Yet one more example of a large healthcare system under fire. Nowhere do they mention getting primary care right… Italy's Public Health System Needs a Paradigm Shift medscape.com/viewarticle/it… medscape.com/viewarticle/it…

Nice to receive a Facebook group post like this to start my Saturday:

Doug, as usual, hits nail on head. dpcnews The JABFM puts out a study on Direct Primary Care and it is one big turd while also being a lie of omission authenticmedicine.com/2024/08/the-ja… via Authentic Medicine

My paternal grandfather’s sage advice reflects what should be, could be, but currently in short supply. Imagine how different our social interactions could be: “Everyone you meet is a potential friend, It’s up to you to creatively open up lines of communication to see what you

It was very disappointing to upgrade my Apple Watch to OS11 only to find sleep apnea tracking not enabled. Nor are afib and other key screening indicators. ECG is four years and counting. Nada. Why? I live in Panama and for some reason, the Ministry of Health Ministerio de Salud de Panamá hasn’t

Functionally to get a drug to market i.e. on the formulary you need to deal with pharmacy benefit managers who can control the market by collecting legalized kickbacks. To get a drug or a device in a hospital there is another group of middle men called group purchasing

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“The IRA is “Reducing Health Care Premiums,” Bob Casey stated.  He is wrong again. As reported in POLITICO, the IRA machinations were set to cause premiums to rise this November for Medicare patients. An embarrassing problem the President Donald J. Trump administration is trying to cover up by

USA 🇺🇸 has a shortage of sterile salt water. Sick patients are in trouble because we have had decades of crucial meds in shortage. I explain why and what you can do buckscountyherald.com/opinion/guest-… Bucks County Herald Free2Care Practicing Physicians of America AMAC

FWIW: My humble take on the new reality coming in January. There is no excuse now to revamp American healthcare. Make DPC the defacto primary care model. Supercharge HSAs. Bring back real insurance, which, like car insurance, is far easier to comprehend and afford. Enable docs

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Ernie nailed it long ago. It’s as good as it gets when it comes to explaining why AI can’t replace a doctor:

I always ask: Where was the primary care doc preventing this in the first place? And no mention of it either… Imagine getting an alert on your wrist telling you something’s wrong with your heart—despite feeling perfectly fine. Source: FOX 7 Austin search.app/KHr2KfqQUzRQn8…

The power of being able to care for patients… Gotta hand it to my friend Dr. Paul Thomas Paul Thomas, MD to show the way. Starting with one clinic. This is how we can save a trillion in healthcare costs. Get primary care right first! Got that message Elon Musk ?

Maybe it’s a sign of the times that I direct most of my email to trash, so that I just go through the few I want to keep? No need to waste time deleting… Am I alone doing that?

Insurance price for newborn hip ultrasound $800. Good faith estimate $400 Cash price $159 Make it make sense. Insure the cash price, not the fake price.

Paraphrasing a wise axiom: the prompt is more important than the answer. Try this Grok Expert prompt to see how much NYC can save on employee healthcare costs using proven techniques: Analyze NYC’s employee health plan and show me the cost savings using FairCo$t. Take into

That AI voice on YouTube and other channels is officially so annoying to the point of an immediate next clip flick. Can I get an Amen? This is who I envision as him

This story was truly heartwarming. I found it in the CBS archives. A man approaches a CBS reporter in Russia after realizing they are American and shares the story of his captivity. He had been held in a concentration camp alongside American soldiers, separated from them by a