Shawn Whatley is past-president of the Ontario Medical Association. He has worked in emergency medicine, as a coroner, in … More
Category: Quality
Improving Hospital Competition: A Key to Affordable Health Care
In 2011, James Robinson of the University of California reviewedhospital prices charged to commercial insurers for six common procedures: angioplasty, … More
RHR: What the Latest Research Says about Probiotics, with Lucy Mailing
We’ve been told for years that we should take probiotics after a course of antibiotics in order to restore healthy … More
DPC and Self-insured Employers: Lifestyle-friendly Care for the 21st Century
http://ushealthmedia.com/dpc-and-self-insured-employers-lifestyle-friendly-care-for-the-21st-century/ In a typical insurance-based practice, meaningful face-to-face time between doctor and patient is somewhere between 5-10 minutes. Interesting, but … More
Worried About Your Certification Exam? Look to Heavens | Medpage Today
All too often, a physician’s strategy during the certification examination is not necessarily to provide the right answer, but instead, … More
Research: Perhaps Market Forces Do Work in Health Care After All
Markets work! The dogma of healthcare “exceptionalism” which holds healthcare doesn’t respond to market forces is starting to take some … More
Is CMS “DPC” model headed wrong direction?
The RFI goes on to explain the CMS vision of, “direct provider contracting (DPC), through which CMS would directly contract … More
A Brief History of the Free Market Healthcare Movement: A discussion with Jay Kempton & Dr. Keith Smith
by Megan Freedman – Editorial Manager, Free Market Healthcare Solutions magazine These names are, in many ways, synonymous with the current free … More
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