The Story Space Between Physician and Patient
The healthcare mess just seems to be growing into a what appears to be a bigger and bigger train wreck bound to happen, fueled by the ridiculously black-and-whi...
Author: dhaugen
electronic medical records/health care reform/overuse of technology/patient-centered care/physician-patient relationship
Useless Access to Patient Data
Patient access to their own health care data has snagged center stage for some time. Now there is a movement to make lab tests directly available to patients. S...
evidence-based medicine/patient-centered care/physician-patient relationship/separation of church and state/simplistic solutions to complex problems
Distrust of the System
The fear of vaccinations for children has been with the U.S. health care system for many years. Indeed, Michael C. Dorf reminds us: “Skepticism of orthodox medi...
How Much Does a Clinic Visit Cost?
Patients should be able to ask their clinics how much a patient visit costs, but patients should also be encourgaged to put the price of a clinic visit in conte...
art of medicine/big business medicine/evidence-based medicine/health care reform/simplistic solutions to complex problems/the sound-bite mindset
The Failure of “Pay for Performance”
In my previous post, I talked about the problems with using “evidence-based” medicine to constrain patient care and avoid dealing with the complexity of ...
