On my blog, I write a lot about #QualityFraud. What this concept means to me is the inflated cost of medicine and other health care costs passed on to consumers through concealment and deception of the quality of the services we are being provided. Unlike any other industrialized country, our health care sector is opaque […]
#QualityFraud: Theranos Founder and CEO Charged With Massive Fraud
Problems with the HHS Rule for Hospital Data Safety do not bode well for the likelihood of more successful cyberattacks.
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 […]
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., […]
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, […]
Information Analytics in Medicine
Beautiful senses are gone Canary in a gilded cage Singin Queens of the Stone Age, A Song For The Deaf Last week, a friend sent me an article about a recent Supreme Court case involving what constitutes a “medical malpractice case” and asked what I thought about it. Unfortunately for him, I had a lot […]
Dr. David Healy on the Thalidomide “conspiracy”.
Houston is a city with wide and deep medical expertise. I’ve been coming here for access to it for over twenty-five years.
