August 30, 2017
Evanston Insurance Company tries to avoid indemnity for South Carolina Nursing Home employing fake physican. #QualityFraud Evanston-Summary-Judgment-Order.pd
August 29, 2017
Catheter Ablation for Heart Arrythmia
August 28, 2017
Companion to my post, ‘Seeing’. “Why do you like jellyfish so much?” I asked. “I don’t know. I guess I think they’re cute,” she said. “But one thing did occur to me when I was really focused on them. What we see before us is just one tiny part of the world. We get into […]
Seeing
Second (of five) in ‘Sense’ posts (Listening, from last week) on how litigation unfolds, according to our five senses. “Looking but not seeing is the hearing but not understanding of the eye.” Mokokona Mokhonoana I’ve had the privilege to work with some experts at the top of their fields. But I’ve never been more impressed than I […]
August 24, 2017
The widespread use of electronic health records, administrative claims, and social media and the ubiquity of smart devices have created “big data” that heretofore have not been widely utilized. There is substantial enthusiasm for the use of real-world data sources to generate so-called real-world evidence (RWE), but confusion remains about what RWE means. What is […]
August 23, 2017
JAMA: New Guidelines for Low Back Pain
Listening
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. Ernest Hemingway When I walked into my first job as a lawyer, Charles Morehead gave me some of the best advice I ever got. The Firm was a competitive shark tank teeming with talented predators – so these […]
August 21, 2017
A beautiful old essay on an eclipse like the rare event we’re having today. Ms. Dillard’s Essay in The Atlantic
August 18, 2017
I’ve blogged about this before. When healthcare programs get cut or are not funded by the Governor, kids usually pay. Pediatricians: Florida Children Robbed of Healthcare
August 17, 2017
Few Outcome Measures Meet Criteria for Assessing Accuracy and Validity, According to Two Joint Commission Executives I blog about deaths from negligence and medical error being under reported. I also blog about Joint Commission procedures and the secrecy of peer review proceedings. Maybe the authorities are beginning to come around to my way of thinking.