June 11, 2018
Problems with the HHS Rule for Hospital Data Safety do not bode well for the likelihood of more successful cyberattacks.
June 8, 2018
Advances in spinal surgery “With the advent of better 3D virtual imaging with computer-assisted surgery, I think you will see more surgeries done for complex spine trauma that are more accurate, less invasive and of superior quality. One significant advantage in computer-assisted surgery will be the ability to confirm that the purposed surgery was done […]
June 7, 2018
Two in three Americans stressed over cost of health care. The poll includes responses from more than 3,400 respondents over age 18. “Given the uncertain fate of our nation’s healthcare system, it is not surprising that the majority of those adults surveyed expressed concerns about access to healthcare and costs,” APA CEO Arthur Evans Jr., […]
June 6, 2018
Lee Health profits “down”. Interesting question: How does a non-profit suffer a 25% drop in profit and still earn a 3% profit (according to its own numbers) “Ben Spence, the organization’s chief financial officer, said Lee Health will likely see an operating margin (or profit) of 2.9 percent by the end of the budget year on Sept. 30, […]
June 5, 2018
Mental health disease in adults increases health risks for their children and mortality for the adult.
The Secret Garden: Espy and Executive Privilege
Privileges should be narrowly construed; exceptions to the demand for every man’s evidence are not lightly created nor expansively construed, for they are in derogation of the search for truth. Espy a/k/a In Re Sealed Case, 121 F. 3d 729 (USCA DC 1997) In 1994, allegations of corruption swirled around the Secretary of the US Department of […]
June 4, 2018
States Encourage Use Of Secret Cameras In Nursing Homes: “When women at a group home for cognitively disabled elderly in Green Bay heard that the home’s old proprietor was moving back in, they were terrified. One swore to the home’s supervisor that she wouldn’t allow it: John, she said, was “dirty.” “I don’t like what […]
June 1, 2018
Unintended Consequences of Pharma-Created Opioid Crisis: He hugged her for a long moment, outside the bathroom with the missing door, head full of anxiety. He knew what awaited him on the other side of the drive. Another impossibly difficult conversation with his provider, who, scared by the rising number of opioid prescribers facing criminal prosecution, […]
May 31, 2018
Are we losing the right to oral argument on appeal in Federal Court?
May 30 ,2018
Information Analytics in Medicine