by sharing information. |
Managed Care
August 2001 |
Four Views of Managed Care Ethics The evolution of managed care has posed ethical problems for physicians, plan administrators, and even patients. Four ethicists find that questions are many, while satisfactory answers are in short supply... |
Pharmaceutical Executive
August 1, 2005
Lena Chow |
Docs of Shanghai They're short on status, pay, and respect, but China's young doctors hold keys to the world's fastest growing pharmaceutical market. |
CIO
November 1, 2000
Susannah Patton |
The Rx Files Hospitals are prescribing healthy doses of IT to divert costly and sometimes fatal medication errors... |
AskMen.com
Jon Skindzier |
The Everyman Dream Health Plan This article lays out a dream health care plan that has been composed of the best individual elements from different systems around the world. However, not all of it may be practical. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2006
Robert N. Charette |
Dying for Data A comprehensive system of electronic medical records promises to save lives and cut health care costs -- but how do you build one? The many technical, social, and political issues are also formidable. |
BusinessWeek
March 28, 2005 |
The Doctor: Dr. Lauren Koniaris Online prescribing and record-keeping free her up for patients. |
Salon.com
June 19, 2000
Lisa Ochs |
In the shadow of a glass mountain One nurse observes how the fear of lawsuits causes healthcare professionals to neglect patients. |
BusinessWeek
April 23, 2009
Catherine Arnst |
Doctors' Pride: A Hurdle to Digital Medicine A forerunner in New England found that some physicians would sooner cut ties than see their elite status threatened. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2008
Robert N. Charette |
Visualizing Electronic Health Records With "Google-Earth for the Body" IBM researchers develop a 3-D visualization tool for electronic health records. |
American Family Physician
June 15, 2002
Kathy Soch |
Diary from a Week in Practice Asking teenaged patients about sensitive subjects... A resident takes charge of a patient with queit confidence and skill... Never a more important house call... etc. |
Salon.com
June 5, 2000
Jeff Drayer |
Bedside terror This summer thousands of med school graduates will be unleashed on unsuspecting patients, and I know why the public should be scared. |
IEEE Spectrum
October 2011
Joseph M. Smith |
Wireless Health Care Wireless technologies are about to transform health care, and not a moment too soon |
CIO
September 27, 2013 |
How IT Can Produce Better Patient Care For Dr. Bob Laskowski, president and CEO of Christiana Care Health System, technology means empowering physicians and patients. |
Science News
March 28, 2009 |
Science Past For March 28, 1959 Thoughts on patient resocialization in a mental hospital during the 1950s. |
Seasoned Cooking
November 2004
Michael Fick |
Take Charge of Your Health Care The U.S. health care system is the best in the world, but is heavily burdened. The only way to insure you are getting the best care is to get involved. |
American Family Physician
December 15, 2001
Gregg K. VandeKieft |
Breaking Bad News This article presents an overview of issues pertaining to breaking bad news and practical recommendations for clinicians wishing to improve their clinical skills in this area... |
BusinessWeek
January 7, 2010
Catherine Arnst |
Hospitals: Radical Cost Surgery A hospital that slashes costs - and delivers high-quality care as it innovates? Yes, it exists. |
Fast Company
May 2009
Chuck Salter |
The Doctor of the Future Cost, access, quality -- the prognosis for American health care may look grim, but innovation is the cure. The medicine of tomorrow is being born today. |
Salon.com
December 7, 1999
Dena Bunis |
Medical mistakes are killing us Health plans covering federal workers will be the first to improve the quality of care. |
BusinessWeek
April 22, 2010
James Warren |
Commentary: General Practitioners Need to Make More Money These doctors are grossly underpaid compared with specialists. A federal panel wants to reduce the discrepancy. |
Salon.com
August 8, 2000
David Tuller |
Blood and guts Is there a difference between slasher films and gory tales from the E.R.? A spate of tell-all books by doctors gives us what we crave: Gruesomeness with a purpose. |
Nursing
April 2011
Sally Austin |
Stay Out of Court with Proper Documentation Here is a practical guideline to help you document your assessments and interventions completely, accurately, and concisely. Doing so not only improves patient care, but also shields you from legal fallout if something goes wrong. |
BusinessWeek
September 9, 2010
Caroline Winter |
A High-End Handler for Deep-Pocketed Patients A startup links the seriously ill with global experts on their malady |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 4, 2007
Jim Heskett |
How Do Managers Think? Observations about doctors raise some interesting questions about how we manage. |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2001
Marc Tunzi |
Can the Patient Decide? Evaluating Patient Capacity in Practice |
BusinessWeek
March 28, 2005 |
Crusader for Clearer E-Info Entrepreneur Jonathan S. Bush -- yes he's related -- discusses how Web-based medical records can become a workable reality |
Nursing Management
December 2010
Raso & Gulinello |
Creating Cultures of Safety: Risk Management Challenges and Strategies The role of the nurse manager in directing patient care and influencing change from a risk perspective is paramount to success. |
The Motley Fool
August 28, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Your Doctor Is Killing You ... Financially What the doctor does has a big effect on how much health care costs. |
Inc.
October 2006
David H. Freedman |
What's Next: Mistakes Were Made When your company screws up, don't hide it. Blog about it. And let everyone learn from the error. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
September 1, 2012
Al Topin |
Doctors' Words No Longer Gospel In the digital age, physicians don't call the shots when it comes to healthcare guidance. Marketers must appeal to multiple sources in seeking ways to garner patient adherence and loyalty. |
BusinessWeek
March 28, 2005 |
President Bush's IT Doctor Physician/economist David Brailer, point man for the Administration's push for e-health records, on where the planning stands |
CIO
December 15, 2009
Kim S. Nash |
Data Sharing That Benefits Customers At Children's Hospital Boston, sharing more data, securely, promises healthier, more satisfied patients. |
American Family Physician
August 15, 2005
Kathy Soch |
Diary From a Week in Pactice A family physician sees a patient who wants to talk about his wife's condition more than his own... Attends a viewing of a nursing home patient... Sees a Minnesotan burned by Texas sun... etc. |
CIO
February 1, 2003
Christopher Koch |
Off the Charts An electronic medical records system at the University of Illinois Medical Center did more than transform communication, it converted the least likely users into technology believers. |
BusinessWeek
May 29, 2006
John Carey |
Medical Guesswork From heart surgery to prostate care, the health industry knows little about which common treatments really work. |
IndustryWeek
May 20, 2010 |
Industrial Methods Can Reduce Health Care Costs Health care providers should heed the lessons learned on the manufacturing floor as they grapple with a costly and complex medical system. |
AskMen.com
April 15, 2001
Joshua Levine |
Choosing The Right Doctor Choosing a doctor is one of the most important decisions you can make. It's probably best made when you are healthy and have some time to think about a number of possibilities. If you don't have a doctor or are thinking about changing doctors, now may be the best time to look... |
BusinessWeek
March 28, 2005
Mullaney & Weintraub |
The Digital Hospital Information technology saves lives and money at one medical center, perhaps becoming the future of health care. |
