UTIs and Antibiotic Stewardship
by Dr. Alan Lindemann I’m a 73-year old OB-GYN who started medical school 48 years ago in 1973. Currently I am the Chief of Staff at four nursing homes and also...
Tag: simplistic thinking
Evidence Comes in Many Flavors
Dr. Mandrola recently wrote an article in his Stop and Think Substack site on vaccinating children. He says he really hesitated before he hit the post button wi...
absolutes/big business medicine/CDC/health care reform/Medicaid/simplistic solutions to complex problems
Antibiotics and the River Styx
Just try to get a post-surgery antibiotic. It’s easier to cross the River Styx. I understand the reasoning behind the notion of “antibiotic stewar...
evidence-based medicine/health care reform/reducing health care costs/simplistic solutions to complex problems
The Whisper Game
Remember the old children’s game of sitting in a circle and passing secrets from person to person and finding out, once the secret had been passed around ...
health care reform/Medicare "fraud"/physician-patient relationship/simplistic solutions to complex problems
Medicare and Physician Reimbursement
When physicians apply to become a “provider” for insurances (that is, are accepted into the provider network, something required before receiving pa...
